Grady, Patricia A.

Patricia A. Grady, PhD, RN, FAAN, has been associated with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) since 1988, first as an extramural research program administrator in the areas of stroke and brain imaging at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), then as a member of the NIH Task Force for Medical Rehabilitation Research, and as Assistant Director of NINDS until 1995, when she was appointed as Director of the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR). Under her leadership, the Institute has more than doubled its budget and significantly increased the number of...