Miriam M. Powell Scholarship

For Clinical Leadership and Scholarship

Seeking a meaningful career, Miriam Powell enrolled in the Cornell University-New York Hospital School of Nursing. Ms. Powell found that gratifying career in nursing and, in 2004, decided to support a scholarship for one nurse each year with an annual gift to NEF. These scholarships were referred to as the Miriam M. Powell Fellowship. In 2015, the fellowship fund was made a permanent scholarship dedicated to clinical nursing leadership and scholarship.

Featured Miriam M. Powell Scholarship Recipients

These three featured NEF Scholars are ideal examples of nursing leaders who pursued advanced education to expand their impact on patient care:

Dalton Bender, DNP

2023-2024 Winner | Doctoral Degree

Has been working in infectious diseases with a focus on HIV, STI, gender-affirming, and primary care and developed the first EMR-based, semi-automated TelePrEP program for HIV and STI prevention
Worked as a CVICU RN at Michigan Medicine and as Graduate Nursing Director at the University of Michigan Student-Run Free Clinic, caring for a diverse patient population while gaining leadership experience through direct oversight of team members
Geared his clinical rotations to the experiences of LGBTQIA+ patients, focused on HIV medicine as well as transgender medicine
Was elected President of the Ann Arbor student chapter of Michigan Council of Nurse Practitioners

Amy Goh, PhD, CNM

2022-2023 Winner | Doctoral Degree

Is an Assistant Professor at UMass Boston and Adjunct Faculty at Thomas Jefferson University
Has worked as a midwife in a variety of settings, including an urban birth center and large academic teaching hospitals in Boston
Was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Cape Verde, completed her MPhil thesis in International Development on the politics of pregnancy in Brazil, and after observing her first birth where an incredible midwife in Ethiopia provided excellent care, was inspired to become a midwife

Stephanie Uhr, PhD, RN

2021-2022 Winner | Doctoral Degree

Worked for 22 years as an obstetric nurse in the Labor & Delivery and Mother/Baby units, with some time spent in the NICU and maternal-fetal medicine specialties Became an Internationally Board-Certified Lactation Consultant working in the acute care setting, teaching childbirth and breastfeeding classes and leading staff educational events Secured a full-time teaching position at Northern Illinois University in their baccalaureate nursing program to expand breastfeeding knowledge and skills to nurses so they can positively impact mothers and babies