President's Message

By all accounts, our 36th Annual Scientific Sessions in Boston, Massachusetts were record-breaking. Registration was at an all-time high and resulted in suspension of registration two weeks in advance of the sessions. This year’s conference theme, Trailblazing Innovative Models of Care in Population Health through Nursing Science, inspired the dissemination of cutting-edge research by academic, research, and clinical scholars throughout our region. Our opening keynote was delivered by Dr. Sun Kim from University of Massachusetts – Boston and highlighted the essential and future roles nurses will play in health care innovation and knowledge generation. It was an inspiring call-to-action.

Another highlight of this year's conference was the recognition of our 2024 research award winners. This effort was coordinated by the Awards Committee under the leadership of committee chair, Dr. Ariana Chao. Congratulations is extended to all the paper and poster award winners who were celebrated at the conference this year. Of special note were the following awardees: Suzanne Feetham Nurse Scientist Family Research Award - Dr. Brigitte S. Cypress; Rising Star Research Award - Dr. Brittany van de Water; ENRS/Nursing Research Authorship Award - Dr. Suzanne Crincoli; and ENRS/Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science Dissertation Award – Na Ouyang (PhDc); Distinguished Contributions to Nursing Research Award - Dr. Ruth Masterson Creber.

As Conference Planning Chair, I would like to extend sincerest appreciation to our dedicated Conference Planning Committee and to the abstract reviewers, abstract, slotters, session support teams, and committee chairs and members for their unwavering commitment to the dissemination of scholarship. Congratulations also is extended to the ACG management team for ensuring the success of our 36th Annual ENRS Sessions. The conference’s success was also due, in large part, to the essential support provided by our annual partners and sponsors. I would like to extend our sincerest gratitude for their generous financial support and help in sustaining the Eastern Nursing Research Society. This year, in particular, their financial support exceeded all expectations and benchmarks.

As the organizational year comes to a close, I would like to extend many thanks to outgoing president Dr. Jane Flanagan, for her steadfast leadership and vision and her unwavering commitment and dedication to ENRS. I would also like to recognize Dr. Lisa A. Kitko, outgoing executive board member, who served as Member at Large and liaison to the Research Interest Groups (RIGs). Dr. Kitko’s leadership, working with RIG chairs and members, propelled the RIGs to new heights. And, lastly, sincerest thanks to outgoing committee chairs, Dr. Ann Marie P. Mauro (Nominating), Dr. Marie Boltz (Communications), and Dr. Dorothy Jones (Organizational Development).

Now, I humbly hand over conference planning and coordination to ENRS President-Elect, Dr. Ann-Margaret Navarro who will assemble a new conference planning committee to begin planning next year’s sessions. I invite you to save the date for our 37th Annual Scientific Sessions in Philadelphia on April 3-4, 2025, at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel.

I look forward to my next two years as President of ENRS, and to working with the 2024-2025 Executive Board, with great anticipation of what is to come. The generation, translation, and implementation of nursing knowledge and evidence is essential to the transformation of healthcare and the improvement of health outcomes. I look forward to communicating to you all the impactful ways ENRS is advancing our science.

With warm regards,