Posted: Thursday, October 23, 2024

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SUFFOLK, VA. –For Nurses By Nurses Productions announces its newly elected 2024-2025 Bench Mark For Science Project Founding Committee members and officers.

For Nurses By Nurses Productions is the premiere media platform that is poised to advance the health sciences through scientific storytelling. All media to include documentaries, short films, lecture, podcasts and digital projects are a collaboration with nursing, medicine and public health to help bridge gaps in health inequities.   

The Bench Mark For Science Project is a partnership with parks and recreations around the country to place storytelling benches in parks to raise the consciousness around the health sciences and those who have contributed with extraordinary work. The committee is comprised of six members who are a representation of nursing, medicine, public health and the community.

Elected to officer positions are:

Denetra Hampton (Producer and Director of Film), Chair
Jacquelyn Claude (Public Health Scholar), Vice-Chair
Shaughanasee Vines (Maternal Health Scholar), Member-At-Large
Ebony Ferguson (Captain, United States Naval Nurse Corps), Member- At- Large
Yvette McInnis (Community Health Scholar), Member - At- Large

Tifany Lewis ( Biology/Genetics Scholar), Member- At-Large


“The work of the Bench Mark For Science Project is a core part of the Productions' vision to celebrate the art and science in filmmaking, inspire new generations in the health sciences, preserve and curate our history, and connect community from around the world,” said Founder, Denetra Hampton.  “I am grateful to those who have come to serve on the Founding Committee.”

Officers and Members-At-Large serve one-year terms.