The IRGNI New Investigator Award is given each year for the best paper submitted to the IRGNI Call for Abstracts by a new researcher. It recognizes the scientific work of emerging scholars in the field of health services research relevant to nursing practice, workforce and education.

2022

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Committee Member, Member

Amelia Schlak, Ph.D., R.N.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Columbia School of Nursing

Dr. Amelia Schlak is a postdoctoral research fellow at the School of Nursing in the CER2 Fellowship Program, Comparative and Cost-Effectiveness Research Training for Nurse Scientists. Read Bio

2020

Colleen Anusiewicz
Member

Colleen Anusiewicz, Ph.D., R.N.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow - University Pennsylvania

Colleen V. Anusiewicz, PhD, RN is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy ... Read Bio

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Member

Chenjuan Ma, Ph.D., M.S.N.

Assistant Professor - New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing

Chenjuan Ma, PhD MSN, is an assistant professor and health services researcher at NYU Rory Meyers College of N... Read Bio

2019

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Member, Researcher

Karen Lasater, Ph.D., R.N.

Assistant Professor - University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Karen Lasater is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Read Bio

2018
Jordan Harrison, Ph.D., R.N.
University of Pennsylvania

2017
Ragnhildur I. Bjarnadottir, M.P.H., Ph. D., R.N.
University of Florida

2016
Ulrike Muench, Ph.D., RN
University of California, San Francisco

2015
Ann Annis, Ph.D. 
University of Michigan

2014
Zhiqiu Ye, Ph.D. (in progress) 
University of Rochester  

2013
Miriam Bender, Ph.D., M.S.N.
University of California, Irvine

2012 
Lusine Poghosyan, Ph.D., M.P.H. 
Columbia University

2011
Heather Tubbs Cooley, Ph.D.
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

2010
Deborah Kendall-Gallagher, Ph.D., M.S., JD, RN
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

2009
Michelle Tellez, Ph.D., M.S., R.N., 
California State University, East Bay Department of Nursing and Health Sciences

2008
Milisa Manojlovich, Ph.D., R.N., C.C.R.N.
University of Michigan