Working Together to Advance Symptom Science in the Precision Era

Susan G Dorsey1, Mari A Griffioen, Cynthia L Renn

  • 1Susan G. Dorsey, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Professor, University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore. Mari A. Griffioen, PhD, RN, is Assistant Professor, University of Delaware School of Nursing, Newark. Cynthia L. Renn, PhD, RN, is Associate Professor, University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore. Ann K. Cashion, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Acting Director and Scientific Director, National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland. Luana Colloca, MD, PhD, MS, is Associate Professor, University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore. Colleen K. Jackson-Cook, PhD, is Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond. Jessica Gill, PhD, RN, is Principal Investigator, National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland. Wendy Henderson, PhD, MSN, CRNP, FAAN, is Principal Investigator, National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland. Hyungsuk Kim, DDS, PhD, is Staff Scientist, National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland. Paule V. Joseph PhD RN, is an Assistant Clinical Investigator, National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland. Leorey Saligan, PhD, RN, CRNP, is Principal Investigator, National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland. Angela R. Starkweather, PhD, RN, ANCP-BC, CNRN, FAAN, is Professor, University of Connecticut School of Nursing, Storrs. Debra Lyon, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Professor, University of Florida Gainesville College of Nursing.

Nursing Research
|January 15, 2019
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