Awards

EMCON PhD student Emefa Awo Adawudu was recently awarded the prestigious 2025 National League for Nursing (NLN) Faculty Scholarship Award.

For two consecutive years, UMass Nursing students have been the recipients of a scholarship awarded to underrepresented nursing students and nurses.

Assistant Professor Linda Koh is being honored as a leader in healthcare as part of the BusinessWest Healthcare Heroes Class of 2025.

Accelerated B.S. in Nursing student Jasleen Moran '26 is one of two people to be selected for ENA's 2025 Emergency Nursing Diverse Voices Research Fellowship.

Dr. Lisa Duffy, joint associate professor for EMCON and the Institute for Applied Life Sciences (IALS), will be inducted into the American Academy of Nursing.

Dr. Gabrielle Abelard has been voted Nurse.org's 2024 Nurse of the Year, celebrating her 20-plus-year career in mental health nursing.

EMCON alum Cidália Vital has received the 2025 Distinguished Community Partner Award for her team's innovative nursing research and collaboration. 

Assistant Professor Jeannine Blake has received the 2025 Young Professional's Award from the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation.

Shaely Lora, Hannah Durowaa Odei-Opoku, and Brittany Acloque all received scholarships from the Western Massachusetts Black Nurses Association (WMBNA).

Dr. Kalpana Poudel-Tandukar has received a 2024-2025 Faculty Distinguished Teaching Award from the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL).

EMCON's Dr. Gabrielle Abelard, graduate program director and clinical associate professor, has been honored with a 2025 APNA Award.

Professor Kalpana Poudel-Tandukar has received the Chancellor’s Medal, the highest recognition bestowed upon faculty by the campus.