Stephanie Linda Ferguson | |
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Alma mater | Virginia Commonwealth University University of Virginia |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health University of Lynchburg |
Thesis | Evalulation of the effects of peer counseling in a culturally-specific adolescent pregnancy prevention program for African American females (1996) |
Stephanie Ferguson is an American nurse who is Director of the Harvard Global Nursing Leadership Program and Professor of the Practice of Health Policy at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and American Academy of Nursing.
Ferguson had allergic asthma as a child. [1] She attended Appomattox Elementary School, where she remembers spending a lot of time with the school nurse. [1] She studied nursing at Virginia Commonwealth University. [2] [3] [4] After graduating, she started working at the VCU Medical Center on a sickle cell disease screening program for newborn babies. [1] At the time, one in every 325 African American babies born in Virginia had sickle cell. Early diagnosis and treatment can prevent fatal consequences. [1] Working with the Sickle Cell Anaemia Awareness Program, Ferguson gathered evidence for state-mandated screening. The legislation was enacted in 1989. [1] Her doctorate considered the effects of peer counselling in adolescent pregnancy prevention. [5] In 1996, Ferguson was appointed a White House Fellow, working alongside Bill Clinton and Donna Shalala. [6]
In 2009, Ferguson was appointed a professor of nursing at the University of Lynchburg. [7] She directed the Community Nursing Organization, developing health centres led by nurse practitioners across Richmond. [1] In 2016, she was elected to the National Committee on Global Health. [7] In 2022, she was appointed Professor of Practice at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. [8]
Ferguson helped to convene the Harvard Global Nursing Leadership Program's Certificate in Global Public Health for Nurse Leaders. [9] The program, which ran for the first time in 2022, partnered with the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention to champion nursing leadership around the world. [9] It built upon nurses' broad expertise (e.g. pandemic response) and insight, and the urgent need for their efforts in shaping health policy. [9]
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