ANN ARBOR—Deborah J. Oakley, professor of nursing at the University of Michigan, and her research colleagues have received the 1996 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation’s Excellence in Research Award in the area of health policy.

Oakley, who was the principal investigator, and her colleagues received the award for their study, “Processes of Care: Comparisons of Certified Nurse-Midwives and Obstetricians,” published in the Sept./Oct. 1995 issue of the Journal of Nurse-Midwifery.

Oakley’s colleagues are Terri L. Murtland, certified nurse midwife, clinical nurse specialist and adjunct lecturer in the School of Nursing; Dr. Robert H. Hayashi, the J. Robert Willson Collegiate Professor of Obstetrics, U-M Health Systems; Dr. Frank H. Andersen, now chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Loma Linda University; Frances L. Mayes, lecturer in nursing; Prof. Barbara Petersen, now director of the Program in Nurse-Midwifery, Vanderbilt University; and Cheryl Rorie, graduate student, School of Nursing.

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