Kathryn H. Bowles, the van Ameringen Professor in Nursing Excellence and professor of nursing in the department of biobehavioral health sciences at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, has been appointed to the National Advisory Council for Nursing Research (NACNR).

NACNR is the National Institute of Nursing Research’s principal advisory board. It provides recommendations on the direction and support of the research that forms the evidence base for nursing practice.

Dr. Bowles’s program of research examines decision-making supported by information technology to improve care for older adults. Her most recent study focuses on the development of decision support to determine the best site of care for those needing post-acute care.