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Celebrating NINR's 40th Anniversary
Celebrating NINR's 40th Anniversary
To celebrate 40 years of nursing research, NINR hosted events showcasing how its investigators developed person-centered care models that improved healthcare delivery and advanced community health.
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Join NINR for the next open session of the National Advisory Council for Nursing Research (NACNR) on September 15, 2026. This meeting will be broadcast live and archived via NIH VideoCast.
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Dr. Courtney Ferrell Aklin, Ph.D., has been selected as the next Director of the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR).
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Join NINR for a virtual lecture featuring Dr. Rachel Pozzar, an NINR early-stage investigator focused on patient-centered communication and shared decision making to improve ovarian cancer care.
