Hartford Foundation Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence. For the past ten years, her scholarship has focused on educating nurse practitioner students about care of frail older adults and patient safety and quality improvement. She conducts research aimed at improving the safety of frail nursing home residents. She is the author of over 50 peer-reviewed publications and has been the Principal Investigator on grants totaling over $1 million. Dr. Wagner was inducted into the American Academy of Nursing in 2013, and she is the recipient of several awards including the Springer Award in Geriatric Nursing Research (2008), Canadian Institutes of Health Research New Investigator in Aging Award (2009), UCSF Hellman Faculty Scholar (2013), and the Western Institute of Nursing Scholar Award (2014).