Kathryn H. Bowles, the vanAmeringen Chair in Nursing Excellence and a professor in the department of biobehavioral health sciences at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing was chosen for induction into the International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame by Sigma Theta Tau International.
The STTI Hall of Fame was developed to recognize nurse researchers for their lifetime achievements in and contributions to research and to mentoring future nurse researchers.

“My research team and I are deeply honored to receive this prestigious award. As a nurse researcher, I am grateful to my team, the patients, clinicians, and students who have participated in this journey,” said Dr. Bowles. “I am fortunate to have the leaders and members of Sigma Theta Tau as role models over the last 25 years and I am so thankful for the support and nomination from three highly successful leaders, Dr. Norma Lang, Dean Louise Fitzpatrick and Dr. Penny Feldman, who are inspirational mentors.”
Dr. Bowles’ research career has focused on the use of information technology and health informatics to improve health care for at-risk older adults and support health care providers’ efforts to improve planning and provide transitional care following hospital discharge, thereby reducing hospital readmissions.