Faculty Sketch

Colleen Conway-Welch, PhD, RN, CNM, FAAN, FACNM

Nancy & Hilliard Travis Professor of Nursing
Dean, School of Nursing

colleen.conway-welch@vanderbilt.edu

 

 

 

 

 

Education

 

1973 PhD New York University (Nursing)
(Dissertation: "An Investigation of the Sharing of Common Fears Between Mothers and their Four and Five Year Old Children")

1969 MSN Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. (Parent-Child Nursing)
(Thesis: "A Comparison of the Apgar Ratings Assigned a Newborn at Different Times After Birth")

1969 CNM Catholic Maternity Institute, Santa Fe, NM, (Certified Nurse Midwife)
(component of MSN program of Catholic University of America)

1965 BSN Georgetown University, School of Nursing, Washington, D.C.

 

Current Research Interests

  • Nursing Education & Administration
  • Healthcare Reform
  • Workforce/Workplace Systems Re-Design
  • Disaster Management
  • Health Policy

 

Selected Research/Scholarly Projects

2008-2010 Member, Committee on Assessing Medical Preparedness for a Nuclear Event, Institute of Medicine

2007-2010 Member, Advisory Committee to the Director, National Institutes of Health

2007- Member, Public Panel of Experts, Tennessee Safety Seismic Commission

2006-2011 Invited Member, National Forum on Healthcare Knowledge Management

2007-2011 Named by President Bush and confirmed by US Senate as a Member, Board of Regents, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

2008-2011 Board of Governors, Global Knowledge Exchange Network

 

Representative Publications

Conway-Welch, C., Hopmeier, M., Pape, J. W., Pulison, D., Carmona, R., Davis, T., et al. (2010) Reflections on the Initial Multinational Response to the Earthquake in Haiti. Population Health Management, 13(3), 105-113.

Conway-Welch, C. (2006). The power of political contributions. In W.B. Saunders (eds.), Policy and Politics in Nursing Care. (5th ed). Montgomery Village: W.B. Saunders/Elsevier.

Conway-Welch, C. (2005). The Bush administration's record on nursing issues. Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice. 6(2), 1-4.

Conway-Welch, C., Rasch, R., Dubree, M., & Jones, S. (2005). Multicultural Medicine and Health Disparities, Chapter 27: Patient Management Disparities in Nursing. (pp. 427-435), Illinois: McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Conway-Welch, C. (2004). Diversity by design. Profiles in Diversity Journal, 6(2), 24-26.

Conway-Welch, C. (2002). Nurses and mass casualty management: Filling an educational gap. Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice, 3(4), 289-293.

 

Professional Affiliations

Tennessee Nurses Association

Sigma Theta Tau

National Academies of Practice

American Nurses Association

Rural Health Association of TN

American College of Nurse Midwives

American Public Health Association

Nurses House Ambassador Program

American Academy of Nursing

Women Business Leaders of the US Health Care Industry Foundation (WBL)

Academy for Health Services

Research and Health Policy

World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM)

Society of International Business Fellows (SIBF)

 

Honors/Awards/Appointments

2011 Awarded CABLE's Women on Boards "Board Walk of Fame - Board Walk Double"

2010 Member, Board of Directors, Tennessee Performing Arts Center

2010 Awarded CABLE's Women on Boards "Board Walk of Fame"

2010 Awarded "Women of Influence" by Nashville Business Journal

2009 Maier Award, Comprehensive Care Clinic

2009 Policy Champion Award, National Nursing Centers Consortium

2009 Named as one of Modern Healthcare's "Top 25 Women in Healthcare"

2009 Named as Nashville Medical News Women to Watch Class of 2009"

2008- Vice Chair, Board of Regents, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD

2008 Awarded National League for Nursing Award for Outstanding Leadership in Nursing Education

2008-09 Member, Committee on Assessing Medical Preparedness for a Nuclear Event, Institute of Medicine.

2007-10 Member, Advisory Committee to the Director, National Institutes of Health

2007- Member, Advisory Board, Tennessee Chinese Chamber of Commerce

2007- Member, Public Panel of Experts, Tennessee Safety Seismic Commission

2007 Invited member, National Forum on Healthcare Knowledge Management

2006-11 Named by President Bush and confirmed by the US Senate as a Member, Board of Regents, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

2006 Chair, National League of Nursing CEO Search Committee

2005 Nashville Women's Political Caucus Honoree

2004 Selected by the Nashville Business Journal's "Health Care 100" honoring superior contributions to the health care industry

2003 Nashvillian of the Year, selected by Nashville Scene newspaper