Rutgers Nursing Magazine - Summer 2020

1 2 4 8 10 14 16 17 18 21 22 26 28 S U M M E R 2 0 2 0 R U T G E R S N U R S I N G N E W A R K N E W B R U N S W I C K B L A C K W O O D Message from the Dean In the Face of a Global Pandemic, School of Nursing Adapts Alumna Judith Persichilli Spearheads State’s Fight Against COVID-19 School of Nursing COVID-19 Media Coverage In Nigeria, Hope for Safer Bir ths and Healthier Mothers Reducing Stigma, Improving Health in Romania Improving Cancer Care in Botswana: An International Par tnership Spotlight: Selected Faculty Accomplishments Alumni Association Advances the Future of Nursing Keeping It Real–Moulage Filling the Anesthesia Gap A Life of Ser vice Histor y Wall Salutes Legacy of UMDNJ School of Nursing On the Cover Nurse Anesthesia Program Director and Assistant Professor Thomas Pallaria (L), instructs anesthesia student Stephen Landell during a simulation exercise. EDITORAL Leslie Garisto Pfaff, Lynn McFarlane, Vanessa Vera DESIGN Eric Miller + Associates DIGITAL PRODUCTION Thomas DiStefano, Dorothy Mui PHOTOGRAPHY Sjuhye Grace Chung, Elizabeth Lara-Collado, Roy Groething-Jersey Pictures, Lauren Guiliano, Fred Stucker Photography, Edwin J. Torres Rutgers Nursing magazine is published by the Department of Marketing, Communications, and Public Relations, Rutgers School of Nursing, 180 University Avenue, Newark, NJ, 07102. Send comments to communicate@sn.rutgers.edu