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Wendy A. Hall
Wendy Anne Hall RN, PhD (born 1952) is a Canadian academic nursing professor and researcher in the area of maternal-infant health. She is known as an infant sleep expert in the local and Canadian community and her research is recognized internationally.

Biography and Career
Hall received her BN from the University of Manitoba in 1974, Master of Science in Nursing from the University of British Columbia (UBC) in 1986, and a PhD from the University of Manchester in 1999.

Hall started teaching as an Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of British Columbia in 1989 and was promoted to Full Professor in 2007. She has provided leadership in the School of Nursing as Associate Director of Graduate Programs, across the University as an Associate Dean, as Senior Advisor for the Faculty of Applied Science, and as UBC Senate representative. In these roles Hall led a number of changes to the curriculum for graduate programs and supported better supervision of graduate students.

Awards and Recognition
Hall has been recognized on numerous occasions for her teaching excellence : she is a 2-time recipient of the UBC Killam Teaching Prize (1992, 2009), and Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN) Excellence in Nursing Education Award.

She has also been recognized for her contributions to nursing research with an Excellence in Nursing Research Award from the College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia.