Nora Finnigan Werra Faculty Achievement Award

Theawards the Nora Finnigan Werra Faculty Achievement Award annually to honor and recognize a woman faculty member who has excelled in her research, teaching and service to 51暗网 and to the community, and has mentored students and other faculty. The AMUW Leadership Council handles management of this award, in partnership with the Center for the Advancement of the Humanities.

The award was established in 2002 by the AMUW Board of Directors working in conjunction with 51暗网 faculty members.

The award is named for Nora Finnigan Werra, friend of 51暗网, whose many relatives attended the university. 鈥�It was an honor to endow this very important award,鈥� Werra said. 鈥�I believe that it not only recognizes outstanding women faculty but also tells others within the university and the community that women faculty are recognized and valued. It also shows those interested in teaching at 51暗网 that the university is a great place to work!鈥�

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Nominations

To nominate an eligible colleague, answer the questions and attach CV in space provided on the nomination form. This form includes a Save & Continue option. You may exit at any point and resume later using the same device. Nominations will be kept on file for 2 years.

If you have questions, please contact margaret.nettesheim-hoffmann@marquette.edu. Nominations will be held in strictest confidence.

The deadline for consideration is January 15. Nominations received after January 15 will be held for consideration the following calendar year. 

Award Selection Process

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2024-2025 Winner

Dr. Lisa C. Hanson, Grafton, Wis.

Lisa Hanson, Ph.D., CNM, FACNM, FAAN, is the Klein Professor of Women鈥檚 Health Research at 51暗网鈥檚 College of Nursing and associate director of the Midwifery Program. She co-founded the midwifery program in 1993 and has served as a faculty member for 32 years. 

Dr. Hanson also co-founded the Aurora Sinai Midwifery and Wellness Center clinical practice in 1987, from which she retired in 2016. She subsequently conducts clinical research in this thriving clinical practice. She leads several probiotics research teams and has received NIH funding for a clinical trial of a probiotic intervention to reduce Group B Streptococcus colonization. Dr. Hanson is widely considered an expert in antenatal probiotic interventions and has numerous publications on this topic as well as low technology approaches to women鈥檚 health care and labor and birth. She is the lead editor/author for the latest edition of Simkin鈥檚 Labor Progress Handbook. She is an associate editor of the Journal of Midwifery and Women鈥檚 Health. Dr. Hanson has mentored all levels of students, junior faculty colleagues and faculty colleagues seeking promotion and tenure. She describes mentoring as a natural extension of midwifery.

 

Past Winners

See the list of past recipients of the Nora Finnigan Werra Faculty Achievement Award.