Research Summit

8th Annual Research Summit

April 9-11, 2013
Doubletree Paradise Valley Resort
Scottsdale, AZ

Want to be a part of the 8th Annual NANN Research Summit? Are you doing research in your NICU? Are you making a practice change in your NICU and evaluating the results? Have you considered submitting the results of your project to the NANN Research Summit Abstract Review Committee?

Join us for the next Research Summit in Scottsdale, Arizona, April 9-11, 2013 by submitting a research project or EBP change project or proposal that you have implemented or are planning to implement and evaluate by next spring. Only 20 selected individuals attend the fully-compensated summit each spring to present their research or practice change outcomes and discuss the process/results with other researchers from around the country and the world! This is your chance! Applications will be available Monday, July 9, 2012. All abstracts will need to be completed and submitted to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by October 10, 2012.

This program is made possible through an educational grant from Mead Johnson Nutrition.

Past Research Summits

7th Annual Research Summit

With the support of an unrestricted educational grant from Mead Johnson Nutrition, NANN held its 7th Annual Research Summit March 27-29, 2012, in Scottsdale, AZ, at the Doubletree Paradise Valley Resort. The summit offered 20 neonatal nurses — with advanced practice degrees currently engaged in research or evidence-based practice projects — the opportunity to present their research or projects in a relaxed setting among peers. Each participant had 20 minutes for a presentation plus 10 minutes for questions and discussion. The keynote address, "Measurement Issues in Neonatal Research," was delivered by Debra Brandon, PhD RN CCNS FAAN, Associate Professor and Director of the PhD in Nursing Program at Duke University in Durham, NC.

Abstracts from the 2012 Summit will be available in the August issue of Advances in Neonatal Care.

7th Annual Research Summit Attendees

ROW 3 (left to right): Karen Wright, Joan Smith, Heather Elser, Brenda Baker, Sandy Beauman, Kim Merkel (Mead Johnson Nutrition Representative), Al Cassady (Mead Johnson Nutrition Representative). ROW 2 (left to right): Kimberly Allen, Holly Pilarek, Patricia Farrell, Brenda Wallingford, Lori Rubarth (Chair), Sheila Gephart, Cathy Paoletti, Debra Brandon (Keynote Speaker). ROW 1 (left to right): Lisa Damato (Faculty), Jinhee Park, Shakira Henderson, Bette Schumacher, Katherine Newnam, Donna LoSasso, Rebecca Siewert, Jacqueline McGrath, Haifa Abou Samra.

This program is made possible through an educational grant from Mead Johnson Nutrition.

6th Annual Research Summit

6th Annual Research Summit Attendees

STANDING (Back Row - left to right): Kerstin Nyqvist, Ylva Blomqvist, Jennifer Heatherly, Cheryl Carlson (Board of Directors Liaison), Shakira Henderson, Donna Dowling (Keynote Speaker), Haifa Samra, Katie McDonald, Victoria Beall, Denise Holida, Paula Timoney, Jennifer Perkins, Lori Rubarth (Research Committee Chair). SEATED (Front Row – left to right): Rachel Wiener, Kirsten Hanrahan, Kathy Newnam, Barbara Reyna, Jackie McGrath, Sheila Gephart, Renee Fishering, and Tami Wallace.

With the support of an unrestricted educational grant from Mead Johnson Nutrition, NANN held its 6th Annual Research Summit April 12-14, 2011, in Scottsdale, AZ, at the Doubletree Paradise Valley Resort. This summit offered 18 neonatal nurses — with advanced practice degrees currently engaged in research or evidence-based practice projects — the opportunity to present their research or projects in a relaxed setting among peers. Each participant had 20 minutes for a presentation plus 10 minutes for questions and discussion. The keynote address, "Writing for Publication: The Path to Success," was presented by Donna Dowling, PhD RN CLC, associate professor of nursing at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH.

This program is made possible through an educational grant from Mead Johnson Nutrition.