​Honorees of the International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame 

Created in 2010, the International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame recognizes nurse researchers who have achieved significant and sustained national or international recognition and whose research has improved the profession and the people it serves. Hall of Fame honorees are inducted annually at Sigma’s International Nursing Research Congress where nearly 1,000 nurse researchers, students, clinicians, and leaders learn from evidence-based research presentations. Following the 2020 induction, Sigma has recognized 218 nurse researchers. These esteemed individuals represent 15 countries: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Finland, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Mexico, Republic of Korea, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, and the USA. Award presentation sponsored by Wiley.

2021
OiSaeng Hong, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAAOHN, is professor and director of PhD Program, University of California San Francisco School of Nursing.  She is also a member of the Executive Board for the Northern California Center for Occupational and Environmental Health at the University of California at Berkeley School of Public Health. Dr. Hong is an internationally recognized expert in occupational and environmental health through a stellar multidisciplinary intervention research to prevent occupational disease and injuries, as well as health promotion and risk reduction in underserved racial/ethnic minority populations. Her worksite-based participatory intervention research adapts the concept of tailoring to provide information most relevant to individual workers, and incorporates the mobile technology applications for wide dissemination. The impact of Hong’s scholarship in occupational and environmental health and health disparity is evident through her extensive involvement in scientific conferences, publication, policy work, and research training and mentorship for the next generation of nursing scientists, particularly under-represented minority students and junior faculty.  Dr. Hong builds excellence in occupational and environmental health through her ongoing global research and education collaborative work with colleagues in Brazil, Hungary, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand.

2020
Linda S. Franck, RN, PhD, FRCPCH, FAAN, holds the Jack and Elaine Koehn Endowed Chair in Pediatric Nursing at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Nursing and is the Director of Postnatal Research for the UCSF California Preterm Birth Initiative. She has extensive clinical and research experience in maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health care, with a particular emphasis on pain and stress prevention and management. Her current work focuses on improving patient and family partnered healthcare delivery. She has over 220 peer-reviewed research and review publications. Dr. Franck received her bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of San Francisco and her master’s degree and PhD in nursing from UCSF. She rejoined the UCSF faculty in 2010, after a decade at the University College London, Institute of Child Health where she was the first Chair of Children’s Nursing Research in the UK.

2018
Sandra J. Weiss, PhD, DNSc, RN, FAAN, is professor and Eschbach Endowed Chair of the University of California San Francisco School of Nursing in San Francisco, California, USA. Her transdisciplinary research focuses on biological mechanisms underlying stress and depression and their effects on neurological and psychological development of the fetus and infant. Her findings have advanced knowledge of women’s gender-specific depressive symptoms and assessment and also have led to improvements in assessment and early intervention for preterm infants. She leads a national, multi-university research program on women’s depression, sponsored by the National Network of Depression Centers, and has been a member and chair of numerous NIH scientific review groups. Weiss’ research leadership includes roles as associate provost for research in the University of California Office of the President, co-director of the UCSF Depression Center, director of the Health Care Consortium, director of the Center for Family Health Studies, and principal investigator for a Biobehavioral Research Training Program in Symptom Science. Her mentorship has inspired stellar scientists and research pioneers worldwide.

2016 
Christine Kennedy, PhD, RN, PNP, FAAN, is associate dean for academics at the University of Virginia School of Nursing, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, and holds the M.H. Sly Endowed Chair with a joint appointment as professor of pediatrics, School of Medicine. She was professor and Koehn Endowed Chair in Pediatrics at the University of California–San Francisco from 1993-2013. Over the past two decades, she has conducted funded research studies with an emphasis on the influence of illness, media, and culture on young children’s developing health behaviors in the United States and Pacific Rim countries. In serving on the Children and Families Commission, her policy activities helped establish universal healthcare for one in three children in the state of California. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and Wharton School Executive Leadership. She is a member of Alpha Eta and Beta Kappa chapters.

2015
Christine Miaskowski, PhD, RN, FAAN, is a professor at the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, USA. She is an internationally recognized expert in symptom management research. Her program of research focuses on identification of phenotypic and molecular characteristics that place patients at higher risk for a more severe symptom profile. In addition, she has been a leader in evaluating symptom clusters in oncology patients. Her intervention studies are focused on evaluating pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic interventions to decrease pain in patients with cancer. Across all her funded studies, Miaskowski works with large teams of transdisciplinary scientists. She is a member of Alpha Eta and Alpha Omega chapters.

2012
William L. Holzemer, PhD, RN, FAAN, is dean and professor of the College of Nursing, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine, a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and a member of the Japan Academy of Nursing. He is an elected member of the International Council of Nurses board of directors, 2005-13. In 2010, he was elected a fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine. Holzemer is an internationally recognized expert in academic nursing and HIV/AIDS care, providing global leadership to the World Health Organization, the International Council of Nurses and many universities around the world. Under his leadership, the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science was organized within the American Academy of Nursing to provide a national voice for translational research and health policy development related to nursing science. He has mentored many graduate and postgraduate students throughout his career. He is a member of Alpha Eta and Alpha Tau chapters.

2010
​Marylin J. Dodd, PhD, RN, FAAN, is professor emerita at the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, USA. She has had continuous NIH funding since 1986 for her research into symptom management for people with cancer and their families. The fruit of Dodd's dedication lies in the more than 300 articles, papers and books she has authored, as well as in the establishment of UCSF's Research Center for Symptom Management. She has transformed the way we look at symptom management and has had a direct impact on improving the lives of patients receiving cancer treatment and their families.