On May 22, Dr. Jacquelyn Taylor will present the second 2018 NINR Director’s Lecture, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. in Lipsett Amphitheater in the Clinical Center (Bldg. 10) on the NIH Campus in Bethesda, Maryland. In her presentation, “Hypertension Genomics in Black Families: A Tale of 3 Studies, and Counting…” Dr. Taylor will describe her research trajectory and current program of research, which addresses the genomics of chronic disease in African Americans. The lecture will be followed by an opportunity for questions and discussion.

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About the Speaker

Jacquelyn Taylor, PhD, RN, PNP-BC, FAHA, FAAN is the inaugural Vernice D. Ferguson Endowed Professor in Health Equity at the Rory Meyers College of Nursing at New York University.

Dr. Taylor’s work focuses on the genomics of chronic disease among African-American populations. Her current research examines the effect of psychological, genetic, and epigenetic factors on blood pressure in Black/African-American women and their young children. Dr. Taylor is also conducting a study on the genomics of lead poisoning in Flint, Michigan.

Dr. Taylor formerly served as tenured faculty and Associate Dean of Diversity and Inclusion at the Yale University School of Nursing. Dr. Taylor was awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government to outstanding scientists and engineers in early stages of their independent research careers. Her long-term goal is to develop nursing interventions to prevent and reduce omic-environment risks associated with health disparities.

About the Event

This event is free and open to the public. The event will not be webcast, but it will be available on YouTube a few weeks following the lecture.

To request reasonable accommodations, including sign language interpretation, please contact Nathan Brown at 301-594-9262 / nathan.brown2@nih.gov or the Federal Relay at 1-800-877-8339 at least five days before the event.

The NINR Director’s Lecture series is designed to bring the nation’s top nurse scientists to the NIH campus to share their work and interests with a transdisciplinary audience.

On March 1, 2018, Dr. Andrea Barsevick presented the first 2018 NINR Director’s Lecture, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon in Lipsett Amphitheater in the Clinical Center (Bldg. 10) on the NIH Campus in Bethesda, Maryland.

In her presentation, “The Science of Symptom Management," Dr. Barsevick described her program of research which addresses cancer-related symptoms and quality of life research.

About the Speaker

Andrea Barsevick, PhD, RN, FAAN, AOCN is a Professor in the Population Science Division of Medical Oncology at Thomas Jefferson University. She is known internationally for her research on symptom clustering during and after cancer treatment, particularly fatigue and its interactions with sleep disturbances, depressed mood, and quality of life.

Dr. Barsevick is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and a past member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Guidelines Panel on cancer-related fatigue.

About the Event

The NINR Director’s Lecture series is designed to bring the nation’s top nurse scientists to the NIH campus to share their work and interests with a transdisciplinary audience.

On Tuesday, November 14, 2017, Dr. Margaret Heitkemper presented "Symptom Science in Irritable Bowel Syndrome:  Biomarkers to Intervention," on November 14, 2017 from 1:00 p.m.-2 p.m. in Lipsett Amphitheater in the Clinical Center (Bldg. 10) on the NIH Campus in Bethesda, Maryland.

About the Speaker:

Margaret McLean Heitkemper, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Professor and Chairperson, Department of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Informatics, Adjunct Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, and Co-Director, Center for Innovations in Sleep Self-Management at the University of Washington. Her current studies are examining blood and fecal metabolite levels, the microbiome, and intestinal permeability in men and women with IBS as well as peripheral markers of inflammation.

The NINR Director’s Lecture series is designed to bring the nation’s top nurse scientists to the NIH campus to share their work and interests with a transdisciplinary audience.

On May 23, 2017, Kate Lorig, DrPH presented the second 2017 NINR Director’s Lecture on the NIH Campus in Bethesda, Maryland. In her talk, "Chronic Disease Self-Management—Evidence, Instruments, Translation, and Beyond," Dr. Lorig discussed the effectiveness of low cost self-management interventions for reducing symptoms and improving quality of life. She also explored the role of self-efficacy as a predictor and moderator of outcomes.

About the Speaker:

Dr. Lorig is a professor emerita at the Stanford School of Medicine. Her research has focused on the development and evaluation of self-management programs in English and Spanish for people with chronic diseases. This work has been supported by NINR, as well as other NIH Institutes, government agencies, and foundations. Dr. Lorig’s programs are delivered in small groups, via mail and the Internet. The interventions are used in more than 30 countries and have been attended by more than one million people.

Dr. Kate Lorig holds a BS in Nursing from Boston University, an MS from the University of California San Francisco, and a Doctorate in Public Health from the University of California Berkeley. She served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Chile.

On Thursday, March 2, 2017, Linda H. Aiken, PhD, FAAN, FRCN, RN, presented the first 2017 NINR Director’s Lecture on the NIH Campus in Bethesda, Maryland. In her talk, "Nursing’s Impact on Patient Outcomes," Dr. Aiken described her program of research which shows that nurses with higher levels of qualifications, fewer patients to care for, and improved working environments have better patient outcomes.

About the Speaker:

Dr. Linda H. Aiken is the Claire Fagin Leadership Professor of Nursing, Professor of Sociology, and Director of the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Aiken conducts research on the use of performance measures to demonstrate relationships between nursing care and patient outcomes, and is the author of more than 300 scientific papers. Her research awards include the Baxter Health Services Research Prize, the AcademyHealth Distinguished Investigator Award, the Individual Codman Award from the Joint Commission, and the National Academy of Medicine’s 2014 Lienhard Award for the cumulative impact of her research on the improvement of personal health services. She has directed studies of the impact of nursing on patient outcomes in over 30 countries. Dr. Aiken is a former President of the American Academy of Nursing, an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing, an elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a member of the National Academy of Medicine.

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The NINR Director’s Lecture series is designed to bring the nation’s top nurse scientists to the NIH campus to share their work and interests with a transdisciplinary audience.

On Tuesday, November 1, 2016, Dr. Sandra Millon-Underwood presented the fourth 2016 NINR Director’s Lecture on the NIH Campus in Bethesda, Maryland. In her talk, "Evidence-based Interventions to Address Health Disparities in Cancer," Dr. Millon-Underwood described her research focusing on minority populations, including African American women with breast cancer.

About the Speaker:

Sandra Millon-Underwood PhD, RN, FAAN is a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM). Dr. Millon-Underwood’s research focuses on cancer, including education, prevention, early detection, and risk management. Her projects target at-risk and undeserved urban, rural, and island communities. Dr. Million-Underwood has served on the National Advisory Council for Nursing Research, the National Institutes of Health Council of Councils, the National Cancer Advisory Board, the National Cancer Policy Board, the Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Integration Panel, and the Wisconsin Women’s Health Foundation Expert Panel. She was the founding director of the UWM House of Peace Community Nursing Center which provides wellness classes, intensive case management, and support services for families dealing with cancer.

Ellen Goodman presented the 2016 NINR Science and the Public Lecture. In her talk, "The Most Important Conversation We’re Not Having," Ms. Goodman described The Conversation Project, a public health campaign and a movement, that works to change the way people talk about, and prepare for their end-of-life care.

About the Speaker:

Ms. Goodman has spent most of her life chronicling social change and its impact on American life. She was one of the first women to write for the op-ed pages where she became, according to Media Watch, the most widely syndicated progressive columnist in the country. In 1980, she won the Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Commentary. Ms. Goodman founded The Conversation Project in 2012 which is dedicated to helping people talk about their wishes for end-of-life care. The Conversation Project has the audacious goal of changing our nation’s culture so that everyone’s wishes for end of life care are both expressed and respected.

On Thursday, May 5, 2016, Marie Nolan PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, presented the second of this year’s four Director’s Lectures. A video of her talk, "Reframing Shared Decision Making at the End of Life," is now available.

Dr. Nolan described her program of research on patient and family decision making in the face of critical illness. Her end-of-life research has revealed that instead of the autonomous decision making model prevalent in clinical practice and healthcare policy, most critically ill patients prefer shared decision making with their family and physician. Moreover, these preferences remain stable over time, even as health declines significantly.

Dr. Nolan is professor and executive vice dean at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. She also previously directed the PhD program and is the Johns Hopkins director of the first nursing doctoral program in China, a collaboration between Peking Union Medical College and JHSON funded by the China Medical Board of New York. She is also past-president of the International Network for Doctoral Education in Nursing (INDEN). Dr. Nolan holds a joint faculty appointment in the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and has served on advisory panels of the National Institutes of Health regarding end-of-life care research.

The NINR Director’s Lecture Series is designed to bring the nation’s top nurse scientists to the NIH campus to share their work and interests with a trans-disciplinary audience. For more information about the lecture, please visit: www.ninr.nih.gov/directorslecture.

On Thursday, March 3, 2016, Kathryn H. Bowles, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI, presented the first 2016 NINR Director’s Lecture, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., in Lipsett Amphitheater in the Clinical Center (Bldg. 10) on the NIH Campus in Bethesda, Maryland. In her talk, “Innovations to Improve Discharge Planning,” Dr. Bowles described her program of research that uses information technology to improve care for older adults. Her journey began with a clinical question and includes co-founding a software company to further develop and distribute her team's work aimed at improving discharge planning and post-acute care decision making.

Updated April 19, 2016: Video of this event is now available. Please click play on the embedded video below, or watch on the NINR YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB2dAudmCvA.

Dr. Bowles has been recognized for her research and leadership achievements. Her work – which has resulted in over 200 publications and presentations - has been continuously funded for over 20 years by federal and foundation sources. She is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and the American College of Medical Informatics, a member of the American Nurses Association, and Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society. Dr. Bowles co-founded the software company RightCare Solutions based on her team’s research. NINR awarded two Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants to the company, which provides an end-to-end solution for discharge planning and post-acute care referrals. Dr. Bowles holds a BSN from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, an MSN from Villanova, and a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania.

The NINR Director’s Lecture series is designed to bring the nation’s top nurse scientists to the NIH campus to share their work and interests with a transdisciplinary audience. Please visit www.ninr.nih.gov/directorslecture for more information.

In September, the National Institute of Nursing Research held the second of two 2015 NINR Director’s Lectures.

On Tuesday, September 22, 2015, Dr. Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacob, PhD, RN, FAAN, presented the second 2015 NINR Director’s Lecture, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., in Lipsett Amphitheater in the Clinical Center (Bldg. 10) on the NIH Campus in Bethesda, Maryland. In her talk, “Scientific Pursuit of Effective Medication Adherence," Dr. Dunbar-Jacob provided an overview of her work in adherence in chronic disease with particular attention to measurement and predictive factors.

If you missed the live event, the recording of Dr. Dunbar-Jacob’s NINR Director’s Lecture is now available on ; NINR’s YouTube channel.

Dr. Dunbar-Jacob is the Distinguished Service Professor and Dean of the School of Nursing at the University of Pittsburgh and Professor of Psychology, Epidemiology, and Occupational Therapy. She is both a registered nurse and a licensed psychologist. As an actively funded NIH scientist of 25 years, her most recent work focuses on patient adherence and is designed to examine factors relevant to the translation of interventions to clinical settings. She is a current member of the steering committee of the Statewide Coalition to implement the Institute of Medicine Future of Nursing recommendations within the state of Pennsylvania, and was named one of the top 30 most influential nursing deans.

She has served as a behavioral scientist in key multi-center clinical trials and as an NIH data and safety monitoring board member for three multi-center trials, and has participated in over 30 NIH working groups. Dr. Dunbar-Jacob is also an active member of the American Academy of Nursing, the American Psychological Association, the Society of Behavioral Medicine, the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, and the American Heart Association where she holds fellow status in each. She is a former Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellow and past president of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, and the Friends of the NINR. In the past, Dr. Dunbar-Jacob worked as a staff nurse, unit manager, nursing director, and taught nursing at both undergraduate and graduate levels.

This event was free, open to the public, and registration was not required.

The NINR Director’s Lecture series is designed to bring the nation’s top nurse scientists to the NIH campus to share their work and interests with a transdisciplinary audience. Please visit www.ninr.nih.gov/directorslecture for more information.