Elizabeth Anionwu, Date of Birth
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Emeritus Professor of Nursing at Thames Valley University, currently Vice-Chairperson of the Mary Seacole Memorial Statue Appeal
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About Elizabeth Anionwu
- Professor Dame Elizabeth Nneka Anionwu (born Elizabeth Mary Furlong; 2 July 1947) is a British nurse, health expert, tutor, lecturer and Emeritus Professor of Nursing at University of West London.
- In 1979 Anionwu became the United Kingdom's first sickle cell and thalassemia nurse specialist, helping establish the Brent Sickle Cell & Thalassaemia Counselling centre with Consultant Haematologist Dr Milica Brozovic.
- In 1998, by then a Professor of Nursing, she created the Mary Seacole Centre for Nursing Practice at the University of West London.
- She holds a PhD, was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire and is a Fellow of the RCN.
- She retired in 2007 and published her memoirs Mixed Blessings from a Cambridge Union.
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