Elizabeth Anionwu
British nurse, professor and activist (born 1947) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dame Elizabeth Nneka Anionwu OM DBE FRCN (born Elizabeth Mary Furlong; 2 July 1947) is a British nurse, health care administrator, lecturer, and Emeritus Professor of Nursing at the University of West London.
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Born | Elizabeth Mary Furlong (1947-07-02) 2 July 1947 (age 76) Birmingham, England |
Known for | Nurse, lecturer, administrator |
Notable work | Dreams From My Mother (2021) |
Children | Azuka Oforka (daughter) |
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Awards | Order of Merit, Pride of Britain Awards Lifetime Achievement Award, 2019 |
Website | www |
In 1979, Anionwu became the United Kingdom's first sickle-cell and thalassemia nurse specialist, helping establish the Brent Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Counselling centre[1] with consultant haematologist Milica Brozovic. In 1998, by then a Professor of Nursing, Anionwu created the Mary Seacole Centre for Nursing Practice at the University of West London. She holds the Order of Merit, was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN).[2] She retired in 2007, and in 2016 she published her memoirs, Mixed Blessings from a Cambridge Union.