Preventing Infections in Multiple Healthcare Settings

Health care-associated infections are largely preventable events that can cause significant illness—and even death—particularly in vulnerable elderly patients. Nurses are responsible for most direct patient care in health care settings, so they are closely involved with infection control and prevention. Read More

Join Us for the 101st Meeting of the National Advisory Council for Nursing Research

The next open session of the National Advisory Council for Nursing Research (NACNR), will be held virtually on May 19, 2020 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. ET. Read More

NINR Summer Genetics Institute Event Updates

To limit spread of the COVID-19 virus, NIH has urged staff to postpone, cancel, or convert upcoming meetings to virtual events. Based on this guidance, the 2020 Summer Genetics Institute (SGI) has been cancelled and the SGI 20th Anniversary Symposium scheduled for June 22 has been converted to a virtual-only event. Read More

Call for Researchers to Submit Supplement Funding Applications for COVID-19 Efforts

NINR is participating in a recently issued Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) that highlights the urgent need for social, behavioral, economic, health communication, and epidemiologic research relevant to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and COVID-19. Read More

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Information for NIH Applicants and Recipients of NIH Funding

The NIH is deeply concerned for the health and safety of people involved in NIH research, and about the effects on the biomedical enterprise in the areas affected by the HHS declared public health emergency for COVID-19. Read More