Contributions to Science - Mary Black
February 2008
With Robert Pope, RN, MSN, participated in a panel presentation during the Leadership Conference of the John A. Hartford Foundation Geriatric Nursing Initiative. They received many accolades for their extraordinary leadership and strong influence on the success of the conference, December 2007, in San Diego, CA.
May, 2006
Mary Black, RN has been named a John A. Hartford Foundation pre-doctoral Scholar for September 2006 – August 2008. Her dissertation topic is “Depressive Symptoms among Native American Caregivers of Individuals with Alzheimer’s or Dementias.” An enrolled member of three affiliated tribes (Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara) of Fort Berthold, North Dakota, Black serves as Community Program Associate for the Native Nurse Center Opportunity Program in the School of Nursing at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
November, 2005
Poster Presentation: "Depressive Symptoms among Native American caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's or Dementia", National Alaska Native American Indian Nurses Association (NANAINA Summit XI, November 2005, Washington, DC)