Join us on April 30 at 5 p.m. in the Walker Ames Room at Kane Hall for our annual 2026 Endowed Lecture for Health Promotion!
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This year’s topic: Health is Wealth — Closing gaps for healthy people and thriving economies
Good health is good for business. So why are leaders ignoring the solutions to thriving health systems and economies?
If you knew of one or more interventions that could prevent millions of premature deaths and preserve health and well-being with minimal upfront costs—while also boosting economies—how quickly would you act?
For more than four decades, global health experts and world leaders have made commitments to deliver health for all but have failed to take the necessary steps to close the gaps that would put people first.
These steps include investing in primary health care and nurses, and eliminating inequalities in access to care, including workforce shortages and chronic poverty.
Our lecture will focus on nurses’ central role in achieving universal health coverage—assuring access to quality, affordable care and transforming health systems from an illness focus to one of lifelong wellbeing through primary and preventive care.
Around the world, nurses must advocate for the investments and policy changes that will create opportunities for them to deliver substantial health and economic benefits to their people and nations.
Our Featured Speaker: Pamela F. Cipriano, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
Dr. Pamela Cipriano, an international nursing leader, served as the 29th President of the International Council of Nurses (ICN) from 2021–2025. She also served two terms as President of the American Nurses Association. She has extensive experience as an academic medical center executive and previously served as Dean of the University of Virginia School of Nursing, where she is now Professor Emerita.
- Dr. Cipriano is a co-chair of the Steering Committee for the National Academy of Medicine’s Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-being and Resilience.
- She has led efforts to prevent burnout and improve the well-being of the workforce.
- Throughout her 45+ year career, she has consistently increased nursing’s impact and influence on policy to improve national and global health care.
- She also co-chairs the UHC2030 Steering Committee, which leads a global movement to achieve universal health coverage—a key aim of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Among her many honors and awards for exceptional leadership and contributions to the profession, she was a Distinguished Nurse Scholar-in-Residence at the Institute of Medicine and is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, earning its Healthcare Leader Award and being named a Living Legend in 2023. She has also received Lifetime Achievement awards from the Daisy Foundation and Sigma Theta Tau International.
Event Details:
Date: April 30, 2026
Time: 5 – 7 p.m. PST
Location:
In-Person Event
Walker Ames Room
Kane Hall
4069 Spokane Ln NE, Seattle, WA 98105