With a dual nurse practitioner certification in adult acute care and gerontology, Gordon enrolled in UMass Lowell’s Doctor of Nursing Practice program to learn leadership skills to help her improve care, especially for older adults.

As a young nursing student on hospital duty, May Futrell was struck by the neglect of elderly patients, which ultimately defined her career and helped implement the first graduate program in the U.S. to educate primary-care gerontological nurse practitioners.

When Daniel Howell interned at the City of Lowell Health Department, he helped run a forum addressing opioid abuse.

Even though Erneston Maurissaint '16 passed the state’s nursing board exam on his first try, his road to success was not an easy one.