Three nurse leaders associated with the Environmental Health Research Institute for Nurse and Clinician Scientists (EHRI-NCS) were inducted as fellows of the American Academy of Nursing (AAN) during the academy’s annual conference in Washington, D.C. last week. The AAN fellowship program seeks to improve health and achieve health equity by impacting policy through nursing leadership, innovation, and science. Academy Fellows are inducted as a celebration of their exceptional contributions to public health and are recognized as nursing’s most accomplished leaders in policy, research, administration, practice, and academia. EHRI-NCS affiliates and 2024 AAN inductees include:
- Luz Huntington Moskos, , PhD, RN, CPN, EHRI-NCS faculty, Associate Professor and Director of the Community Engagement Core for the Center for Integrative Environmental Health Sciences at University of Louisville School of Nursing
- Daniel Smith, PhD, AGPCNP-BC, CNE 2022 cohort, Assistant Professor and Director of The ROPEH Lab at the University of Buffalo School of Nursing
- Tara Heagele, PhD, RN, 2024 cohort, Assistant Professor at Hunter College of the City University of New York Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing
Additionally, 2024 cohort participant, Debra Brandon, Ph.D. was awarded the Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research (FNINR) President’s Award for her sustained contributions to nursing research related to health promotion, disease prevention, and management of acute, chronic, or mental health illness in children.
Congratulations to these extraordinary nurse leaders and environmental health researchers!