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Meet Our Graduate Student Scholars

"UB School of Nursing has a great reputation throughout the community as one of the top programs for pursing advanced education. The DNP program provides a more in-depth and comprehensive education in order for me to become the best clinician I can be."
9/3/21
Safet Ahmic, BSN, RN, CCRN, Schomburg Fellow
"My hope is that this scholarship will enable me to implement positive change in both the academic and patient care settings."
9/3/21
Ruthanne Ashworth, MS, RN, FNP-C, Emily Pohl Endowed Scholarship
"My clinical experience exposed me to the vastly different experiences of health and disease that exist in our own community ... and I seek to discover the root causes of these complex social problems in order to empower patients and their providers with tools to address these issues."
9/3/21
Samantha Auerbach, MSN, ANP-C, WHNP-BC, Presidential Scholar
"My experience as undergraduate research assistant at UB participating in a mindfulness-based stress reduction intervention ignited my interest in pursuing a degree that would help me grow as nurse researcher ... Working in the community and meeting the participants, the people behind the statistics, made me realize why research is so important in improving the care nurses provide."
9/3/21
Leann Balcerzak, BS, RN, Presidential Scholar
"I am incredibly thankful for this fellowship, which enables me to pursue my education on a full-time basis. This award gives me the opportunity to achieve my academic and professional goals of becoming a competent nurse researcher and contributing to the evidence base at the foundation of nursing."
9/3/21
Cristina de Rosa, MSN, RN, Presidential Scholar & Stephanie Mucha Scholar
"I want to teach nursing students at the undergraduate and graduate level, and stay active in the clinical world as well."
9/3/21
Jennifer Earsing, MS, ANP-BC, Nova G. Petsan & Gustave Petsan Scholarship and Ralph Hochstetter Scholarship
"I view my future self as a cardio-oncology nurse leader, scientist and educator. My goal is to contribute to cardio-oncology specialty knowledge, decrease prevalence of cardiovascular disease and advocate for cardio-oncology patient populations, and encourage fellow nurses to pursue involvement in evidence-based practice. "
9/3/21
Victoria Finamore, BSN, RN, Presidential Scholar
“I am very passionate about education and nursing science. Through my education and experience, I hope to continue to improve my skills as an educator. ”
9/21/21
Mary Catherine Forgea, MSN, RN, Patricia K. McGee Nursing Faculty Scholarship
"My professional goals are to synthesize and disseminate knowledge that impacts my community and improves patient and provider satisfaction. I additionally aim to continue teaching nursing students and sharing my experiences and passion for learning."
9/3/21
Ashleigh Holmes, MSN, AGPCNP-BC, Stephanie Mucha Scholar
"I strive to do the greatest good for the most people, and nursing allows me to do just that."
9/3/21
Kapri Johnson, BA, RN, Nancy Stilwell McLernon Scholarship Fund
"When weighing my doctoral options as a nurse practitioner, I was drawn to the idea of immersing in research and being at the forefront of the science of nursing."
9/3/21
Kathryn Ledwin, MS, FNP-C, Stephanie Mucha Scholar
"I chose UB School of Nursing because of its reputation for scholarship and its commitment to diversity, inclusion and health justice."
9/3/21
Danielle Nazarenko, MSN, CNM, CLC, Stephanie Mucha Scholar
"The UB SON is one of the most reputable and diverse nursing school in the SUNY system."
9/3/21
Martin Oviasogie, MS, RN, PMHNP-BC, W. K. Kellogg Foundation Fund for Nursing Students
"Anesthesia is an essential component of health care, but safe anesthesia care is in crisis in many parts of the world due to inadequate services and scarcity of resources. I am interested in the delivery of safe anesthesia care in developing countries, and efforts to promote safety and prevent avoidable complications."
9/3/21
Med-Murrielle Pierre, BSN, CCRN, Schomburg Scholar
"Coming from immigrant parents, growing up in low income housing projects and having English as a second language drives me to encourage and inspire low income youth..."
9/3/21
Jeffrey Pimentel BSN, RN, CCRN, Schomburg Fellow
"I am very thankful and honored to receive this award. This scholarship will lighten my financial burden and allow me to focus on my academic achievements."
9/3/21
Megan Riccobono, MS, RN, AGPCNP-BC, Petsan and Gustave S. Petsan Scholarship, Nova Gurrslin
"Having dedicated most of my career to the health and safety of patients, I realized the next step for me is to pursue a terminal degree in nursing with the purpose to elevate the research, scholarship and education in simulation-based learning."
9/3/21
Joanne Weinschreider, MS, RN, Senator Patricia K. McGee Nursing Faculty Scholarship