Sharon Irving PhD, CRNP, FCCM, FAAN, FNAP, FASPEN
Miriam Stirl Endowed Term Chair in Nutrition; Professor of Pediatric Nursing, Department of Family and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA
Dr. Sharon Irving is a Professor of Pediatric Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and holds the Miriam Stirl Endowed Term Chair in Nutrition. She teaches at the undergraduate and graduate levels, mentors doctoral nursing students, and serves as faculty in the graduate nutrition science curriculum. Clinically, she is currently a Nurse Practitioner at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), specializing in Nutrition Support, primarily in the CHOP ICUs. Her research focuses on optimizing nutrition therapy for critically ill children, including assessment, nutrient delivery, and enteral tolerance. She co-authored the 2017 Pediatric Nutrition Support Guidelines (ASPEN/SCCM) and the 2019 best practice recommendations for nasogastric tube verification. Dr. Irving received the 2019 ASPEN Distinguished Nutrition Support Nurse award and earned FASPEN designation in 2021. She is a Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine, the American Academy of Nursing, and the National Academies of Practice.
Email: ysha@nursing.upenn.edu