Editors’ Profiles
Antonia M. Villarruel, PhD, RN, FAAN, Editor, is Professor and Nola J. Pender Collegiate Chair of the University of Michigan School of Nursing as well as the Associate Dean of the School of Nursing’s Office of Research and Global Affairs.
Dr. Villarruel is an accomplished bilingual and bicultural researcher with extensive practice experience serving diverse Latino and Mexican populations. Dr Villarruel is the past president and a founding member of the National Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nursing Associations and past president of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses. She has served on diverse advisory councils and was the principal and co-principal investigator of seven randomized clinical trials concerned with reducing sexual and other risk behaviors among Latino youth. Dr. Villarruel is a member of the Institute of Medicine and a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.
Sara Torres, PhD, RN, FAAN, Co-editor,is nationally known for her research on interpersonal violence. She is the editor of ?Hispanic Voices:?Hispanic Health Educators Speak Out (1999) published by the National League for Nursing and co-founding editor of Hispanic Health Care International, The Official Journal of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses. Dr. Torres has received numerous awards, including the Surgeon General’s Exemplary Service Award. Dr. Torres is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and a member of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society. She is a consultant on mental health nursing to the Pan American Health Organization and was the director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center on Mental Health Nursing at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. Dr. Torres has served at the national level on committees of numerous associations. Dr. Torres is a past president of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses and served a two-year term on the New Jersey Board of Nursing.
