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Three Penn Nursing Faculty Members Named LDI Senior Fellows

The Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics recently held its sixth annual “Fall Kickoff” to welcome eighteen new Senior Fellows to its ranks, including three Penn Nursing faculty members.

October 05, 2018
Nancy Hodgson, PhD, the Anthony Buividas Term Chair in Gerontology & Associate Professor of Nursing
Nancy Hodgson, PhD, the Anthony Buividas Term Chair in Gerontology & Associate Professor of Nursing
Ariana Chao, PhD, Assistant Professor of Nursing
Ariana Chao, PhD, Assistant Professor of Nursing
Pamela Cacchione, PhD, the Ralston House Endowed Term Chair in Gerontological Nursing & Associate Professor of Geropsychiatric Nursing
Pamela Cacchione, PhD, the Ralston House Endowed Term Chair in Gerontological Nursing & Associate Professor of Geropsychiatric Nursing2012

Our School’s three new LDI Senior Fellows are: Nancy Hodgson, PhD, the Anthony Buividas Term Chair in Gerontology & Associate Professor of Nursing; Ariana Chao, PhD, Assistant Professor of Nursing; and Pamela Cacchione, PhD, the Ralston House Endowed Term Chair in Gerontological Nursing & Associate Professor of Geropsychiatric Nursing.

During the event, each new Fellow was allotted four minutes for a speed-dating-like presentation about themselves, their work and their collaborative interests. Click here to read more and to listen to audio of the presentations.

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