The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) has named Mary Beth Flynn Makic, PhD, APRN, CCNS, FAAN, FNAP, FCNS, as its 2025 Distinguished Research Lecturer.
As a critical care clinician and CNS for more than 36 years, Makic is a recognized leader in critical care. She is known for her work to advance independent nursing practice based on current best evidence to promote clinical innovations that enhance patient outcomes.
Makic earned a BSN from UW–Madison, before going on to earn a MSN at the University of Maryland School of Nursing and a PhD at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.
Makic is a professor at the College of Nursing at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, where she served as specialty director of the adult-gerontology clinical nurse specialist program for 10 years. She also holds a position as a research nurse scientist at Denver Health, a level 1 safety net trauma hospital.