EHRI-NCS 2025 Workshop
Historical announcement: January 2026 cohort. Applications for this cohort are closed. This page retains the original announcement. Explore the research upskilling series for other learning opportunities.
Environmental Health Research Institute for Nurse and Clinician Scientists (EHRI-NCS)
Do you mentor or train nurse scientists? Interested in advancing environmental health research methods? This NIH/NIEHS-funded workshop is for you!
U.S. residents who attend the entire 40-hour workshop are eligible for a full tuition waiver.
EHRI-NCS is a flipped classroom, train-the-trainer and mentorship program
- October 2025: Pre-recorded course content available
- January 5-9 & 30, 2026: Synchronous Workshop – Virtual or In-Person (Participant’s Choice) Online & Durham, NC
(Tour the NIEHS Lab, Learn from Top Experts, and Join a Network of 100+ Leading Environmental Health Researchers) - January – October 2026: Mentorship and networking
MODULE TOPICS
Participants will have a year-long opportunity to learn from:
- Julie Postma, PhD, RN, College of Nursing, Washington State University
- Dr. Barbara Polivka, PhD, RN, FAAN, University of Kansas Medical Center School of Nursing
- Dr. Lisa M. Thompson, PhD, RN, FNP, FAAN, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing and Rollins School of Public Health Department of Environmental Health, Emory University
- Dr. Azita Amiri, PhD, RN, FAAN, College of Nursing, University of Alabama in Huntsville and Bloomberg Fellow in the American Health Initiative at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
- Dr. Jeannie Rodriguez, PhD, RN, APRN, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University
- Dr. Luz Huntington-Moskos, PhD, RN, CPN, FAAN, School of Nursing, University of Louisville
- Dr. Kamal Eldeirawi, PhD, RN, FAAN, College of Nursing, University of Illinois, Chicago
- Dr. Katie Huffling, DNP, RN, CNM, FAAN, Alliance of Nurses for Health Environments
- Dr. Jessica Castner, PhD, RN-BC, FAEN, FAAN, Castner Incorporated, Climate Leader in Residence, Duke University
- Dr. AnnMarie Lee Walton, PhD, MPH, RN, OCN, CHES, FAAN, Duke University School of Nursing
- Dr. Shawna Beese, PhD RN, Washington State University
- Dr. Samantha Harden, PhD, Virginia Tech
Questions?
Please fill out the “Contact” form at https://castnerincorporated.com/ with your questions or comments.
All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, ethnicity, color, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, national birthplace, disability, or veteran status.
This workshop is supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under award number R25ES033452 (PI: Castner). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.