“On July 1, NIH director Dr. Francis Collins announced that he selected Dr. Shannon Zenk as the next director of the National Institute of Nursing Research.”
“A registered nurse and leading nurse researcher, Zenk is currently nursing collegiate professor in the department of population health nursing science at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Nursing and a fellow at the UIC Institute for Health Research and Policy. She is expected to begin her new role as NINR director in early fall…”
“As NINR director, Zenk will oversee NINR’s science that seeks to improve the lives of individuals and families living with illness and to develop personalized strategies to maximize health and well-being at all stages of life and across diverse populations and settings…” Read the full article here.
Source: Zenk Selected as Next NINR Director – July 24, 2020. NIH.