Beth Harkness
Children’s National Health System, USA
Biography
Beth Harkness has over a decade of experience providing clinical care and disease management to the pediatric and adult cystic fibrosis population and managing cystic fibrosis research at Children's National in Washington, DC, USA. Her interest focuses on the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis disease and connections to care for the population affected with this genetic disease. She has also conceptualized and implemented a program for the advancement of genetic/genomic awareness and education at Children's National and presently, works in collaboration with National Institute of Health (NIH) on methods for introducing new competencies (MINC) in nursing.