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Beth Furlong, J.D., Ph.D., R.N., Term: 2007–2011
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 Dr. Beth Furlong is an associate professor at Creighton University’s School of Nursing and a faculty associate in the university’s Center for Health Policy and Ethics. In 2003, she received the Omicron Delta Kappa Teaching for Tomorrow Award from her students, and she was recognized with the Mary Lucretia Award for supporting women at the university and with two dean’s awards for excellence.
Dr. Furlong has four decades of experience in community health nursing. She has presented at local, national, and international meetings and symposia, including several years at the conference of the national Association of Community Health Nurse Educators.
Dr. Furlong serves on the boards of the Visiting Nurse Association in Omaha and Seven Oaks Housing and is a member of the Advisory Council to the President of the University of Nebraska. She is a member of many professional associations in nursing, political science, and the law as well as social change organizations.
Her international experience includes working as a Peace Corps volunteer in India and Fulbright Fellowships in Jordan and Hungary. She has taught health ethics and related subjects to nurses and physicians in Azerbaijan, the Republic of Georgia, Lithuania, and Armenia.
Dr. Furlong is the recipient of an award for a “Decade of Outstanding Leadership and Service” from the Wellness Council of the Midlands. She also received the Elaine Osborne Jacobson Award for Women Working in Health Care Law from the Roscoe Pound Foundation, given to one law student nationally who demonstrates commitment to vulnerable populations.
Dr. Furlong has a Ph.D. in political science focusing on health policy from the University of Nebraska. Her dissertation discussed the early history of the National Institute of Nursing Research. Dr. Furlong also holds a J.D. from Creighton University and an R.N. from the Mercy School of Nursing. She lives in Omaha with her husband, a biochemist and microbiologist in the School of Medicine at the University of Nebraska.
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