NCI/AcademyHealth Healthcare Delivery Research Visiting Scholars Program

In 2017, the Healthcare Delivery Research Program launched the NCI/AcademyHealth Healthcare Delivery Research Visiting Scholars Program in partnership with AcademyHealth. Through a rigorous application process, mid-level researchers are selected to participate in a year-long, funded, part-time opportunity to develop and pursue new research aims that advance both their own career goals and the field of cancer care delivery research more broadly. This program also serves the purpose of bringing knowledgeable experts in healthcare delivery research to NCI and also training researchers to understand NCI and utilize federal resources and data. Selected scholars collaborate closely with HDRP staff and are also given access to AcademyHealth programmatic activities to broaden or strengthen their professional networks.

The application cycle for the NCI/AcademyHealth Healthcare Delivery Research Visiting Scholars Program is now closed.

2026-2027 Selected Scholar

Nora B. Henrikson, PhD MPH
Associate Investigator
Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute

Nora B. Henrikson, PhD, MPH is an Associate Investigator at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle, WA. She leads a research portfolio focused on interventions to improve cancer care delivery and implementation science, including improving access to cascade genetic testing for family members of people with hereditary cancers and interventions to mitigate cancer-related financial hardship. As AcademyHealth/NCI Visiting Scholar, Dr. Henrikson will conduct a narrative literature review and NIH portfolio analysis to summarize the current state of the science related to patient and caregiver experience of cancer-related administrative burden.

Please see our listing of previous visiting scholars for recordings of their projects and experience.