Dr. Leo Saligan, Deputy Clinical Director of NINR’s Intramural Research Program, has been honored as the 2011 recipient of the Rear Admiral Faye G. Abdellah Award for Nursing Research.
The award recognizes publications by nurse officers in Department of Health and Human Services or Uniformed Service Corps that stimulate the development of nursing knowledge and practice through scientific investigation and research.
Dr. Saligan’s publication, Quality of Life in Sarcoidosis: Comparing the Impact of Ocular and Non-ocular Involvement of the Disease, was acknowledged at the 20th Annual Nursing Recognition Day held on May 6 on the NIH campus.