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News — Experts in nursing history at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing are available to talk with media for stories during National Nurses Week, which runs from May 6 to May 12.

Penn Nursing is home to the , the world鈥檚 pre-eminent center for scholarship in nursing history. Marking its 25th anniversary this year, the Barbara Bates Center aims to ensure the generation of historical knowledge, scholarship, and research on healthcare and nursing history in the U.S. and internationally. The Center holds an extensive archival collection of photographs, artifacts, and the personal and professional papers of nursing leaders and clinicians, schools of nursing, visiting nurse associations, and other kinds of health care agencies.

Leading scholars at the Barbara Bates Center and their areas of expertise are:

, director: History of 20th century healthcare, associate director: Women鈥檚 healthcare institutions, assistant director: Historical development of the U.S. nursing workforce, fellow: Health inequities, with a focus on Black Philadelphia residents at the turn of the twentieth century, fellow: Children鈥檚 healthcare delivery and related health policies, fellow: Nursing鈥檚 influence in healthcare settings and among families and communities in advocating for patients, healthcare systems, and society.

The is one of the premier research institutions in nursing, producing new knowledge in geriatrics, pediatrics, oncology, quality-of-life choices, and other areas. Researchers here consistently receive more research funding from the National Institutes of Health than any other private nursing school, and many Master鈥檚 programs are ranked first in the country. This year, faculty, students, alumni, and staff celebrate .