Nurses' Health Study 3

05/12/2026

On this final day of Nurses’ Week, we’d like to take this opportunity to thank the newest member of our NHS3 Advisory Board, Blake Smith, MSN, RN, FADLN, FAAN, who joined the NHS3 Board earlier this year. Blake is President of the Nebraska Nurses Association and an Sr. Application Analyst at Nebraska Health. We are so excited to have his deep connections throughout the Midwest and his perspectives from his time as President of the American Association for Men in Nursing.

05/11/2026

As we continue to shine a spotlight on our amazing NHS3 Advisory Board, we would like to thank Sasha DuBois, MSN, RN, NEA-BC. Sasha is a Nurse Manager at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and has been on our Board since the very beginning. She has been absolutely fantastic at connecting us locally and nationally through her deep network and connections to the Black Nurses Association.

05/10/2026

We continue to thank and spotlight the amazing members of our NHS3 Advisory Board. Katie Boston-Leary, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, is the Senior Vice President of Equity and Engagement for the American Nurses Association, and has been a member of our Board since the beginning. We value our partnership with ANA, and Katie has been crucial in connecting us with partners throughout the nursing world.

05/10/2026

Today we’d like to thank another member of our NHS3 Advisory Board, Melissa Pérez Capotosto, PhD, RN, WHNP-BC. Melissa is an Associate Professor of the Practice (Nursing) and Women's Health Nurse Practitioner at Boston College’s Connell School of Nursing.

We were lucky enough to first meet Melissa when she came to NHS3 looking for data to use in her thesis on fertility based awareness methods. Watch Melissa talk about how NHS3 has impacted her in a recent webinar. https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/nurses-health-study-a-treasure-trove-for-womens-health-research/

05/08/2026

As Nursing Week continues, we’d like to thank the other co-chair of our NHS3 Advisory Board, Aron King, PhD (c), RN, MS, FADLN! Aron is a Magnet Program Director for Kaiser Permanente in California.

Along with Dr. Jones, he has been an extraordinary partner, co-leading our advisory board since 2025, and NHS3 is a stronger study for his leadership and insights, especially into the student nurse perspective!

05/07/2026

Today we’d like to thank the co-chair of our NHS3 Advisory Board, Michael L. Jones PhD, MBA/HCM, RN, FAAN! Dr. Jones is an Associate Professor and Dean for Culture, Engagement, and Professional Development at Eastern Carolina University.

Dr. Jones has been an extraordinary partner, co-leading our advisory board since 2025, and NHS3 is a stronger study for his leadership and insights!

05/06/2026

As we begin celebrating Nurses Week, we’d like to thank the participants of the Nurses’ Health Studies who make all our research possible.

121,700 nurses have participated in NHS since 1976 (50 years!); 116,429 have been in NHSII since 1989; and over 50,000 have joined the newest cohort (NHS3) over the past 15 years.

Want to join this amazing group and spend less than an hour a year to move public health forward? We welcome new participants at www.nhs3.org/join/

02/11/2026

Turns out that daily cup of caffeinated coffee or tea may be doing more than helping keep you awake!

One to two cups of caffeinated tea per day helps too, researchers found after following nearly 132,000 people for 40 years.

09/18/2025

Last week NHS researchers spoke about the impactful history and promising future of the Nurses' Health Study cohorts at an event hosted by The Studio at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Read more about it:
https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/nurses-health-study-a-treasure-trove-for-womens-health-research/

09/11/2025

Join us today (or watch the video later) as we talk about the rich history and promising future of the Nurses’ Health Studies!

Watch the replay of the livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/a12J1deUvXM?si=nMWZXuPkhpycdyPV

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07/24/2025

Did you know the NHS3 is 15? June 2025 marks the 15th anniversary of the Nurses’ Health Study 3. Over the past 15 years, NHS3 has enriched/enhanced the fields of reproductive health, occupational health, and environmental health, among others. We are incredibly grateful to our participants who have contributed to the study by filling out study questionnaires and providing biospecimens. We can’t wait to see what lies ahead in the next 15 years!

We love to hear from you and value your input, drop a comment below and tell us what you’d like to see from NHS3 in the next 15 years.