The International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame honors Sigma members who have achieved significant and sustained national and/or international recognition for their work, and whose research has impacted the profession and the people it serves. We encourage
you to learn more about these distinguished researchers below.
Prisca Olabisi Adejumo, PhD (Nursing), PhD (Medical Sociology), MSN, BSN, RN, FWACN, IIWCC
Professor, University of Ibadan – Ibadan, Nigeria
Prisca Olabisi Adejumo is a nurse and a medical sociologist. She obtained her undergraduate degree from the University of Ibadan, where she also obtained double master's degrees and double PhDs in Medical Sociology and Medical-Surgical Nursing. She has
specialized training in nursing classification and cancer genetics from the University of Iowa and University of Chicago. Her current research focus is on cancer genetics with emphasis on risk factors for noncommunicable diseases within the context
of health profession's education, research, and practice. Wound care and HIV and AIDS are other areas of research interest. She was certified in 2021 by the Global University Network for Innovation (Africa) and the African Quality Assurance Network
as a Certified Accreditor for Programme and institutional Accreditation. Dr. Adejumo is a professor of nursing, a 2021 FAIMER Fellow, a member of Consortium of Universities for Global Health Competency Sub-committee, a mentor on various professional
programmes, and one of the PIs of African Forum for Research and Education in Health current NIH grant. She is the founder of Focusing on Young Nurses Initiative, Vice President of Sickle Cell Hope Alive Foundation, and Chairperson, Board of Examinations,
West African College of Nursing.
Mary G. Carey, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN
Associate Professor of Nursing, University of Rochester School of Nursing; Director, Clinical Nursing Research Center, Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester Medical Center – Rochester, New York, USA
Mary Carey is an Associate Professor, School of Nursing and the Director of the Nursing Research Center at Strong Memorial Hospital at the University of Rochester. An intensive care nurse by background, she earned a bachelor's degree in nursing from the
University of Buffalo and a MS and PhD in nursing from the University of California San Francisco. A critical care nurse by training, Carey is a highly respected researcher, educator, and mentor whose work has made significant contributions to the
understanding of ECG monitoring to help detect cardiac arrhythmias and myocardial ischemia and infarction, and on the ECG's use in predicting cardiac events and sudden cardiac death. With funding from the National Institutes of Health, she has improved
the detection of myocardial ischemia in adults with and without heart disease.
Eileen Chasens, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor Emeritus, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Eileen Chasens was a tenured Professor at the University of Pittsburgh who retired and is now Emeritus. She has been a nurse for over 45 years, having worked clinically in multiple settings from large wards to intensive care. Her BSN and MSN are from
Texas Woman's University, her PhD is from University of Alabama at Birmingham, and she completed postdoctoral training at University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Chasens served as Chair of the Department of Health and Community Systems at University of Pittsburgh
School of Nursing after she maintained continuous external funding for her program of research that examines the effect of impaired sleep on self-management of chronic disease. During the last few years, she primarily acted in the role of Department
Chair and as the mentor for the next generation of nurse scientists: doctoral students, post-doctoral fellows, and junior faculty.
Jeannie P. Cimiotti, PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Professor, Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing – Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Jeannie P. Cimiotti is associate professor in the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University. She is recognized for her research that has examined the complexity of the acute care work environment, where nurses often provide care under
physically and emotionally charged conditions. She also has produced evidence that the nurse work environment and the issues experienced by bedside nurses are global phenomena. Dr. Cimiotti has taken the opportunity to work with nurse researchers
internationally to better understand the challenges that are faced by nurses every day—challenges that impact the overall health and well-being of nurses and the quality of patient care. Her research on nurse burnout and the transmission of
hospital-acquired infections was groundbreaking and continues to be widely cited. Her research funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality continues to show that nurse workload and environment where nurses provide care are associated
with the spread of infectious diseases.
Robin B. Dail, PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professor, University of South Carolina, College of Nursing – Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Robin B. Dail is the Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professor at University of South Carolina College of Nursing. Dr. Dail obtained her associate degree from University of Nevada, a master's in Nursing from East Carolina University, and a PhD
in Nursing from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Prior to academia, Dr. Dail practiced as a neonatal nurse and neonatal nurse practitioner for 25 years. Dr. Dail's program of research aims to reduce morbidity and mortality in premature infants.
Her research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and GE Healthcare, as well as other foundations, such as March of Dimes and the American Nurses Foundation. Dr. Dail is a Robert Wood Johnson Nurse
Faculty Scholar (2010-2013) and was inducted into the American Academy of Nursing in 2014.
Sara Day, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor, Assistant Dean, Center for Community and Global Partnerships, University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing – Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Sara Day is a professor and Assistant Dean for the Center for Community and Global Partnerships at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) College of Nursing. Prior to joining UTHSC faculty she was the Director of Nursing Education and
the Director of International Nursing at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Associate Professor at University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing. Dr. Day's program of research has had a measurable and sustained impact globally. Her
most prominent contributions to nursing are the development, implementation, and evaluation of pioneering nursing programs and models to improve the care of children with sickle cell disease and cancer.
Christine Duffield, PhD, RN, FACN, FAAN, FAICD, FACHSM
Emeritus Professor, Edith Cowan University – Perth, Australia
Christine Duffield, Emeritus Professor at Edith Cowan University in Perth, has an outstanding reputation in workforce research, and her influence has permeated the healthcare industry nationally and internationally. She is one of Australia's most cited
and well-known nurse researchers. She pioneered research into nurse staffing and workforce issues in Australia, leading the first study which examined the relationship between nurse staffing numbers and mix to patient, staff, and organisational outcomes
at the ward level, contributing since then to similar studies internationally. Her research program around the analysis and redesign of nursing roles and work practices has shaped local, national, and international workforce policy and service delivery
for more than two decades. She has been a member of significant national and international committees. She is an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Nursing Studies and President of the Australian College of Nursing.
Patricia C. Dykes, PhD, MA, RN, FAAN, FACMI
Research Program Director and Associate Professor, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School – Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Patricia Dykes is Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Program Director of Research in the Center for Patient Safety Research and Practice at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Her research aims to improve quality and safety through
patient engagement and clinical decision support (CDS). Her research focuses on informatics tools to improve patient safety—most notably fall prevention—and integration of CDS into clinical workflows. To reduce falls and injuries, Dr.
Dykes developed the Fall TIPS Toolkit, which was adopted by the Veteran's Administration, the Department of Defense, and is used in over 250 hospitals globally. Currently Dr. Dykes is leading two federally funded projects to improve fall prevention
CDS in primary care for providers and patients including developing a care plan collaboration tool and personalized exercise prescriptions. Dr. Dykes is also leading development of CDS and an electronic clinical quality measure to prevent and quantify
delayed diagnosis of venous thromboembolism in primary care for the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. She is the site PI for the NINR-funded CONCERN study which uses data science and machine learning approaches to identify hospitalized patients at
risk for deterioration. Dr. Dykes is author of two books, over 150 peer reviewed publications, and has presented her work nationally and internationally. She is the immediate past President and Board Chair of the American Medical Informatics Association,
an elected fellow of American Academy of Nursing, and a fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics.
Alan Finnegan, PhD, RN, FRCN, FRSA, CF, FFNMRCSI, FAAN
Professor of Nursing and Military Mental Health, Director of the Westminster Centre for Research in Veterans, University of Chester – Chester, England
Alan Finnegan is a United Kingdom Registered Nurse Adult and Registered Nurse Mental Health. He joined the UK National Health Service (NHS) in 1978 and then joined the British Army as a Nursing Officer in 1987. During his military career he reached the
rank of Colonel, and his appointments included the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) Nurse Consultant in Military Mental Health (MMH), MoD Nursing Advisor in MMH, and Senior Military Nurse and Commanding Officer at the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine
(Clinical). This was part of the UK's receiving hospital for casualties from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. His final appointment was as the first MoD Professor of Nursing. He deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan, Balkans, Northern Ireland, and South
Africa. Dr. Finnegan's first armed forces research was published in 1994 and he conducted the only international in situ qualitative nursing studies when based at Camp Bastion Hospital in Afghanistan. On leaving the British Army, Dr. Finnegan joined
the University of Chester, England in 2016. Since then, he has been appointed as the PI for over 30 research and educational projects, including awards from the UK National Health Service, the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust, Forces in Mind Trust,
Health Education England, and Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fund/Burdett Nursing and Business. During this period, he contributed to 35 articles featured in Nurse Education Today, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Nursing Outlook,
Journal of Clinical Nursing and Nurse Education in Practice.
Christopher R. Friese, PhD, RN, AOCN®, FAAN
Director, Center for Improving Patient and Population Health; Associate Director, Cancer Control & Population Sciences; Elizabeth Tone Hosmer Professor of Nursing, Professor of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Christopher Friese is the Elizabeth Tone Hosmer Professor at the University of Michigan School of Nursing, where he focuses on measuring and improving the quality of cancer care delivery. He directs the Center for Improving Patient and Population Health
and serves as the Associate Director for Cancer Control and Population Sciences at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center. The author of over 100 publications, his research findings were among the first to establish a significant relationship
between favorable nurse practice environments and lower surgical mortality. As the first nurse scientist to complete a K99/R00 Pathway to Independence award from the National Institute of Nursing Research, Dr. Friese leads an interdisciplinary research
program to study the quality of care delivered in oncology settings. He has led pivotal studies to develop valid and reliable measures of nursing work environments. In 2016, he was selected as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellow,
where he worked on health policy initiatives in the office of Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr. In 2018, he was appointed by the Comptroller General of the United States to the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Board of Governors. In 2021, President
Biden appointed Dr. Friese to the National Cancer Advisory Board, which advises the President, the cabinet, and federal officials on national cancer research policy. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, a Fellow in the American
Academy of Nursing, and was the 2021 Oncology Nursing Society distinguished nurse researcher.
Jeroen Hendriks, PhD, MSc, RN, FESC, FCSANZ
Leo J. Mahar Cardiovascular Nursing Chair, Flinders University College of Nursing and Health Sciences – Adelaide, Australia
Jeroen Hendriks holds the inaugural Leo J. Mahar Cardiovascular Nursing Chair at the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University and the Department of Cardiology, Royal Adelaide Hospital. In his clinical academic role, he aims to develop
a collaborative of academic and clinical excellence to support joint research endeavours between Flinders University and the Central Adelaide Local Health Network. He undertook his PhD at the Maastricht University Medical Centre. His doctoral studies
focused on developing specialised nurse-coordinated atrial fibrillation (AF) clinics, based on the concept of integrated care, and proving improved outcomes as well as the role of specialised nurses to manage these clinics. His program of research
focuses on integrated care management in AF and related cardiovascular conditions, as well as redesigning practices for implementation of such approach. Based on this approach, he and his team have developed specialised AF-Clinics with significant
roles for nurses and allied professionals. He is fortunate to hold a Future Leader Fellowship provided by the Australian Heart Foundation. He is the immediate Past President of the Australian Health and Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Association for
South Australia and the Northern Territory. He is an expert advisor for the Statewide Clinical Cardiology Network in South Australia, member of the Association on Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions' Science Committee (European Society of
Cardiology), and member of the Scientific Sessions Program Committee (Heart Rhythm Society). He is the Deputy Editor of the European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, an international advisory board member for Heart, and Editorial Board
member of the International Journal of Care Coordination, and ICT&health International.
Nancy A. Hodgson, PhD, RN, FAAN
Claire M. Fagin Leadership Professor in Nursing, Chair and Professor, Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Nancy Hodgson is the Claire M. Fagin Leadership Professor and Chair of Biobehavioral Health Science at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. An internationally recognized nurse scientist, she is a leading gerontologist with a strong program
of research focused on incorporating evidence-based findings into geriatric nursing practice to conquer challenges in dementia care, such as promoting dignity, minimizing symptoms, honoring peoples' preferences for care at the end of life, and advancing
palliative dementia care. For over 20 years she has conducted a sustained and continuously funded program of research that has had significant influence on the care provided to older adults. Her research has been published in high-impact, peer-reviewed
journals, and she is co-author of Better Living With Dementia: Implications for Individuals, Families, Communities and Societies (Elsevier), based on a MOOC with over 80,000 participants worldwide. The impact of her work has been recognized
with multiple awards and honors including the Doris Schwartz Geriatric Nursing Researcher Award, the Outstanding Pathfinder Award of the Maryland Nurses Association, the Excellence in Research Award of the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association,
and induction as a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and the American Academy of Nursing.
Sharon D. Horner, PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Dean for Research, The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing – Austin, Texas, USA
Sharon Horner received her PhD in Nursing and her MSN in Parent-Child Nursing from the Medical College of Georgia. Her research focuses on improving health of families with children who have chronic health problems. She has received approximately US $7.6
million in federal funding for her research with school-aged children who have chronic conditions and their parents. Her research focuses on understudied groups, including rural Americans, Mexican Americans, and African Americans. Her work has provided
opportunities for 98 undergraduate and graduate students to participate as members of the research team—70% of these students were members of racial or ethnic minority groups in the USA. She has over 80 publications, which have been cited more
than 2,500 times. Her work has been honored by the Texas Rural Health Association with their first Researcher of the Year award in 2013 and she received the Minority Health Research Award from the Southern Nursing Research Society in 2014.
Doris Howell, PhD, RN, FAAN
Emeritus Scientist, Princess Margaret Cancer Research Institute & Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto – Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Doris Howell is a health service research graduate of the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation in the Outcomes and Evaluation Stream of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. She is now an Emeritus Scientist in
the Division of Supportive Care, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Research Institute and Adjunct Professor, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing with a cross-appointment to the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. She is an
Affiliate Scientist with the ELLICSR Health, Wellness & Cancer Survivorship Centre, University Health Network. Dr. Howell has a focused program of research on patient-reported outcomes and self-management interventions. She continues to lead research
on the impact of implementation of patient reported outcomes and cancer coaching on patient outcomes and is examining the psychosocial impact of cancer and treatment and the role of coping self-efficacy across the illness trajectory in young women
with breast cancer, as a member of the pan-Canadian RUBY longitudinal cohort study. As the invited quality of life representative for the symptom control committee of the Clinical Trials Group of Canada, she has led the development of the Symptom-IQ
app for remote monitoring of immunotherapy adverse cancer treatment events that is currently being pilot tested in a sub-study embedded in a multi-site bladder cancer immunotherapy trial across Canada. She is program director for the Cancer Coaching
Certificate Program at York University.
Tracy Levett-Jones, PhD, MA Ed & Work, BN, RN, DipAppSc (Nursing)
Professor of Nursing Education, Head of School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Technology Sydney – Sydney, Australia
Tracy Levett-Jones is the Professor of Nursing Education and Head of School at the University of Technology Sydney. She entered academia in 2003 after more than 20 years as a clinician, educator, and manager and is now recognised as a world-leading healthcare
researcher. In 2019, Tracy was identified as the top researcher in health and medical sciences in the field of nursing by the Australian Research Magazine, and in 2021 she was ranked as one of the world's top 1% of nursing scientists by Stanford
University. Dr. Levett-Jones's program of research includes patient safety, empathy, clinical reasoning, and simulation. Her research is designed to inform, influence, and improve patient outcomes and the quality of healthcare education. Dr. Levett-Jones
leads the Empathy Initiative research group and has written 10 books and over 200 journal publications. She has been the recipient of multiple teaching and research awards and has been awarded over US $7 million in research funding. Dr. Levett-Jones
has also designed several educational websites, including the Virtual Empathy Museum and The Patient Safety for Nursing Students.
John R. Lowe, PhD, RN, FAAN
Joseph Blades Centennial Memorial Professor, The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing – Austin, Texas, USA
John Lowe is the Joseph Blades Centennial Memorial Professor at the University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing. He is a Cherokee Native American tribal member and has Creek and Lenape Native American tribal heritage. Dr. Lowe currently serves as
a member of the Advisory Council to the National Institutes of Nursing Research. He co-authored with Dr. Roxanne Struthers (Ojibwe tribal member) the Conceptual Framework for Nursing in Native American Culture. Dr. Lowe is the first Native American
man to earn a PhD in Nursing degree and is the first Native American man to be inducted as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing. He currently serves as an elected member of the American Academy of Nursing selection committee. Dr. Lowe is an
alumnus of the Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) at the American Nurses Association and has served as the Chair of the National Advisory Council to the MFP. He developed and studies interventions for the prevention and reduction of substance use and
other risk behaviors among Native American and indigenous youth and young adults globally. These studies and other health programs are guided by the Cherokee Self-Reliance, Native Self-Reliance, and Native-Reliance theoretical frameworks and models
developed by Dr. Lowe.
Sally L. Lusk, PhD, RN, FAAOHN, FAAN
Professor Emerita, University of Michigan School of Nursing – Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Sally Lusk’s nursing career began in Indiana, where she worked in public health and school nursing. After earning her MPH degree at the University of Michigan, she taught community health nursing there. Following her PhD in Educational Psychology,
Dr. Lusk founded and directed the UM Occupational Health Nursing (OHN) master’s degree and the PhD concentration in OHN, the latter the first in the country. Recognizing that workers did not consistently use hearing protection and the reasons
were unexplained, she completed a series of federally funded projects, testing research-based interventions to promote use of hearing protection to prevent noise-induced hearing loss among construction and factory workers. After retirement, Dr. Lusk’s
focus is on what is recognized as the final stage in the research cycle, using research findings to promote policy change. Her efforts include educating health professionals and the public about the hazards of environmental noise exposures (ENP) and
promoting policy changes to reduce these exposures. Research has documented the association of ENP with heart disease, stroke, sleep deficits and mental illness, reduced learning and performance, obesity, dementia, and low birth weight babies, as
well as causing hearing loss and tinnitus. Noise is both a public health problem as well as an environmental justice concern, as it is more prevalent in areas where low-income and minorities reside.
Debra Lyon, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, FNAP, FAAN
Kirbo Endowed Chair and Executive Associate Dean, University of Florida College of Nursing – Gainesville, Florida, USA
Debra Lyon is the Kirbo Endowed Chair and Executive Associate Dean at the University of Florida College of Nursing. She is also a Professor Emerita at Virginia Commonwealth University. She has published over 125 papers and her grant funding exceeds US
$10 million as a principal investigator or multi-PI. Dr. Lyon was awarded the Southern Nursing Research Society Distinguished Researcher Award in 2020. She is the Editor-in-Chief for the Oncology Nursing Forum. Her passions include mentoring
and working with students from under-served backgrounds and developing methods for integrating objective ‘omic measures with “human level” quality of life outcomes. Her program of research focuses on illuminating the intersection
between physical (molecular measures such as inflammatory markers), ‘omic measures (genomics and metabolomics), and accelerated aging (telomere length and DNA methylation) and symptoms of fatigue, pain, depression, and cognitive dysfunction.
Her work has supported the scientific advancements of making “visible” the interconnections between mind/body health. In addition, the molecular focus provides a scientific basis for the development of personalized interventions for persistent
and life-altering symptoms that address the underlying pathophysiological processes related to symptom development and persistence.
Ruth Masterson Creber, PhD, MSc, RN, FAHA, FAAN
Professor of Nursing, Columbia University – New York, New York, USA
Ruth Masterson Creber is Professor of Nursing at Columbia University. Dr. Masterson Creber's research focuses on improving quality of life for patients with cardiac conditions across the disease continuum and pioneering innovative interventions for the
delivery of healthcare. Her interprofessional program of research is grounded in nursing science, epidemiology, and health informatics and is rapidly growing and having an impact on advancing health quality for vulnerable patients across the lifespan
and around the world. Dr. Masterson Creber received her BA and BSN from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and School of Arts and Sciences, her MSc from The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, her PhD from the University
of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, and her Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Columbia University School of Nursing. Prior to joining Columbia University, she served as an Assistant and then Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences in the Division
of Health Informatics, and Cardiothoracic Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine (2018-2022). Since completing her training, her program of research has been funded by multiple federal agencies including PCORI, NINR, NHLBI, NINDS, NIA, NICHD, and Fogarty
Institute.
Marjorie McCullagh, PhD, RN, PHNA-BC, COHN-S, FAAOHN, FAAN
Professor, University of Michigan School of Nursing – Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Marjorie McCullagh is Sally L. Lusk Collegiate Professor in the School of Nursing and Director of the University of Michigan Center for Occupational Health, Safety, and Engineering. She holds a PhD in Nursing from the University of Michigan and has 45
years of nursing clinical, teaching, and research experience. She is a certified advanced public health nurse, certified occupational health nurse-specialist, Fellow of the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, and Fellow of the American
Academy of Nursing. Dr. McCullagh's program of research aims to promote the health of workers through healthy environments, behaviors, and policies. This work is primarily focused on hazardous noise exposure and its multiple negative health effects
among farm operators and farm and rural youth—a high-risk, underserved, and hard-to-reach population. She is a pioneer in characterizing the noise exposure of agricultural producers, their low use of hearing protection, and factors influencing
use of personal protective equipment. She developed and tested a theoretical model of farmers' use of hearing protection and used it to guide the development and effectiveness testing of novel, culturally appropriate interventions. She has incorporated
the voice of agricultural producers in all phases of her program of research. Her research is characterized by use of scientific best practices to produce and disseminate results of high-quality studies that are generalizable to larger populations.
Dr. McCullagh has used her position as a nurse scientist to influence policymakers to develop policies that promote health by controlling noise exposure. She has mentored students at all levels, as well as junior faculty, in her research.
Lisa McKenna, PhD, RN, MBA, MEdSt, FACN, FANZAHPE
Professor and Dean, La Trobe University, School of Nursing and Midwifery – Bundoora, Australia
Lisa McKenna is Professor and Dean in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at La Trobe University. She is a registered nurse and midwife and has been recognised as a Fellow of the Australian College of Nursing and Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand
Association of Health Professions Education. Dr. McKenna has an established program of research primarily focusing on nursing, midwifery, and health professions practice, workforce, and education. Her research seeks to strengthen the preparation of
nurses and midwives to deliver evidence-based, quality care, with a particular focus on workforce preparation and development, practice competence, and transition to professional practice. Dr. McKenna's recent research has focused on workplace violence,
migration of nurses and other health professionals, along with maternal healthcare. She has strong interest in new graduate nurses' experiences and transition, nurse migration, simulation in healthcare, professional role and non-technical skills development,
and interprofessional education. Dr. McKenna collaborates internationally with nurse researchers from a range of countries, particularly in Asia, and mentors emerging researchers in Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, and Australia. She regularly
collaborates with researchers from other health professions. Dr. McKenna has published extensively, and since 2014 has been the Editor-in-Chief of Collegian: The Australian Journal of Nursing Practice, Scholarship and Research and an editorial
board member on two Indonesian journals. She also led the development of an introductory research methods text focused on undergraduate students and clinicians, entitled Fundamentals of Nursing and Midwifery Research: A Practical Guide for Evidence-Based Practice,
that was published in 2019.
Chizimuzo Tochukwu Chinonso Okoli, PhD, MPH, PMHNP-BC, APRN, FAAN
Professor, University of Kentucky College of Nursing – Lexington, Kentucky, USA
As a Professor at the University of Kentucky College of Nursing, Chizimuzo Tochukwu Chinonso Okoli directs the Behavioral Health and Wellness Environments for Living and Learning program and through a joint appointment, directs the Tobacco Treatment Services
and Evidence-Based Practice at Eastern State Hospital, a State Psychiatric Hospital. Dr. Okoli completed his doctoral research studies in 2005 at the University of Kentucky with a focus on addressing the effects of tobacco smoke exposure on smoking
behaviors. Afterwards, he completed postdoctoral fellowships at the University of British Columbia and the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in Women's Health. His postdoctoral fellowships focused on tobacco exposure and dependence as well as
sex and gender-based analysis in the context of populations living with mental health and addictions. Dr. Okoli joined the University of Kentucky in 2011, where he has developed a program of research focused on promoting mental and behavioral wellness
in diverse populations. His current research uses health policy principles and evidence-based practice implementation to enhance the health of populations affected by mental and behavioral health challenges.
Nancy Pike, PhD, RN, CPNP-AC/PC, FAHA, FAAN
Professor and Director of Research, University of California Los Angeles School of Nursing – Los Angeles, California, USA
Nancy Pike is Professor and Director of Research at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Nursing. Dr. Pike received her bachelor's degree from Penn State University in 1985 and her master's and PhD from UCLA in 1993 and 2007, respectively.
She is certified as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and continues to practice clinically in Cardiothoracic Surgery at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. Her biobehavioral and neuroimaging program of research has received several NIH/NINR funded grants
to study structural brain injury, cerebral blood flow, and its correlations to cognitive and psychosocial outcomes in adolescents and young adults with congenital heart disease, specifically, single ventricle heart disease (SVHD). She is currently
using an innovative computer-based cognitive intervention to improve working memory/attention in adolescents with SVHD. Furthermore, she validated a cognitive screening tool in adolescents and adults used in cardiology clinics across the country and
is developing a disease-specific measure for self-care with transitioning to adulthood. She is a Fellow in the American Heart Association and the American Academy of Nursing and is current Vice Chair and Chair Elect for the American Heart Association
Council of Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing. Dr. Pike is dedicated to mentoring and training future nurse scientists and improving health outcomes, self-care, and quality of life for children and families impacted by congenital heart disease.
Lusine Poghosyan, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN
Stone Foundation and Elise D. Fish Professor of Nursing, Columbia University School of Nursing;
Professor of Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University – New York, New York, USA
Lusine Poghosyan is an internationally recognized health services researcher with expertise in studying primary care organizations, workforce, teamwork, and quality of patient care, especially for chronic diseases. Dr. Poghosyan's research produces evidence
regarding ways to optimally utilize nurse practitioners as primary care providers and build primary care teams to assure patients, particularly racial and ethnic minorities and those living in underserved areas, have access to timely, safe, and high-quality
primary care. Dr. Poghosyan is the PI on multiple federal and foundation-funded research projects, including those funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the
National Institute on Aging. Dr. Poghosyan has served as the Chair of the Primary Care Expert Panel at American Academy of Nursing and the Interdisciplinary Research Group on Nursing Issues Advisory Board at AcademyHealth. She is a Fellow of the American
Academy of Nursing and New York Academy of Medicine. At Columbia University, Dr. Poghosyan serves as the Stone Foundation and Elise D. Professor of Nursing, Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Mailman School of Public Health, and Executive
Director of the Center for Healthcare Delivery Research and Innovation.
Lauretta Quinn, PhD, RN, CDE, FAHA, FAAN
Clinical Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing – Chicago, Illinois, USA
Throughout her career, Lauretta Quinn has maintained a research program focusing on improving the health of people with diabetes and reducing the burden of diabetes complications. Her research has examined the interaction of psychological, behavioral,
and physiological aspects of diabetes. Dr. Quinn’s early research focused on examining the effect of aerobic exercise on the metabolic derangements of both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes (T1DM and T2DM) and their relationship to CVD disease. For
the last 15 years, she has collaborated with engineering and medical colleagues on research funded by NIH and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation that are contributing to the development of an artificial pancreas (AP) for people with T1DM. Her
role in these studies has been to coordinate and develop the open- and closed-loop clinical studies for the development of the algorithms. The team is currently expanding their research on sleep and glycemic variability in T1DM. Dr. Quinn is collaborating
on several other projects, investigating sleep parameters and sleep intervention in individuals who have diabetes or are at risk of developing diabetes.
Gennaro Rocco, PhD, MscN, EdM, RN, FFNMRCSI, FAAN
Director, Centre of Excellence for Nursing Scholarship OPI – Rome, Italy
Gennaro Rocco is the Director of the Centre of Excellence for Nursing Scholarship - OPI Rome, Italy since its inception in 2009. One of the first to be set in Europe, this centre has fostered and financed more than 250 nursing research projects in the
last 12 years at the national and international level. The Centre aims to support nursing research, improve the quality of care provided to the public, and advance the public's perception of the nursing profession. Dr Rocco has also been President
of the OPI Rome Nursing Regulatory Board for more than 20 years and was National Vice President of the OPI Regulatory Board for nursing for more than 14 years. In this period, he contributed to fostering numerous laws for the evolution of the nursing
profession in Italy. In 2004, he established the European Federation of Nursing Regulators as OPI National Vice President with the UK, Spain, and Ireland. He has been the director of Tor Vergata Nursing School in Rome, Italy, for more than 20 years.
Ann E. Rogers, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAASM
Professor, Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing – Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Ann Rogers is a tenured Professor and nationally renowned sleep expert who joined the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing June 2010. Dr. Rogers’s research has exclusively focused on sleep and sleep disorders. She has published over 50 papers
related to sleep, written numerous book chapters, and her research has been funded by several institutes at NIH as well as by AHRQ. She is one of six doctorally prepared nurses in the United States who are board certified in sleep disorders medicine
by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Her first studies focused on narcolepsy, the impact of the disorder on quality of life, evaluating the efficacy of 3 to 6 15-minute naps per day for controlling excessive daytime sleepiness, and adherence
to prescribed stimulant medications. She is best known for her seminal study describing the hours worked over a one-month period by a representative sample composed of almost 900 hospital staff nurses and the relationship of the nurse work hours to
patient safety.
Margaret Q. Rosenzweig, PhD, FNP-BC, AOCNP, FAAN
Distinguished Service Professor of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Margaret Rosenzweig is Distinguished Service Professor of Nursing and Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. She is the Associate Director for Catchment Area Research at the Hillman Cancer Center, linking the work of the cancer center's
research to identified community cancer priorities. Her research is focused on racial and economic equity in cancer care. This patient and community focused work models a "cell to society" multi-factorial explanation of racial and economic cancer
treatment disparity focusing on treatment toxicity limiting the ability to receive full dose cancer therapy. The emphasis on the social determinants of health specifically explores the deep phenotyping of patients as an individual in their own social
and physical context. Her team is testing an intervention of trained community workers to provide comfort and practical assistance to Black women at the end of life. A nurse practitioner, Dr. Rosenzweig maintains a clinical practice and partners with
the clinical setting to improve the delivery of breast cancer care. She has long term funding to teach oncology basics that she developed to nurse practitioners in cancer care through an innovative electronic curriculum.
Diane M. Santa Maria, DrPH, MSN, RN, PHNA-BC, FSAHM, FAAN
Dean, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Cizik School of Nursing – Houston, Texas, USA
Diane Santa Maria is Dean at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Cizik School of Nursing. She holds the Jane and Robert Cizik Distinguished Chair and Huffington Foundation Endowed Chair in Nursing Education Leadership. She currently
serves as a co-investigator and co-director of the Texas Developmental Center for AIDS Research Mentoring Program and Substance Use Scientific Working Group. She has completed numerous studies among youth experiencing homelessness that address HIV
and substance use prevention, mental health, and health equity. Her research has utilized novel methodologies in community-based research, including Ecological Momentary Assessments and Just-in-Time Adaptive Interventions to account for the influence
of state-based antecedents of risk behaviors. She is currently leading three NIH funded studies: testing the efficacy of an ecological momentary-enhanced nurse case management HIV prevention and care coordination intervention among youth 16-25 experiencing
homelessness and PrEP adherence among sexual and gender minority identifying youth; assessing the impact of COVID-19, vaccine uptake, and prevalence of SARS-coV-2 antibodies among youth; and co-developing an intervention to address emotion regulation,
stress management, and impulse control among shelter using youth. She has expertise in the development, testing, and refinement of various HIV prevention interventions among high-risk communities, especially marginalized young people and those experiencing
homelessness.
Jingjing Shang, PhD, RN, OCN, FAAN
Professor of Nursing, Columbia University – New York, New York, USA
Jingjing Shang is a professor and health services researcher at Columbia University School of Nursing. She obtained her BS from Peking Union Medical College in Beijing, her MSN from the University of Delaware, her PhD from Johns Hopkins University, and
finished her post-doctoral training from the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Shang has a track record at securing federal funding as a PI of research grants. In the past 10 years, she has secured
funding as the PI or MPI of 4 R01s, 1 R03, and 1 P20. She is one of the few researchers who focus on infection prevention and control in the home healthcare setting. Her other research interests include the nursing workforce, quality of care, predictive
risk modeling, and cancer patient outcomes. Dr. Shang has multiple high-quality publications and has presented at international and national conferences. She served on the American Cancer Society peer review committee for scholarships and has been
a reviewer in CDC Special Emphasis Panel in infectious diseases since 2015. Dr. Shang has advised and mentored PhD students, post-doctoral fellows, and junior nurse scientists in both research and clinical practice. She teaches a PhD-level course
on advanced research designs.
Tami L. Thomas, PhD, RN, APRN-CPNP, FAANP, FAAN
Dr. Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Endowed Chair in Prevention and Family Health, Professor and Associate Dean, Research, Faculty Development and PhD Program Director, Nicole Wertheim College or Nursing and Health Sciences, Florida International University – Miami, Florida, USA
Tami Thomas is currently the Dr. Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Endowed Chair in Prevention and Family Health at Florida International University's Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing and Health Sciences. She also serves as the Associate Dean of Research,
Faculty Development, and Success and the Nursing PhD Program Director. Dr. Thomas began her program of research during doctoral studies and dissertation research, which integrated a minor in epidemiology with a PhD in Nursing from the University of
Florida in 2006. Dr. Thomas sought to develop a clearly defined area of intellectual inquiry focused on health promotion, cancer prevention, Human Papillomavirus vaccination, reduction of health disparities in rural areas, and acceptance of screening/prevention
measures of infectious diseases in adolescents and young adults. Her scholarship began from the identification of clinical issues and has developed into a program of research addressing culturally appropriate care for underserved populations. Dr.
Thomas is a Fellow of both the American Academy of Nursing and the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. In 2009, she was selected as a member of the second cohort of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholars Program. Dr. Thomas
has conducted 20 funded studies and served as PI on 16, with funding through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Sigma Theta Tau International, the Florida Nurses Association, the NIH/NINR, NIMHHD, and has obtained almost US $70 million in awards
from HRSA. Dr. Thomas has a sustained level of excellence over her 43-year career as a bedside nurse, pediatric nurse practitioner, and nurse scientist/scholar.
Mei-Ling Yeh, PhD, DMS, RN, FAAN
Distinguished Professor, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences School of Nursing – Taipei, Taiwan
Mei-Ling Yeh is a Distinguished Professor at the National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences School of Nursing, Taiwan. She is also a Chinese medical doctor and a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. Dr. Yeh completed her MS and PhD
degrees at the University of Maryland and then earned another doctoral degree from the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences. She is currently in the positions of Taiwan Evidence-Based Nursing Association, Taiwan Evidence-Based Medicine Association,
Cochrane Taiwan, and Taiwan Chinese Medical Nursing Association. Dr. Yeh founded the Graduate Institute of Integration of Traditional Chinese Medicine with Western Nursing. She was a pioneer in developing interdisciplinary curriculum that integrates
nursing and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Dr. Yeh's research is focused on an integrative healthcare model that is combining Western nursing with TCM whilst advancing interprofessional collaboration in healthcare. She applies somatic meridian
and acupuncture to the regimens of acupressure, transcutaneous electrical stimulation, low level laser, and mind-body meridian qigong. These intervention effects have been shared through her published papers to disseminate evidence-based knowledge
and bind them to integrative nursing care. She hopes her work will share the integrated healthcare knowledge for all medical professionals.