Vanderbilt School of Nursing
461 21st Avenue South
111 Godchaux Hal
Nashville, TN
USA 37240
Biographical Sketch: Colleen Conway-Welch has served as Professor and Dean of Vanderbilt University School of Nursing since 1984. Holder of honorary doctorates from Cumberland University, Georgetown University, and the University of Colorado, she is a graduate of Georgetown University, Catholic University of America, and New York University. She has published extensively, served on President Reagan’s Commission on the HIV Epidemic in 1988, the National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare in 1998, the Governor’s Tennessee Commission on the Future of TennCare, and appoin
She is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, a charter Fellow of the American College of Nurse-Midwives, a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Science and serves as a Director on the Boards of Pinnacle Bank, RehabCare Group, and Ardent Health Services in addition to numerous other 501(c)3 boards such as the HealthCare Leadership Council in Washington, D.C. She is also the founding Director of the Nursing Emergency Preparedness Education Coalition.