The University of Tulsa congratulates Cassy Abbott Eng, who serves as the Susan K. Gaston Director of Nursing Chair in UTulsa’s Oxley College of Health & Natural Sciences and has been selected as a 2025 Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN).
Induction into the academy is a significant milestone in a nurse leader’s career in which their accomplishments are honored by their colleagues within and outside the profession. Fellows are selected based on their significant contributions and impact in advancing health care delivery.
Eng founded the Student Community Resource Unit for Baseline Support mobile health model, which dismantles barriers to health care access and equity by leveraging the full potential of graduate and undergraduate student nurses to deliver prevention and early intervention within the community. The S.C.R.U.B.S. unit is deployed along the public transportation route, in community shelters and at local events. Transportation and cost have been identified as two significant barriers to accessing health care. S.C.R.U.B.S. targets both by penetrating the community in an impactful way through pop-up clinics, baseline assessments, education and low- or no-cost resources.
“I am deeply honored and truly humbled to be named a 2025 Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. This recognition is not only the fulfillment of a personal milestone, but also a tribute to the collaborative spirit and unwavering support of my treasured colleagues and mentors,” said Eng, who also serves as president of the Oklahoma Nurses Association. “It is a privilege to join such an extraordinary community of leaders, scholars, executives and advocates. I look forward to contributing to the academy’s mission and working alongside this inspiring group to advance the nursing profession and improve health outcomes for all.”
The academy is a policy organization and an honorific society that recognizes nursing’s most accomplished leaders in policy, research, practice, administration and academia. Academy fellows hold various influential roles in health care, and collectively, they contribute their thought leadership to develop sound policy that helps to achieve the academy’s vision of healthy lives for all people.
The newest fellows represent 42 states, the District of Columbia and 12 countries. Eng and the other 2025 inductees will be recognized for their substantial, sustained and significant contributions to health and health care at the academy’s annual Health Policy Conference, Oct. 16-18, in Washington, D.C. After the ceremony, the inductees may formally display their FAAN credential, the most prestigious recognition in nursing.