Mahoney-Hamner Nursing Alumni Lecture

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Speaker: Patricia Grady, PhD, RN, FAAN

Director of the National Institute of Nursing Research

Topic: Translational and Interdisciplinary Research

VCU School of Nursing Building

Younger Auditorium

1100 E. Leigh Street

The idea for the state’s oldest endowed nursing lectureship was initiated in 1962 when Anne F. Mahoney (Cert. '29), a former member of the MCV Board of Visitors, talked with Dean Doris Yingling about establishing a chair or professorship. They determined that a lectureship would be most appropriate. In 1965, the Nursing section of the MCV Alumni Association voted to establish the nursing lectureship. Nora Spencer Hamner of the Memorial Hospital Training School's class of 1914 and the first woman appointed to the MCV Board of Visitors, co-chaired the committee with Mahoney to raise funds to establish the Nursing Alumni Lectureship - later renamed the Mahoney-Hamner Nursing Alumni Lectureship - in honor of their efforts.

Nursing legend Virginia Henderson, who gave the tenth lecture in 1976, is one of the many nursing notables who have given the Mahoney-Hamner Nursing Alumni Lecture.

“The VCU School of Nursing honors this proud legacy of shared vision and partnership between the school and our alumni to establish a nursing lecture series that will enhance the educational experience for our students, connect alumni and professional colleagues with the school and share cutting-edge scholarship and ideas with community partners and colleagues,” said current dean, Nancy F. Langston, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N.

The Mahoney-Hamner Nursing Alumni Lectureship, which was first given in 1967, is the state’s oldest nursing endowed lectureship. The featured speaker will be Patricia Grady, PhD, RN, FAAN. Dr. Grady has served as the director of the National Institute of Nursing Research since 1995. An internationally recognized researcher, Dr. Grady's scientific focus has primarily been in stroke, with emphasis on arterial stenosis and cerebral ischemia.  Topic: Translational and Interdisciplinary Research.

The lecture is free and open to the public. Validated parking is available in VCU's 8th Street Parking Deck. Please RSVP to mcv-alum@vcu.edu. For questions and special accommodations please call Michael Greene-Russell at 804-828-3900.