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Researcher receives Episteme Award from honor society; also named Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania

Loretta Sweet Jemmott videoLoretta Sweet Jemmott, RN, PhD, FAAN, received Baxter International Foundation's Episteme Award in November during the 39th Biennial Convention of the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International. To see excerpts from her keynote speech, click on the video screen at right.

The Episteme Award acknowledges a major breakthrough in nursing knowledge development that has resulted in a significant, recognizable benefit to the public. Jemmott's research has focused on HIV/AIDS prevention among African-American adolescents.

Jemmott also has been named a Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania by Governor Ed Rendell. Jemmott, a professor at University of Pennsylvania's School of Nursing, is one of seven women selected for this honor in 2007.

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