Marguerite Littleton Kearney

Marguerite T. Littleton Kearney is an American nurse scientist. She is the director of the National Institute of Nursing Research's Division of Extramural Science Programs. Littleton Kearney was the associate dean for research at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Graduate School of Nursing.

Education Littleton Kearney earned a B.S.N. and an M.S.N. in adult care/trauma nursing from Augusta University. She earned her Ph.D. and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in the Departments of Nursing and Pharmacology at Rush University.

Career Littleton Kearney held faculty positions at Rush College of Nursing and University of Maryland. She was an associate professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. Littleton Kearney was the associate dean for research at the Daniel K. Inouye Graduate School of Nursing at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.

Awards and honors In 2001, Littleton Kearney became a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. In 2017, Littleton Kearney was named the recipient of Augusta University College of Nursing’s (formerly the Medical College of Georgia College of Nursing) Phoebe Kandel Rohrer Distinguished Alumna award. It was presented during the university’s alumni weekend.