… Academy of Nursing , Dr. Ken White , Dean of MGH Institute’s School of Nursing , is making his mark on the organization. The American Academy of Nursing serves the … in policy, research, administration, practice, and academia. The Academy’s mission is to improve health and achieve health equity by impacting policy through nursing … says White. “We have nurse researchers that are not part of an academic setting but part of a hospital or health system so we’re really diversifying our …