Center for Nursing Research
![Dr. Amy Petrinec poses for a photo outside Henderson Hall on the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Kent campus on a sunny day.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/AmyPetrinec1500x600.jpg?VersionId=IYhY9fIpY4F5vdzTQn89qSDjCt3rE64P&itok=pcLpF8sS)
![Group photo of the Integrated (Genoa/pharmacy; AxessPointe/Primary Care; Portage Path Behavioral Health/Community Mental health center) and Interprofessional Team (Psych-Mental health NPs; Family Medicine MD; Pharmacist and Pharmacy Techs)](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/Peg%27s-Foundation-group-photo2022_1500x600_0.jpg?VersionId=VQkh4I9syAkH5wMEoe6F44iDOTVPhl2f&h=e6f36a9c&itok=H94cK14W)
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ’s College of Nursing was recently awarded a three-year $225,000 grant from Peg’s Foundation, formerly the Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation, a private grant-making foundation that supports mental health programs in Northeast Ohio.
A tribute to both their ongoing scholarship and service to the College of Nursing, Loretta Aller, Ph.D., MSN, RN, CHSE, and Taryn Burhanna, MSN, APRN, NP-C, received competitive fellowship awards by the internationally recognized International Nursing Association for Clinical and Simulation Learning (INACSL) and the nationally recognized SOURCE Service-Learning Academy, respectively.
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Bridging the field of early childhood literacy with child health and development, faculty member Elaine Thomas, MSN, RN, CNE, Senior Lecturer, is serving as co-investigator on a recently funded grant award to the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ School of Information in partnership with the College of Nursing.