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Building End-of-life Science through Positive Human Strengths and
Traits (BEST)

The Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing is proud to announce the addition of the BEST Center as our sixth Center of Excellence. 

The BEST Center is a National Institute of Nursing Research/National Institute of Health funded Center of Excellence (1P30NR011907) that will focus on quality of life research for seriously ill people, including those who are at the end of life. 

The mission of the BEST Center is to radically shift the direction of quality of life research--moving beyond studies designed to relieve suffering, to focusing on studies designed to investigate the potential for identifying and building on positive psychological strengths and traits.

Principal Investigator:

• Barbara Daly, PhD, RN, FAAN

Co- Investigators:

• Maryjo Prince-Paul, PhD, RN  
• Julie Exline, PhD (College of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Psychology) 
• Julia Rose, PhD (Center for Health Care Research and Policy)