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‘Accessible T School of Nursing has process, how to apply for a PhD, and how
he Johns Hopkins
to conduct community-engaged research.
They will also learn the principles of health
announced a new program
and Attainable’ to accelerate diversity within equity and social determinants of health. NEWS FROM JOHNS HOPKINS NURSING
PhD-prepared nurses. The
Pathway Nursing Scholars will receive
Pathway to PhD Nursing
special networking opportunities, research
Pathway to PhD Scholars will be an eight- shadowing experiences, and multiple levels
of mentorship from faculty, current PhD
week, intensive program
to recruit and prepare
the Johns Hopkins network.
students from groups students, and researchers within and outside
underrepresented in nursing
with mentorship, resources, networking, and Associate Professors Jennifer Wenzel, PhD,
career guidance to facilitate competitive PhD MSN, RN, FAAN, and Kamila Alexander, PhD,
program applications. It will focus on post- MSN/MPH, RN, the program’s lead faculty, say
baccalaureate nurses and address structural its design is based on recommendations from
inequities in PhD education. the American Academy of Colleges of Nursing
and the 2021 NASEM Future of Nursing report.
“The urgency of the nursing shortage and “We hope to demystify the process of applying
the even greater nurse faculty shortage for a PhD and show nurses that they not only
make this a vital opportunity that aligns have the vision but also the support to achieve
with our mission to develop a diverse pipeline a PhD,” says Wenzel.
of nurse leaders,” says Dean Sarah Szanton,
PhD, RN, FAAN. The program is currently set to run for five
years with 10 scholars selected each year. It
Nurses selected for the program will is funded through a $5 million investment
engage in research and training activities by Johns Hopkins University to support
with mentors and/or research teams and programs that will create pathways for diverse 9
will develop a meaningful contribution to students to enter PhD programs. ◼
an existing research project. Participants
will learn about the nursing research Learn more: nursing.jhu.edu/PhDpathway.

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