FNINR Announces the Sixth Cohort of FNINR Ambassadors
January 9, 2023 – Lexington, KY – The Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research (FNINR) are pleased to announce the selection of their sixth cohort of Ambassadors. This unique advocacy program began in 2014 and has grown to include over 30 Ambassadors. The 2023 selection includes 12 nurse scientists to join the ranks of others currently filling this role.
Ambassadors are selected from a national pool of applicants based on their abilities to advance public, health professional, and policy-maker awareness of the critical research agenda advanced by the National Institute for Nursing Research (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.”
Ambassador Locations
2023 FNINR Ambassador Cohort
Kristin Ashford, PhD, WHNP-BC, FAAN University of Kentucky College of Nursing Lexington, KY |
Brenda J. Baker, PhD, RNC, FAAN Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing Emory University Washington, DC
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Donna Z. Bliss, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN University of Minnesota School of Nursing Minneapolis, MN |
Felesia Bowen, PhD, DNP, PPCNP-BC, FAAN University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing Birmingham, AL
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Rosina Cianelli, PhD, MPH, RN, IBCLC, FAAN University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Miami, FL
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Denise Cote-Arsenault, PhD, RN, CPLC, FNAP, FAAN Saint Louis University School of Nursing St. Louis, MO
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Sharon J. Crowder, PhD, RN, ATSF Indiana University School of Nursing Indianapolis, IN |
Jean E. Davis, PhD, RN, FAAN University of South Carolina Columbia, SC
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Joy P. Deupree, PhD, APRN, WHNP-BC, FAAN University of South Carolina College of Nursing Columbia, SC |
Anne Ersig, PhD, RN University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing Madison, WI
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Judith M. Fouladbakhsh, PhD, RN, PHCNS- BC, AHN-BC,CHTP Creating Health through Healing Practices, LLC Rochester, MI |
Gloria Giarratano, PhD, MSN Louisiana State University Health Science Center Kenner, LA
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Hurdis M. Griffith, PhD, RN, FAAN Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Nursing Newark, NJ
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Phyllis S. Hansell, EdD, RN, FNAP, FAAN Seton Hall University Nutley, NJ |
Teri Hernandez, PhD, RN University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Boulder, CO
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Youjeong Kang, PhD, MPH, CCRN University of Utah College of Nursing Salt Lake City, UT |
Deborah J. Kenny, PhD, RN, FAAN University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Monument, CO
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Cheryl A. Krause-Parello, PhD, RN, FAAN Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL |
Ruth Masterson Creber, PhD, MSc, RN Columbia University New York, NY |
Lee Ann Matura, PhD, RN, FAAN University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing Philadelphia, PA
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Mulubrhan Mogos, PhD, MSc Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Nashville, TN
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Ann-Margaret Navarra, PhD, CPNP-PC, FAAN New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing New York, NY
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Mary A. Nies, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAAHB Idaho State University Pocatello, ID
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Devon Noonan, PhD, MPH, FNP-BC Duke University School of Nursing Durham, NC |
Joan O'Hanlon Curry, MS, RN, CPNP, CPON, NEA-BC, FAAN The Mount Sinai Hospital Ossining, NY
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Richard Ricciardi, PhD, CRNP, FAANP, FAAN George Washington University Rockville, MD |
Kumhee Ro, DNP, MN, APRN, FAANP Seattle University College of Nursing Bellevue, WA
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Angela Starkweather, PhD, ACNP-BC, CNRN, FAAN, FAANP University of Florida Gainesville, FL
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Beth A. Taylor, DHA, RN, FAAN, NEA-BC US Department of Veterans Affairs Oro Valley, AZ
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Diane M. Twedell, MCHS, DNP, RN, CENP, CNML Mayo Clinic Health System Rochester, MN |
Natalia Villegas, PhD, MSN, RN, IBCLC, FAAN University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC
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Terri E. Weaver, PhD, RN, FAAN, ATSF, FAASM University of Illinois Chicago University of Pennsylvania Chicago, IL
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Linda S. Weglicki, PhD, RN Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC
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Donna M. Zucker, PhD University of Massachusetts Amherst Northport, NY |
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