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Margarete Sandelowski PhD, RN, FAAN
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
School of Nursing Faculty
Specialty Area: Women's health, qualitative and mixed-methods research
Margarete Sandelowski earned a PhD in American Studies from Case Western Reserve University; the MS in Maternal-Child Nursing from Boston University; the EdM in Nursing Education from Teachers College, Columbia University; and the BSN from the University of Pennsylvania. She is Director of the Summer Programs in Qualitative Research offered at the UNC-CH School of Nursing, an Associate Editor of Research in Nursing and Health, and on the editorial boards of Qualitative Health Research, Field Methods, and Journal of Mixed Methods Research. She has published widely in nursing and social science anthologies and journals in the areas of technology and gender, especially reproductive technology and technology in nursing, and qualitative and mixed-methods research. She recently completed--as principal investigator--a NINR/NIH study to develop techniques to synthesize qualitative and quantitative research findings. |
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Cheryl Stetler PhD, RN, FAAN
Amherst, MA USA
Cheryl advocates the promotion of evidence based practice in nursing care.
Cheryl B. Stetler, PhD, RN, FAAN, is a consultant in evidence-based practice/evaluation/implementation science in Amherst, Massachusetts. She is widely published and recognized in these fields. Cheryl advocates more rigorous study of the implementation of evidence based practice in nursing. |
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Ian Graham, PhD
Vice-President of the Knowledge Translation Portfolio at CIHR
Ottawa, Canada
Dr. Ian Graham is Vice-President of the Knowledge Translation Portfolio at CIHR. Dr. Graham is Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, University of Ottawa and Senior Social Scientist and Associate Director of the Clinical Epidemiology Program of the Ottawa Health Research Institute. He holds cross-appointments in the Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology & Community Medicine and is an adjunct professor in the School of Nursing at Queen's University. Dr. Graham obtained a PhD in medical sociology from McGill University, a Master of Arts degree in sociology from the University of Victoria, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from McGill University. Dr. Graham's research has largely focused on knowledge translation (the process of research use) and conducting applied research on strategies to increase implementation of research findings and evidence-based practice. Specific projects have related to the adaptation, implementation, and quality appraisal of clinical practice guidelines, as well as the uptake of guidelines and decision support tools by practitioners. |
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Julia Littell, PhD, MA, BA
Professor in the Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research
Bryn Mawr College
Julia Littell’s scholarly work focuses on services for children and families, assumptions underlying social work practice with children and families, methods of social work research and synthesis, and the uses and misuses of empirical research in social policy and social work practice. She is co-author of Putting Families First: An Experiment in Family Preservation (Aldine de Gruyter), Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis (Oxford University Press), and numerous journal articles and book chapters on research, social work, and social policy. |
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Mark Petticrew, PhD, BA
Professor of Public Health Evaluation
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
London, United Kingdom
Disciplines: Epidemiology, Policy analysis, Psychology.
Research areas: Complex interventions, Health inequalities, Public health, Research : policy relationship, Systematic reviews.
Dr. Petticrew's main research interests are in evidence-basedpolicymaking, systematic reviews, and the evaluation of the health effects of social policies. He is a co-editor of the new Cochrane Public Health Review Group, and is closely involved in the Cochrane/Campbell Health Equity Field. He recently co-authored a book which among other things aims to provide guidance on how to do systematic reviews in public health. He is an Honorary Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne School of Population Health and an Honorary Researcher at
the MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit in Glasgow. His current research involves systematic reviews in the areas of tobacco control, housing and regeneration, and employment policy, and primary research on the health impacts of investment in social housing in the UK. He is involved in systematic reviews carried out as part of the Campbell Collaboration and the Cochrane Collaboration. |
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Alison Kitson, PhD, RN, BSc, FRCN, FAAN
Director of CEPSA
Professor and Head of Discipline of Nursing, University of Adelaide
Associate Fellow, Green Templeton College, University of Oxford
Adelaide, South Australia
Alison Kitson took up the post of Professor of Nursing and Head of Discipline at the University of Adelaide at the beginning of 2009. She became Director of CEPSA in February 2009. She was the Royal Adelaide Hospital Nursing Education Fund Inaugural Fellow and has worked closely with interdisciplinary teams around improving the fundamentals of care for older people going through the acute hospital setting. She was previously Director of the RCN Institute. As Director she supported the development of a number of innovative projects including the Clinical Leadership Program, the RCN Learning Zone, an e-learning venture with three higher education establishments and an extensive set of practice-based research programs. She has had a distinguished academic and professional career. In 1991 she was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal College of Nursing for her work on Standards of Care. She is a supernumerary Fellow of Green College, Oxford, holds a number of Visiting and Honorary Chairs and in 2001 was awarded Distinguished Graduate of the Year from her old university, University of Ulster. Alison has published over 100 academic and professional articles and has appeared on numerous local, national and international platforms. She has also worked with the World Health Organization and as a consultant on international projects for the World Bank. She is a Trustee of the Brendoncare Foundation and former member of the Health Advisory Service 2000 Board and the Policy Advisory Board of the Nuffield Trust. |
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Ronda Hughes, PhD, MHS, RN, FAAN
Howe Endowed Chair for Healthcare Transformation
University of Milwaukee and the Aurora Health Care System
Milwaukee WI USA
Dr. Hughes is the Howe Endowed Chair for Healthcare Transformation at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and the Aurora Health Care System. In this multifaceted position she works with interdisciplinary teams to imbed evidence into daily practice and to develop evidence to inform care at the beside. She holds a joint tenured appointment with the College of Nursing and the School of Public Health. Previously, she was a Senior Health Scientist in the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) where she was involved in both intramural and extramural research. She led AHRQ’s quality improvement initiatives for nursing involving research and implementation of evidence. She writes regularly on patient safety and quality improvement as well as research methodologies. She was the editor and major contributor of the joint AHRQ and RWJF book, “Patient Safety & Quality: an Evidence-based Handbook for Nurses,” which is targeted to nurses across settings and is being utilized by schools of nursing and hospitals nationally and internationally. This book has received numerous awards for its importance to clinicians, administrators and managers, policy makers and educators. Dr. Hughes works with national policy makers, leaders and researchers in various ways, improving the quality and safety of care throughout the nation.
Dr. Hughes received a B.S. in nursing from Boston University, a M.H.S. in health policy with a minor in biomedical ethics from Johns Hopkins University, and her Ph.D. in Health Policy and Health Services Research from Johns Hopkins University. |
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Pat Ebright, DNS, MS, BS
Associate Professor, Department of Adult Health
Indiana University
Indianapolis IN USA
Dr. Ebright's healthcare experience includes 39 years as a registered nurse, with the first 28 years as staff nurse, nurse manager, and clinical nurse specialist in acute care hospital settings. Since finishing a nursing doctorate in 1998 at Indiana University, she has been teaching in undergraduate and graduate nursing programs. Her research focus is on work complexity for healthcare providers and the link between complexity and care delivery systems, implementation of change in systems and patient safety. She was a member of the first Patient Safety Leadership Fellowship class sponsored by the National Patient Safety Foundation and collaborates with Clarian Health Partners, Indianapolis, on patient safety. |
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Catharine Lumby
University of New South Wales
Professor of Journalism & Centre Director
Catharine Lumby is the Director of the Journalism and Media Research at the University of New South Wales. She is reaching the public through mass media and how the media shapes the public’s debate and understanding of health-related issues. |
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Wendy Nicklin
Wendy Nicklin is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Accreditation Canada, formerly known as the Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation (CCHSA). Prior to joining the organization, she was the Vice President Nursing, Allied Health, Clinical Programs and Patient Safety at The Ottawa Hospital.
Her background includes experience in all levels of patient care, from bedside through to senior management. In addition, Wendy has been an Accreditation Canada Surveyor and Board member (1996 - 2002) including Board Chair. She demonstrates her commitment to improving the quality of health care for Canadians through her involvement in a number of provincial and national boards such as the Canadian Patient Safety Institute. Wendy is Chair of the Accreditation Council of the International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua) and Chair of the Accreditation Council Research Working Group. Wendy has academic appointments to both Queen’s University and the University of Ottawa.
Her education qualifications include a Baccalaureate and Master’s Degree from McGill University, certification as a healthcare executive (CHE) with the Canadian College of Health Service Executives (CCHSE) and a Fellow (FACHE) of the American College of Healthcare Executives . |