2023 Awards Highlights

Columbia Nursing Ranks #1 in NIH Funding 

Published January 2023 

The school was awarded 36 NIH grants totaling more than $18.7 million in FY 2022 — nearly double the previous year, when Columbia Nursing received 26 awards totaling $9.5 million. 
 

CUIMC Public Service Academy Honors Five from Nursing School 

Published January 2023 

The academy recognizes faculty at Columbia University’s health sciences schools who have shown exceptional community service efforts and have devoted much of their careers to promoting and improving health locally and around the world. 
 

Buschman Receives Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Award 

Published February 2023 

The honor is given to educators who inspired their former students to make a significant contribution to their community.  
 

Meet 2023 Campbell Award Winner Tka Edwards  

Published May 2023 

The award, given to one graduating student at each Columbia school, recognizes exceptional leadership and Columbia spirit. 
 

Three at Columbia Nursing Named to 2023 Crain’s Notables 

Published May 2023 

Crain’s Notable Leaders in Health Care recognized Elizabeth Corwin, PhD, Stephen Ferrara, DNP, and Vivian Taylor, EdD, as outstanding individuals in the health care community in the New York metropolitan area.  
 

Abbott, Jackman Join AAN’s 2023 Class of Fellows 

Published August 2023 

Eight additional Columbia Nursing alums were also inducted into the American Academy of Nursing. 
 

Mary Mundinger Named Living Legend 

Published August 2023 

The American Academy of Nursing awards this distinction, its highest honor, to accomplished leaders and visionaries who have made outstanding contributions in improving health and advancing the nursing profession.  

 

National Black Nurses Association Honors Columbia Faculty 

Published September 2023 

Kellie Bryant, DNP, received Nurse of the Year for Community Service, and Ashley Graham-Perel, EdD, received the Under 40 Award and Nurse Educator of the Year Award at the NBNA’s 51st Annual Institute and Conference in Atlanta. 
 

Bakken to Receive Award from the American College of Medical Informatics 

Published October 2023 

The ACMI presented Suzanne Bakken, PhD, with the Morris F. Collen Award of Excellence at the American Medical Informatics Association’s Annual Symposium in November. 
 

NIH Honors Bockting as Distinguished Investigator  

Published October 2023 

Walter Bockting, PhD, a clinical psychologist, is an internationally known expert on health and aging among trans and nonbinary people across the life span. 
 

Columbia Nursing Faculty Win Award, Grants from Provost’s Office

Published December 2023 

Karol DiBello, DNP, was named Columbia Nursing’s Provost’s Senior Faculty Teaching Scholar for 2023-2024, and two Columbia Nursing teams received grants from the Office of the Provost to fund their projects.