2025 Scholarship Recipients


Ann Hamric Memorial Scholarships

for Graduate Students in Nursing and/or Bioethics

The National Nursing Ethics Conference is grateful for Ann Hamric’s many contributions to the nursing profession and ethics. Her impact on Ethics of Caring and the National Nursing Ethics Conference has been meaningful and significant, and her family followed in her footsteps of supporting scholarships to the NNEC by establishing these scholarships in her memory.

Jennifer Dunsford
PhD Student,
University of Manitoba
Lauren Loyd
PhD Student,
University of Nebraska
Sarah Romain
PhD Student,
University of Massachusetts
Leora Troy
Master’s Student,  University of Pennsylvania
School of Nursing

Andrew Jameton Scholarship

Stephanie Bobby
Strong Memorial Hospital of the University of Rochester

Ethics of Caring® Scholarships

Amy Delaney
Providence College,
School of Nursing
Lindsay Brant
UCLA Medical Center
Hazel Ekeke
University of Pennsylvania
Jonathan Anotado Gapilango
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Kelley Lazor
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
John Paul Abenojar
Vinson Hall Retirement Community
Elizabeth Haralam Shuba
Penn Medicine, LG Health

Minority Ethnic Nurse Scholarship

Dejah Johnson
UCLA West Valley

Linda Tigert Scholarships

Gaelyn Grant
Boston College
Etan Yeshua
VHC Health
Lisa Alexander
Chamberlin University, Atlanta
Lorri Birkholz
Chatham University

Hospice and Palliative Nurses Foundation (HPNF) NNEC Scholarship


Myra Possman Memorial Scholarship for Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center

Amy Goldberg
Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center
Sarai Solares
Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center


Fitzgerald Foundation Stanford Children’s Health Scholarship

Akilah Burford
Stanford Children’s Health
Valerie Hansen
Stanford Children’s Health


How You Can Contribute

If you are interested in making a donation to support a nurse or other healthcare professional to attend the conference, please consider a tax-deductible donation.  Donations can be made below.  We encourage directed donations from retirement distributions as one way to support ethics education. Please contact us at ethicsofcaringnnec@gmail.com and we will reach out to share our mission and answer any questions you may have.