Awards and Honors

 2007-2009      Elected Vice-President to the Board of the Canadian Federation for Sexual Health (formerly Planned Parenthood Federation of Canada)

 2006-2009      Elected to ARNNL Council as St. John's representative

 2007-2010       Appointed to Board of Directors of Canadian Nurses Protective Society

 2007-2010       Appointed to Registered Nurse Exam Committee as representative for Newfoundland and Labrador (Elected Chair Feb 2008)

 Dec 2007         Health Care Foundation Scholarship

 Nov 2007         Robert Bradbury Memorial Scholarship

 May 2007         Dean’s Fellowship, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University (2007-2010)

 Dec 2006         CIHR Studentship, Colorectal Cancer Interdisciplinary Research Team (2006-2007)

 Dec 2006          ARNNL Education and Research Trust Scholarship

 Oct 2006          NLNU Scholarship for Continuing Studies in PhD program

 Oct 2006          NLNU Branch #44 Continuing Education Scholarship

Publications

'2006'              Co-authored chapter on "Adolescent Sexual Decision-Making in Newfoundland and Labrador."  Johns, A., Tweedie, K., & Watkins, K. (2006).  In L. Cullum, C. McGrath, & M. Porter (Eds.).  Weather's edge (pp. 268-279).  St. John's:  Killick Press.

Presentations

June 2007        Individuals who are Carriers for HNPCC: Experiences with the Health Care System (presentation) CIHR Interdisciplinary Team on Colorectal Cancer AGM                  

 May 2006        "Nursing Student Attrition:  Why are they Leaving?" (poster presentation) Nursing Education & Research Symposium.