Sheila Evans, DNP, RN, AOCN

Chief Operating Officer, NSABP Foundation

Sheila Evans, DNP, RN, AOCN is Chief Operating Officer of the NSABP Foundation and Senior Director, NRG Oncology.

Dr. Evans’ career has focused on providing evidenced-based nursing care across the continuum to adult and pediatric oncology patients and their families.  Her experience has ranged from NCI-designated cancer centers, community hospitals, and the rural community to a National Health Service (NHS) Cancer Centre in Reading, England.  In addition to front-line staff nurse and oncology clinical nurse specialist roles, she worked as a research nurse supporting cooperative group clinical trials and a NIH-funded nursing research initiative; from 2017-2020, she was the Director of Nursing at the Norris Cancer Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, an NCI-designated cancer center.

Dr. Evans is a member of the Association of Nurse Leaders and the Oncology Nursing Society.  Her published works have appeared in such journals as the Cancer Nursing, Cancer Practice, and Research Practitioner.