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Teresa Chopoorian has been exposed to the nursing profession since she was a teenager. Having worked alongside her parents in her familyâs business, the 76-bed Mansion Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Central Falls, RI, she knew early on that she wanted to pursue a career in nursing. Today she is vice president and administrator there.
Teresa Chopoorian
Chopoorianâs professional career in nursing began after graduating from the Nursing School of Rhode Island in 1962. She started as a staff nurse at the Childrenâs Hospital Medical Center in Boston. Knowing that she wanted to advance her knowledge of nursing practice as well as her career, she pursued her masterâs degree at the Boston School of Nursing, which she earned in 1964. At Boston University, she became an assistant professor and in 1968 received a nursing educator of the year award.
Nursing faculty awarded distinguished University of Pennsylvania nursing award
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A. Lynn Williams, PhD, CCC-SLP, took office this month as the 2021 president of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
In her term, Williams will work to advance the objectives of ASHA and its more than 211,000 members and affiliates who are audiologists; speech-language pathologists; speech, language and hearing scientists; audiology and speech-language pathology support personnel; and students in communication sciences and disorders.
âI am honored to serve as ASHAâs 2021 President,â Williams said. âIn my new role, I intend to focus on empowering ASHA members to advocate on behalf of the professions of audiology and speech-language pathology. As the country grapples with the health and educational consequences of the global pandemic; strives to address the pressing issues of diversity, equity and inclusion; and readies to inaugurate a new president who has been vocal about his experiences as a person who stutters, the importance of the professions is