FNINR Ambassadors

Role of FNINR Ambassadors: Ambassadors focus specifically on educating Congressional leaders as to the high-impact, cost-effective interventions and quality-of-life enhancements that emanate from nursing science. The goal of FNINR’s ambassador program is to increase research funding for continued scientific breakthroughs and training of scientists made possible by the NINR.

“FNINR Ambassadors are key players for our organization,” says Victoria Niederhauser, President of FNINR, “These nurse leaders share the excellent outcomes resulting from nursing science that is supported by NINR and advocate for continued funding to conduct cutting edge research that improves health and healthcare.”

FY 2024 Funding Request for the
National Institute of Nursing Research

Ambassador Cohort

Kristin Ashford, PhD, WHNP-BC, FAAN
University of Kentucky 
College of Nursing
Kentucky

Brenda J. Baker, PhD, RNC, FAAN
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
Emory University
Georgia
Donna Z. Bliss, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN, WOCNF
University of Minnesota
School of Nursing
Minnesota

Felesia Bowen, PhD, DNP, PPCNP-BC, FAAN
University of Alabama at Birmingham
School of Nursing
Alabama

Rosina Cianelli, PhD, MPH, RN, IBCLC, FAAN
University of Miami
School of Nursing and Health
Florida

Denise Cote-Arsenault, PhD, RN, CPLC, FNAP, FAAN
Saint Louis University 
School of Nursing
Missouri
Sharron J. Crowder, PhD, RN, ATSF
Indiana University
School of Nursing
Indiana

Jean E. Davis, PhD, RN, FAAN
University of South Carolina
College of Nursing
South Carolina
Joy P. Deupree, PhD, APRN, WHNP-BC, FAAN
University of Alabama at Birmingham
School of Nursing
Alabama

Anne Ersig, PhD, RN
University of Wisconsin-Madison
School of Nursing
Wisconsin
Judith M. Fouladbakhsh, PhD, RN, PHCNS-
BC, AHN-BC,CHTP
Creating Health through Healing Practices, LLC
Michigan

Gloria Giarratano, PhD, MSN
Louisiana State University
Health Science Center
Louisiana

Hurdis M. Griffith, PhD, RN, FAAN
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
School of Nursing
Virginia

 Phyllis S. Hansell, EdD, RN, FNAP, FAAN
Seton Hall University
New Jersey 

Teri Hernandez, PhD, RN
University of Colorado
Anschutz Medical Campus
Colorado 

 Youjeong Kang, PhD, MPH, CCRN
University of Utah
College of Nursing
Utah

Deborah J. Kenny, PhD, RN, FAAN
University of Colorado
Anschutz Medical Campus
Colorado

 Cheryl A. Krause-Parello, PhD, RN, FAAN
Florida Atlantic University
Florida
Ruth Masterson Creber, PhD, MSc, RN
Columbia University
School of Nursing
New York

Lea Ann Matura, PhD, RN, FAAN
University of Pennsylvania
School of Nursing
Pennsylvania

Mulubrhan Mogos, PhD, MSc
Vanderbilt University 
School of Nursing
Tennessee

Ann-Margaret Navarra, PhD, CPNP-PC, FAAN
New York University
Rory Meyers College of Nursing
New York

Mary A. Nies, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAAHB
Idaho State University
College of Health
Idaho

 Devon Noonan, PhD, MPH, FNP-BC
Duke University 
School of Nursing
North Carolina 

Joan O'Hanlon Curry, DNP, RN, CPNP, CPON,
NEA-BC, FAAN
The Mount Sinai Hospital
New York

 Richard Ricciardi, PhD, CRNP, FAANP, FAAN
George Washington University
Maryland

Kumhee Ro, DNP, MN, APRN, FAANP
Seattle University
College of Nursing
Washington

Angela Starkweather, PhD, ACNP-BC, CNRN,
FAAN, FAANP
University of Florida
College of Nursing
Florida

Beth A. Taylor, DHA, RN, FAAN, NEA-BC
US Department of Veterans Affairs
Arizona

 Diane M. Twedell, MCHS, DNP, RN, CENP, CNML
Mayo Clinic Health System
Minnesota 

Natalia Villegas, PhD, MSN, RN, IBCLC, FAAN
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
North Carolina

Terri E. Weaver, PhD, RN, FAAN, ATSF, FAASM
University of Illinois Chicago
University of Pennsylvania
Illinois

Linda S. Weglicki, PhD, RN
Medical University of South Carolina
South Carolina

 Donna M. Zucker, PhD
University of Massachusetts Amherst
New York

 

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