Marquis D Foreman

Marquis D. Foreman, PhD, RN, FAAN is Professor and Chair, Department of Adult Health and Gerontological Nursing, Rush University College of Nursing. Dr. Foreman was formerly Professor and Associate Dean for Nursing Science Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing. He has been actively engaged in efforts to improve the care of hospitalized older people for more than 30 years. He earned a diploma in nursing from the St. Vincent Hospital School of Nursing, Toledo, OH, a...See more

Marquis D. Foreman, PhD, RN, FAAN is Professor and Chair, Department of Adult Health and Gerontological Nursing, Rush University College of Nursing. Dr. Foreman was formerly Professor and Associate Dean for Nursing Science Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing. He has been actively engaged in efforts to improve the care of hospitalized older people for more than 30 years. He earned a diploma in nursing from the St. Vincent Hospital School of Nursing, Toledo, OH, a BSN from the University of Toledo, a MSN from the Medical College of Ohio at Toledo, and PhD in nursing science from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). Foreman also completed a postdoctoral fellowship at UIC before joining the faculty. Foreman is known best for his research about delirium in hospitalized older people. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, and the Institute of Medicine-Chicago, and has received numerous awards for his work including the Mary Opal Wolanin Award for Excellence in Gerontological Clinical Nursing Research, the Harriet H. Werley New Investigator Award, and the Mosby-Cameo Nursing Research Award all for his work on delirium in hospitalized older people. See less