Leah Stone

Involvement/Accolades:

  • Pursuing a Bachelor's in Philosophy, Thesis title: The Effects of Stigma, Mental Health Exposure, and Information-Seeking Behavior on Mental Health
    Literacy in Middle School Children (Ages 10-14)
  • Undergraduate Research Assistant
  • Vice President (2025) and Business Manager (2024) of the Pitt Nursing Student Association
  • Nominations and Elections Committee Chair for the National Student Nurses' Association (2025-2026) and Student Nurses' Association of Pennsylvania (2023-2024)
  • Senior Patient Care Technician at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
  • Teaching Assistant for Microbiology and Anatomy & Physiology I and II
  • Panthers Forward Recipient (2026)
  • Board of Directors Scholarship Recipient, American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA) (2025)
  • Dr. Rena Lawrence Memorial Award Recipient, Student Nurses’ Association of Pennsylvania (SNAP) (2025)
  • Rebecca Olive McKinney Endowed Scholarship Recipient, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing (2025)
  • Future Nurse Leader Scholarship Recipient, Foundation of the NSNA (2025)
  • Promise of Nursing for Pennsylvania Scholarship Recipient, Foundation of the NSNA (2024)
  • Nursing Academic Excellence Award Recipient, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing (2024)
  • Nationality Rooms & Intercultural Exchange Programs (NRIEP) Scholarship Recipient, University of Pittsburgh (2024)
  • Leadership U Honors Society, NSNA
  • Adam I. Steele Jr. Nursing Scholarship Recipient, University of Pittsburgh (2023)

Future Plans:

"I will be working as a Registered Nurse on UPMC Children's Hospital's Transplant Unit upon graduating with my Bachelor of Science in Nursing. I plan to attend a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program specializing in Psychiatric-Mental Health within the next two years. I hope to work with children and adolescents with mental health needs."