New Haven Health Department Nursing Director Named American Academy of Nursing Fellow

NEW HAVEN, CT — City health department director of nursing, Katherine (Kathy) Tucker, DNP, RN, APRN-BC, NE-BC, FAAN, was selected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, officials said Monday.

Tucker leads the New Haven Health Department's Health and Wellness Center and oversees a team of more than 40 school nurses that serve students across New Haven, it was noted.

The American Academy of Nursing serves the public by advancing health policy and practice through the generation, synthesis, and dissemination of nursing knowledge and a "policy organization that recognizes nursing leaders whose work has advanced health through practice, research, education, administration, and policy."

Academy Fellows are inducted into the organization for their extraordinary contributions to improve health locally and globally. With more than 3,400 Fellows, the Academy represents nursing’s most accomplished leaders in policy, research, administration, practice, and academia.

Fellows are among the most accomplished leaders in the profession and work together to shape health policy and improve health for people around the world, the department shared.

Tucker joins the academy's 2026 class of fellows, selected from a competitive pool of candidates representing 39 states, the District of Columbia, and 17 countries.