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Scholarship & Research Speaker Series
Social Justice in Nursing and Public Health Preparedness
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
5:00-7:00 p.m.
Continuing Nursing Education credit associated with this activity has been applied for with The University of New Mexico College of Nursing Approved Provider Unit. UNM College of Nursing is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by New Mexico Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credential Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Featuring:
Mary Pat Couig, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN
Associate Professor
Carter/Fleck Endowed Professorship
Dr. Couig , has an expertise is in public health emergency preparedness, health & public health policy and registered nurse transition-to-practice residency programs. Prior to joining the faculty at the College of Nursing in July 2019, she worked for the Department of Veterans Affairs, managing the national RN Transition-to-Practice Residency Program. She collaborated with the VA’s Office of Emergency Management on education and training issues. She also worked with the Veteran’s Emergency Management Evaluation Center (VEMEC) and is currently collaborating with VEMEC on a research study of nurses who have cared for patients with COVID-19. Additionally she is the PI on a research study with Sandia National Laboratories to use artificial intelligence to support national COVID-19 response. Dr. Couig completed a career in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. Her assignments while she was on active duty included the Indian Health Service, the Food and Drug Administration and the Office of the Surgeon General.
Roberta P. Lavin, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, FAAN
Professor and PhD Program Director
Dr. Lavin’s current research focuses on addressing critical topics in disaster, human services and public health emergency preparedness, with focuses on implications for policy related to the profession of nursing and treatment of chronic conditions during disaster. She began her career as a U.S. Public Health Service Officer at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in an acute care psychiatric admission unit for people experiencing homelessness. During the course of her career, she cared for federal prisoners, immigration detainees including leading a team to address a mass migration in Guatemala, served as the Director of the Secretary's Command Center after 9/11 and the anthrax attacks, and had the opportunity to create the Disaster Case Management program to meet the needs of the poor and underserved after a disaster. She entered academia in 2010 at a small Catholic University.
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