Jinhee Park, Brittney van de Water named AAN Fellows
Connell School of Nursing faculty members Jinhee Park and Brittney van de Water will be inducted into the American Academy of Nursing, an organization of the field's most accomplished leaders in policy, research, administration, practice, and academia.
Jinhee Park (Lee Pellegrini)
Park, an associate professor with a background in neonatal nursing, conducts research on feeding issues in infants and young children with complex health conditions. Her goal is to improve their health and developmental outcomes while supporting families in managing challenging feeding needs. She has led numerous interdisciplinary projects, including a recent National Institutes of Health-funded clinical trial that examines how side-lying positioning affects feeding in preterm infants. Park has also pioneered innovative methods to understand the physiological origins of feeding difficulties in this vulnerable population. As a founding member of Feeding Flock, an interdisciplinary research team dedicated to improving the lives of infants and young children with pediatric feeding disorders, she co-developed a reliable and comprehensive set of feeding assessment tools that are now widely adopted in global clinical practice and research. Park has been honored with an Award of Excellence in Research from the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses and a Mentorship Award from CSON’s Keys to Inclusive Leadership Program.
Brittney van de Water
A pediatric nurse practitioner, van de Water is an assistant professor whose research is focused on improving tuberculosis interventions and outcomes for high risk populations, such as children, pregnant women, and people living with HIV. She is conducting an NIH-funded study of TB prevention in rural South Africa. She is also a recipient of a Child Health Research Award from the Charles H. Hood Foundation, which supports her research on post-TB lung function among children in South Africa. As the associate director for pediatric nursing at Seed Global Health, van de Water supports nurse educators and partnerships with universities in Uganda, Malawi, Zambia, and Sierra Leone.
“Induction into the Academy represents the highest honor in nursing,” said AAN President Linda D. Scott. “Earning the Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN) credential is a significant recognition of one’s accomplishments and signifies the future impact they will make in collaboration with their colleagues in the Academy. With exceptional subject matter expertise, each new Fellow will be vital to achieve the Academy’s mission of improving health and achieving health equity by impacting policy through nursing leadership, innovation, and science.”
In addition, BC alumni Melissa Beauchemin '02; Jeungok Choi, Ph.D. '01; Clara Gona, Ph.D. '10; Kim Mooney-Doyle '97; and Devon Noonan '02 have been named 2024 fellows.
All the new fellows will be recognized at AAN's annual health policy conference taking place in Washington, D.C. October 31-November 2.