Elizabeth J. Corwin
American nurse scientist and family nurse practitioner
Elizabeth J. Corwin is an American nurse scientist and family nurse practitioner. She is the Anna C. Maxwell Professor of Nursing Research and Vice Dean of Strategic and Innovative Research at Columbia University School of Nursing. Corwin previously held the Edith F. Honeycutt Chair in Nursing at Emory University. She is the principal investigator on NIH-funded R01 studies funded by the National Institutes of Health in the United States. She is not only an active scientist but also a doctoral supervisor.
Education
Corwin received a bachelor of science in zoology in 1977 at the University of Michigan. She completed a Ph.D. in physiology in 1981 at the Michigan Medicine. During her postdoctoral fellowship, she was introduced to clinical research, which inspired her to step out of her faculty position to return to school for a bachelor’s degree in nursing and become a family nurse practitioner. She completed a B.S.N. (1993) and M.S.N. (1996) at the University of New Mexico.
Career
In 2017, Corwin was made the Edith F. Honeycutt Chair in Nursing at Emory University.
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