Awards, Appointments, Announcements

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Jean F. Jenkins, Ph.D., R.N., was invited to become a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. Jenkins is a clinical nurse specialist consultant at the National Cancer Institute, Division of Clinical Sciences, Genetics Section of the Medicine Branch, where she is responsible for cancer genetic studies including biomedical and nursing research.

The American Academy of Nursing is an organization of leaders in nursing who have been recognized for their outstanding contributions to the profession and to health care.

Caro Honored

Susan W. Caro, director of the Family Cancer Risk Service at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, received the Frances Williams Preston Award for Breast Cancer Awareness.

Caro is the director of Vanderbilt-Ingram’s Family Cancer Risk Service, which was designed to help individuals assess their inherited risk for cancer and make appropriate decisions based on true risk. She is a member of the Susan G. Komen Foundation board and serves as its co-chair for education.