Stephanie L. Ferguson

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.

Early life and education Ferguson had allergic asthma as a child. She attended Appomattox Elementary School, where she remembers spending a lot of time with the school nurse. After graduating, she started working at the VCU Medical Center on a sickle cell disease screening program for newborn babies. In 1996, Ferguson was appointed a White House Fellow, working alongside Bill Clinton and Donna Shalala.

Research and career In 2009, Ferguson was appointed a professor of nursing at the University of Lynchburg. She directed the Community Nursing Organization, developing health centres led by nurse practitioners across Richmond.

Ferguson helped to convene the Harvard Global Nursing Leadership Program's Certificate in Global Public Health for Nurse Leaders. 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. 2020 American Academy of Nursing Civitas Award 2024 University of Pennsylvania Commencement Speaker Elected Member of the American Academy of Nursing

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