The Person with HIV/AIDS: Nursing Perspectives, Fourth Edition

Felissa R. Lashley (formerly Cohen), RN, PhD, ACRN, FACMG, FAAN, is professor and Dean of the College of Nursing at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, an appointment she assumed in November, 2002 as well as interim director of the Nursing Center for Bioterrorism and Emerging Infectious Diseases Preparedness. Immediately prior to this appointment she was professor and Dean of the School of Nursing, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville from 1995-2002. She also was a clinical professor of pediatrics at the SIU School of Medicine. Before taking that position she was professor and Head of the Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing, Clinical Chief for Medical-Surgical Nursing at the University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics, and director of the Center for Narcolepsy. She received her BS, RN from Adelphi College, her MA in medical surgical nursing/higher education from New York University and her PhD from Illinois State University in human genetics. She has a certificate in medical genetics from Jackson Laboratories.

Dr. Lashley is certified as a PhD medical geneticist by the American Board of Medical Genetics (the first nurse to be so certified), is an AIDS certified registered nurse, and is a founding fellow of the American College of Medical Genetics. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.

Dr. Lashley received the 2000 Research Recognition Award for Outstanding Research from the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, and was member of the year for SLANAC in 2002. In March, 2003 she received the distinguished alumni award from Illinois State University, and in 2005 was initiated into their Hall of Fame. In 1999, she received the Distinguished Nurse Research Award from the Illinois Nurses Association. She also received the SAGE award for mentoring nurse leaders in 2001 from the Illinois Leadership Institute. She is a distinguished lecturer for Sigma Theta Tau, International, and was an associate editor of the journal, IMAGE: The Journal of Nursing Scholarship. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ, and of the statewide NJ MEDPREP committee. She has been selected as a "woman of excellence" by the New Jersey Women In AIDS Network.

Jerry D. Durham, PhD, RN., FAAN, is Chancellor and Professor of Nursing at Allen College, Waterloo, Iowa. He previously held the position of Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Professor of Nursing at the University of Missouri-St. Louis where he initially served as dean of the Barnes College of Nursing and Health Studies. He holds two baccalaureate and four graduate degrees, including master's degrees in medical-surgical nursing and psychiatric mental health nursing, as well as a doctorate in higher education administration. Dr. Durham is also the co-editor of books focusing on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and private practice in psychiatric-mental health nursing. These publications have received five Book of the Year Awards from the American Journal of Nursing. He has also served as a reviewer for, and member of, the editorial boards of several nursing journals.