Hickey Inducted as FAAN, FNINR Honors for Topaz

Columbia Nursing has much to celebrate this month.  

Vice dean of education Mary Hickey, EdD, was inducted as a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, along with three Columbia Nursing alums and two former postdoctoral fellows, at the AAN’s Health Policy Conference, held October 8-10 in Washington, D.C.     

And during the 33rd Annual NightinGala October 7, also in Washington, D.C., Maxim Topaz, PhD, received the 2026 Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research Welch/Woerner Path-Paver Award.  

This award honors a mid-to-late career nurse scientist who has achieved one or more breakthroughs in theory development, research methods, instruments, or subject matter that have paved the way for other scientists, and who has influenced and mentored the next generation of nurse researchers.