DR. MARTHA
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Awards and Honors
Dr. Martha Libster, international nurse-herbalist, clinical nurse specialist, integrative and alternative medicine practitioner, education and health consultant, and designer of nursing practice models, has received the following awards and honors:
Awards and Honors
2021
Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.
2013
Faith Andrews Research Fellowship in Shaker Culture, Winterthur Museum, Library and Gardens.
2010
Visiting Research Scientist Nursing and Indigenous Knowledge Northwest University, Mafikeng, South Africa. Funded Medical Research Council of South Africa.
2009
Carrier of the Five Arrows of Hiawatha. (The Story of the Peacemaker) Bestowed by Wisdom Keeper Mrs. Cecilia Mitchell (Mohawk Nation and Iroquois Confederacy), Akwesasne, New York.
2008
Faculty Advisor Award East Carolina University College of Nursing Graduate Student Organization.
2005
Lavinia Dock Award for Exemplary Historical Research and Writing –
Book Publication, American Association for the History of Nursing – Herbal Diplomats.
2002
Gillette Nursing Summit Integrative Nursing Leadership - Invited Participant
Published: Altern Ther Health Med. 2003; 9 (1 Suppl): 3A-10A.


Shaker Museum

Visiting Research Scientist

Five Arrows of Hiawatha
Herbal Diplomats was awarded the 2005 Lavinia L. Dock Award for Exemplary Historical Research and Writing.
