While nurses improve the lives of individual patients and their families as part of the healthcare system, nurse scientists impact entire patient populations. They redefine practices and policies across healthcare systems and educate the next generation of nurse leaders.
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing seeks to honor this rich history through its Legacy Fellows, which are an elite group of high achieving individuals as demonstrated by their academic performance, research interests, and professional leadership.
Meet a current Legacy Fellow!
Megan Foradori
Hometown: Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Education: Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, BSN (2004) & MSN (2009); Wittenberg University, BA in Biology (2002)
Research Areas: Data Science and Family/Community Care
Research Topic: Trends in early identification and treatment of babies and toddlers with developmental delays
Advisor: Dr. Nicholas Schiltz
Why did you choose CWRU?
Pursuing a PhD in nursing has been a dream of mine for a long time. When the time finally came in 2019 to apply, I met with a few current FPB faculty and was so impressed!
With some experience in mixed methods research already, I was especially interested in building new skills in data science, and FPB has some great offerings and opportunities in this space.
Interdisciplinary enrichment is plentiful here as well - for me, that has meant getting involved with the Schubert Center for Child Studies and connecting with faculty in other departments working in early intervention, including speech-language pathology and social work clinician researchers.
Current Legacy Fellows
- Lisa Brannack
- Megan Foradori
- Christine Smothers
- Keisha Lovence
- Bethany Armentrout
- Zea Bud*
- Jorden Rieke*
*Newest legacy fellows
Past Legacy Fellows at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
- Megan Alder
- Shanell Hill
- Julie Schexnayder
- Maryam Hamidi
- Emily Tsivitse
- Tangela Peavy
- Jessica McCullough
- Suzanna Thiese