Biography
Professor Laurie Badzek, Dean and Professor of Penn State’s Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing, is a nurse, attorney, and educator who specialises in genomics education and competency, ethics, law, and nursing practice. As dean, Badzek oversees nursing programmes at 12 Commonwealth Campuses and the online World Campus. She is a Fellow of the National Academies of Practice, American Association of Colleges of Nursing Wharton Leadership Programme, and American Academy of Nursing.
In 2020, Badzek received the American Nurses Association’s Leadership in Ethics Award for authentically demonstrating the highest standards of ethics and leadership in daily practice and promoting ethical dialogue and scholarship. In 2021, she was selected as a Hastings Fellow.
Badzek and her associates have conducted research in end-of-life decisions, advance care planning and genomics funded by the NCSBN, NIH, NHGRI, NCI, and publications are in the Journal of Nursing Scholarship, Nursing Outlook, Precision Medicine, Palliative Medicine, JAMA Open, American Nurse Today and other peer-reviewed journals. As PI, Badzek conducted one of the largest US studies examining the translation of genomics to bedside care. She is a founding member and currently serves on the advisory board of the Global Genomics Nursing Alliance (G2NA).
Badzek received a BSN and a JD from West Virginia University, and an MSN and an advanced postgraduate law degree (LLM) from DePaul University.