Nancy & Hilliard Travis Professor of Nursing
Dean Emerita, Vanderbilt School of Nursing

1973 PhD New York University (Nursing)
(Dissertation: "An Investigation of the Sharing of Common Fears Between Mothers and their Four and Five Year Old Children")

1969 MSN Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. (Parent-Child Nursing)
(Thesis: "A Comparison of the Apgar Ratings Assigned a Newborn at Different Times After Birth")

1969 CNM Catholic Maternity Institute, Santa Fe, NM, (Certified Nurse Midwife)
(component of MSN program of Catholic University of America)

1965 BSN Georgetown University, School of Nursing, Washington, D.C.

2008-2010
Member, Committee on Assessing Medical Preparedness for a Nuclear Event, Institute of Medicine

2007-2010
Member, Advisory Committee to the Director, National Institutes of Health

2007-
Member, Public Panel of Experts, Tennessee Safety Seismic Commission

2006-2011
Invited Member, National Forum on Healthcare Knowledge Management

2007-2011
Named by President Bush and confirmed by US Senate as a Member, Board of Regents, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

2008-2011
Board of Governors, Global Knowledge Exchange Network