Nine UMSON Faculty Members Awarded State Funding as Fellows Committed to Supporting Nursing Workforce
March 19, 2025
Baltimore, Md. - Nine University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) faculty members have been named Maryland state New Nurse Faculty Fellows. These awards are part of the Nurse Support Program (NSP) II, a statewide initiative funded by the Health Services Cost Review Commission and administered by the Maryland Higher Education Commission.
The New Nurse Faculty Fellowship is for new nursing faculty members and helps cover the expenses of their graduate education. It was designed to assist Maryland nursing programs with recruiting and retaining new nursing faculty, to produce the additional nursing graduates Maryland’s hospitals and health systems need. The following UMSON faculty received the maximum award amount of $50,000 for fiscal years 2025 - 29, assuming continuous employment as faculty in good standing and the availability of funding:
- Kelly Bates, DNP, FNP-BC, assistant professor
- Ozioma Erondu, DNP ’20, BSN ’14, CRNP, AGNP-C, assistant professor
- Molly McComiskey, DNP ’21, CNP-AC, assistant professor
- Sun Young Park, DNP ’22, MS ’17, CNE, FNP-C, assistant professor
- Sarah Rangelov, DNP ’23, MS ’14, BSN ’09, CRNP, CPNP-PC, FNE-AP, assistant professor
- Sara Robinson, DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC, assistant professor and director, Doctor of Nursing Practice Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner – Family specialty
- Jessica Sullivan, MS ’14, PMHNP-BC, clinical instructor
- Victoria Vykol, DNP ’21, MS ’15, BSN ’12, CRNP, NNP-BC, assistant professor
- Nyree Williams, DNP ’21, MS ’16, PMHNP-BC, assistant professor
NSP II helps increase Maryland’s nursing capacity by supporting initiatives that advance the recommendations outlined in the National Academy of Medicine’s Future of Nursing reports.
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The University of Maryland School of Nursing, founded in 1889, is one of the oldest and largest nursing schools in the nation and is ranked among the top nursing schools nationwide. Enrolling nearly 2,000 students in its baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral programs, the School develops leaders who shape the profession of nursing and impact the health care environment.