Lan Gien

Lan Tran Gien BSc., MEd., PhD.

PRESENT OCCUPATION/POSITION
Professor at Memorial University’s School of Nursing.

MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Lan Tran Gien has made a significant contribution in advancing excellence in international health and research. As a professor and researcher at Memorial University’s School of Nursing she has contributed to teaching in both undergraduate and graduate programs, supervising Master’s theses and doctoral dissertations, conducting program evaluation and accreditation. She has been the director or co-director of teams that procured almost ten million dollars in research grants for projects in Canada and abroad.

Her research is targeted towards community issues, for example reducing poverty,
controlling HIV/AIDS, helping the elderly and ethnic women access information on health, training primary health-care workers and understanding how resource
depletion affects communities in Canada, Finland and Vietnam.
She has also conducted research to identify the needs of multicultural women and
developed a cross cultural resource kit for ethnic women experiencing abusive
relationships in Canada. She has authored over 160 scientific communications including refereed publications, book/book chapters; refereed abstracts; invited presentations and research reports.She is an advisor to the Canadian Nurses Association’s International Policy &
Development divison for various projects including a consultant to the Strengthening
Nurses, Nursing Networks and Associations Program for numerous years. She has been
acknowledged locally, nationally and internationally for her achievements. She has beenrecognized for her contribution to improve health and social services in Vietnam: in 2002 The Vietnam’s Ministry of Health presented Lan with the National Medal for Improving the Health of the Vietnamese and in 2007, she was awarded the National Medal for significant contribution to Social Work education, by the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA), Government of Vietnam In 2004, she was named distinguished alumni by Columbia University, New York. Also in 2004 the Association of Registered Nurses of Newfoundland and Labrador (Canada) presented her with the Award of Excellence in Nursing Research. As the president of the National Organization of Immigrant and Visible Minority Women of Canada, she was awarded the Leadership Award for Women’s Health in Atlantic Canada in 2005. In
2008, she received The Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) Centennial Award which honors exceptional Canadian registered nurses whose personal contributions have made an outstanding and significant impact on the nursing profession.