American Academy of Nursing Honors LINK as Edge Runner

Columbia University School of Nursing and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital's Linking to Improve Nursing Care and Knowledge (LINK) Academic-Practice Partnership has been recognized as an Edge Runner by the American Academy of Nursing (AAN). 

The Edge Runners initiative honors innovative nurse-designed models of care that reduce cost and improve health care quality while advancing health equity and enhancing consumer satisfaction.  LINK is one of six models named as Edge Runners this year. All will be recognized at the AAN’s 2024 Health Policy Conference October 31-November 2 in Washington, DC. 

“The diverse focus of these models highlights the variety of services, vital support, and innovative team-based approaches that the nursing profession provides,” AAN President Linda Scott, PhD, noted in a September 23, 2024, press release. “Each Edge Runner model demonstrates how nurses are pioneers in addressing important health care challenges.” 

Launched in 2014, LINK connects clinical nurses across NYP with Columbia Nursing’s academic nurse-scientists, who support them in transforming their research ideas into studies. The two-year, competitive Academic Practice Research Fellowship, a key element of LINK, includes programming to enhance nurse engagement in evidence-based practice and research and promote nursing leadership. 

LINK contributors to be recognized include Assistant Professor Allison Norful, PhD '17; Assistant Professor Kasey Jackman, PhD '17, director of academic practice partnerships; Reynaldo Rivera, DNP, director of nursing research and innovation at NYP; and Professor Emerita Elaine Larson, PhD.