Nursing Professor from Penn School of Nursing Appointed to National Advisory Council for Nursing Research

Kathryn H. Bowles, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI, has been appointed as a new member to the National Advisory Council for Nursing Research (NACNR). Bowles is the van Ameringen Professor in Nursing Excellence and Professor of Nursing in the Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing). The NACNR chooses members of the council from the scientific and lay communities who embody diverse perspectives in the field of nursing, public and health policy, law, and economics.

NACNR is the National Institute of Nursing Research’s (NINR) principal advisory board, which meets three times a year on the National Institutes of Health campus to make recommendations and provide support on the direction of research that forms the evidence base for nursing practice. The council conducts second level reviews of grant applications that have been scored by scientific review groups, and reviews the institute’s extramural programs to make recommendations about its intramural research activities. [et_bloom_inline optin_id=optin_19]

Bowles brings over 20 years of experience conducting and evaluating multidisciplinary research to the table. She looks forward to supporting cutting edge research and NINR priorities to advance the health and treatment of patients and their caregivers. Her personal research examines decision-making supported by information technology to improve older adult care. Most recently her studies included a focus on development of decision support to determine best site of care for patients in need of post-acute care. Her other areas of research include telehealth technology, home care, and evaluation of electronic health records. Bowles was also a co-founder of RightCare Solutions, a software company based on NINR funded research to provide an end to end solution for discharge planning and post-acute care referrals.