Advisory Committee
Advisory Committee Members
Committee Workroom (Committee Members Only)
The MFP National Advisory Committee is composed of ten (10) distinguished nurses who are representative of the following ethnic and racial groups: African American, Asian American, Hispanic American, and Native Alaskan/Native American Indian. The majority of them are affiliated with academic institutions and are actively engaged in psychiatric and mental health nursing research. Committee members are selected to represent expertise in psychiatric and mental health services and research or in a related substantive research and service areas such as substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, severe mental disorders, child abuse, violence, suicide, and other related domains.
The Committee serves as a policy advisory group and provides for all components of the program. The Committee members' functions include, but are not limited to reviewing existing program policies and procedures and making recommendations; implementing the appointment process by scoring applications and selecting Fellows; implementing the reappointment process by evaluating and making recommendations regarding the Fellows' tenure in the program; awarding post-doctoral fellowships; assisting Fellows to strengthen their research and scholarship through a variety of activities; and conducting planned site visits at selected universities where Fellows are matriculating in academic programs with the intent of assessing the Fellow's overall performance within the context of the academic institution, and making recommendations on the Fellow's behalf. The demands of the Committee can best be described as involved and, at times, intense.