The nursing world lost a gem and a pioneer in the passing of Fannie Gaston-Johansson, a beloved Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing professor emerita.
Dr. Fannie Gaston-Johansson, a retired Johns Hopkins nursing professor who created a pain-measurement device and studied the aftereffects of breast cancer treatment in Black women, died Jan. 7 at her Mount Washington home. She was 84.
A member of the Hopkins Nursing faculty for more than two decades, she was known for her scholarly work involving health disparities, pain management, and palliative care