DR. MARTHA

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, Honors, and Fellowhips

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2021

Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. 

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2013

Faith Andrews Research Fellowship in Shaker Culture, Winterthur Museum, Library and Gardens. 

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​​2010

Visiting Research Scientist Nursing and Indigenous Knowledge Northwest University, Mafikeng, South Africa. Funded Medical Research Council of South Africa.

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​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.

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​2008

Faculty Advisor Award East Carolina University College of Nursing Graduate Student Organization.

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2005

Lavinia Dock Award for Exemplary Historical Research and Writing – 

Book Publication, American Association for the History of Nursing – Herbal Diplomats.

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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. ​