HR 392 Summary

• Commends Judy Dodd of Huntsville, Alabama, for being selected as a 2014 REAL Award Honoree, one of only two nurses worldwide to receive this prestigious award.

• REAL Awards were created by Save the Children and the Frontline Health Workers Coalition and are sponsored by organizations including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to recognize exceptional health workers globally.

• Judy Dodd works in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Huntsville Hospital for Women and Children and has a 21-year nursing career, including prior experience at Children's Hospital in Birmingham and Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

• Recognizes her family commitment (married 11 years to Mike Dodd, four daughters, nine grandchildren), church involvement, and her compassionate care for parents of critically ill infants in the NICU.

• The Alabama House of Representatives extends highest commendation and congratulations to Judy Dodd for this significant honor.