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President's Message
As we turn the corner into fall, I am honored to reflect on the remarkable scholarship, leadership, and engagement of the ENRS community, and to look ahead to what’s next. I continue to be deeply inspired by our members’ resilience, innovation, and commitment to advancing the frontiers of nursing science across settings, populations, and disciplines.
Nursing Science at a Crossroads: Challenges and Opportunities We are living and working in a time of dynamic transformation. Across the research continuum, nurse scientists are navigating growing complexities. There is a growing imperative to reimagine how we cultivate and sustain the nursing research workforce, including ensuring equitable access to mentorship, protected time for scholarship, and infrastructure that enables translational impact across both academic and practice settings. At the same time, the opportunity landscape has never been more promising. The expansion of precision health, digital therapeutics, community-embedded research models, and health equity frameworks has positioned nurse researchers at the forefront of addressing complex, systemic challenges. From addressing maternal health disparities to influencing policy on social determinants of health, our science is increasingly being called upon to drive both discovery and implementation. ENRS is committed to supporting our members through these shifting conditions by amplifying early-career mentorship, expanding opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration, and investing in structures that support scholarly excellence and impact. 38th Annual Scientific Sessions: Join Us in Boston Our 38th Annual Scientific Sessions, themed Strength in Nursing Science: Advancing Health Across Dynamic and Diverse Settings, will be held March 25–27, 2026, at the Encore Boston Harbor in Everett, Massachusetts. We are privileged to welcome Dr. Lisa Kitko, Dean of the University of Rochester School of Nursing, as our keynote speaker who will be providing the keynote address titled, We are again fortunate to have Dr. Ann-Margaret Navarro, ENRS President-Elect, leading the Conference Planning Committee. Under her thoughtful leadership, the 2026 sessions promise to spotlight research that advances science and catalyzes impact across systems. Moving Forward Together Now more than ever, we must advance not just the science of what we study, but also the systems through which we do it. I invite each of you to bring your voice, your scholarship, and your vision to this critical moment. I look forward to seeing many of you in Boston this spring and to shaping the future of nursing research, together.  Marie Ann Marino, EdD, RN, FAAN |
