ANA Nominates Dr. Ezra C. Holston for ICN Bank of Nurse Experts (6/05/06)
The American Nurses Association (ANA) recently nominated Dr. Ezra C. Holston to the International Council of Nurses (ICN) for inclusion in ICN’s Bank of Nurse Experts in the area of Mental Health.
Dr. Holston was one of the few ethnic minority junior investigators from the U.S. privileged to present and attend the International Council of Nurses 23rd Quadrennial Congress 2005: "Nurses on the Move: Knowledge, Innovation and Vitality" in Taiwan from May 21 – 26. His presentation was titled "Functional Impairment: The Earliest Preclinical Symptom of Alzheimer’s disease."
For Dr. Holston, participation in the ICN Conference represented a commitment to research that will improve healthcare across the global community. For any investigator, junior or senior, attending this international conference is an unforgettable and precedent-setting experience. From the arrival to the conference hotel to the closing ceremony, the atmosphere is inundated with a commitment to improve health care globally through basic science, psychosocial, and clinical research approaches. The daily symposia, seminars, workshops, exhibits, display booth, and receptions expose any participant to a plethora of cogent and visionary ideas to address the disorders and diseases affecting the global community. Furthermore, the diversity of the international participants submerges everyone into an intellectual atmosphere where casual discussions result into professional relationships that will produce new and innovative research, landmark interventions addressing institutionalize prejudices, and continuity of healthcare for a healthy global community including persons in developing and industrialized countries. Therefore, Dr. Holston found ICN 23rd Quadrennial Congress 2005 to be a pivotal experience in understanding the international significance of his research to improve the quality of life for the global community.
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