Precision Health: What Does it Mean for Nursing Practice?

Edwin Aroke PhD, CRNA, FAANA, FAAN

Dr. Aroke is a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) and a Nurse Scientist whose program of research focuses on racial pain disparities. Dr. Aroke has an interdisciplinary project that aims to identify the role of epigenomic and transcriptomic modifications in racial disparities in chronic low back pain. Dr. Aroke is an active member of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA), the International Society of Nurses in Genetics (ISONG), and the U.S. Association for the Study of Pain (USASP). Dr. Aroke serves on the Evaluation and Research Advisory Committee of the National Board of Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetists (NBCRNA). His scholarship has resulted in several peer-reviewed articles, nationally and internationally presentations on pharmacogenomics, pain disparities, and anesthesia outcomes.

Suzanne B. Bakken PhD, MS, BSN, FAAN, FACMI, FIAHSI

Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Alumni Professor of the School of Nursing, Alumni Professor of the School of Nursing

In 2021 She received the Virginia Saba Award for Nurisng Informatics Leadership from Sigma Theta Tau International –

That is considered a TRIFECTA of NURSING INFORMATICS AWARDS

At AMIA 2023 in New Orleans, Sue received the Morris F. Collen Award of Excellence for a career of singular achievements, consistent thought leadership and educational innovation. She has made superior contributions to the informatics field and is recognized nationally and internationally for her expertise in healthcare informatics and nursing.

Sue’s Current Role as Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of the American Medical Information Association (JAMIA) which represents a full-circle of professional achievement, since she published in the journal’s volume one, number one in 1994.  Now she is the editor.

Laurie A Badzek LLM, JD, MS, RN, FNAP, FAAN

Dean and Professor, Penn State University Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing.

Laurie Badzek is a nurse, attorney, and educator, who specializes in genomics education and competency, health care ethics and law, nursing practice, and ethical decision making. Badzek assumed her current role as the Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing Dean in July 2018, she oversees the undergraduate and graduate programs at 12 Commonwealth Campuses and online through the World Campus. She is a member of the American Nurses Association, American Association Colleges of Nursing Deans, and Sigma Honor Society of Nursing. She is a Fellow with the National Academies of Practice, American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Wharton Leadership Program, and American Academy of Nursing.

Dean Badzek served as Director of the American Nurses Association Center for Ethics and Human Rights for over 18 years, stepping down in 2017. She has been the recipient of numerous awards including the International Society of Nurses in Genetics International Genomics Research Award and the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities Cornerstone Award. In October 2020, Dean Badzek received the American Nurses Association’s Leadership in Ethics Award and in 2021, Laurie was named as a Hastings Fellow.

Dean Badzek received a bachelor’s degree in nursing and a juris doctorate from West Virginia University and a master’s degree in nursing and an advanced postgraduate law degree with a focus on health law, policy, and ethics from DePaul University.

Kathleen Calzone, PhD, RN, AGN-BC, FAAN

National Institutes of Health | NIH · Branch of Genetics

Kathleen Calzone, PhD, RN, AGN-BC, FAAN, is in a position as a Research Geneticist and is Head of the Genomic Healthcare Section in the Genetics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health in the United States. She is certified in genetics, received her PhD in nursing and genomics, is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, and is a former International Society of Nurses in Genetics president. She co-chaired efforts to establish the U.S. Essentials of Genomic and Genomic Nursing: Competencies, Curricular Guidelines and Outcome Indicators, the Genomic Nursing Science Blueprint, and the Global Genomics Nursing Alliance. Dr. Calzone sustains a research program in the translation of genomics into nursing education and practice.

Connie White Delaney PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI

Professor and Dean, University of Minnesota, School of Nursing

Connie White Delaney serves as Professor & Dean, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, and is the Knowledge Generation Lead for the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education. She served as Associate Director of the Clinical Translational Science Institute –Biomedical Informatics, and Acting Director of the Institute for Health Informatics (IHI) in the Academic Health Center from 2010-2015. She serves as an adjunct professor in the Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Nursing at the University of Iceland, where she received the Doctor Scientiae Curationis Honoris Causa (Honorary Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing) in 2011. Delaney is the first Fellow in the College of Medical Informatics to serve as a Dean of Nursing. Delaney was an inaugural appointee to the USA Health Information Technology Policy Committee, Office of the National Coordinator, and Office of the Secretary for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). She is an active researcher in data and information technology standards for nursing, health care, & interprofessional practice and education; big data science; and integrative informatics. She serves on numerous health, business/industry and policy boards/advisory committees. Delaney currently serves as president of FNINR and Vice-Chair of CGFNS, Inc. She holds a BSN with majors in nursing and mathematics, MA in Nursing, PhD in Educational Administration and Computer Applications, postdoctoral study in nursing & medical informatics, and graduate study in integrative health & healing. She is recognized as a leader and visionary with unique organizational ability to re-create/co-create integrative communities, partnerships, programs, systems and collectives that produce sustainable relationship empowered impact, wholeness, conscious wellbeing, planetary health, and responsible stewardship. She is committed to transforming challenges into opportunities that advance discovery that transforms health, health systems, education, and integrative Informatics. She cultivates leadership transcendence in academia, health care, and informatics.

Erin Dickman DNP, RN, OCN

Erin Dickman is an Oncology Clinical Specialist at the Oncology Nursing Society. In her current role, Erin utilizes her expertise to interpret oncology nursing and cancer care trends, develop resources to support clinical practice, and advocates for oncology nurses nationally. She holds a doctorate from The Ohio State University and focused her scholarly work on building genomic knowledge amongst oncology nurses through a multi-modality educational program. For the last five years, she has been the clinical lead for the Oncology Nursing Society’s genomics initiative with the goal to prepare the present and future generations of oncology nurses to provide genomic-informed care. As part of this effort, Erin sets the strategic direction, chairs an advisory board, acts as product owner of a precision oncology clinical decision support tool, and has spoken nationally on this topic. She has led the development of over 50 genomics educational and clinical practice resources that can be found in the Genomics and Precision Oncology Learning Library (https://www.ons.org/learning-libraries/precision-oncology).

Elizabeth Eisenhauer PhD, RN

Dr. Eisenhauer is a nurse-scientist in Detroit, Michigan. She is currently the Associate Editor for Reviews at the Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing (JOGNN).  Dr. Eisenhauer earned her PhD in nursing from the University of Michigan and holds a master’s degree in library science and a graduate certificate in health informatics from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Her primary line of research involves patients’ understanding of informed consent and decision-making for research participation, biobanking, and genetic testing. She has also worked on heath informatics projects to facilitate the translation of consent concepts into the electronic environment. Dr. Eisenhauer’s research has been published in Research and Theory for Nursing Practice, Clinical Nursing Research, and The Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing.

Evangeline Fangonil-Gagalang PhD, RN

Dr. Evangeline Fangonil-Gagalang is an assistant professor and the undergraduate nursing program director at the California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) in San Bernardino, California. Prior to this position, Dr. Gagalang was a full-time lecturer at CSUSB. Dr. Gagalang has over 24-year experience as a Registered Nurse, 19 of those years are in nursing education. Her background is in medical-surgical and emergency nursing. She received her Ph.D. in Nursing at Azusa Pacific University in Azusa, California. Her area of research and interest includes student readiness for practice, curriculum development, and Precision Health. Recently, Dr. Gagalang authored the Integration of Precision Health in a Baccalaureate Curriculum wherein she along with a co-author described the process of incorporating concepts of Precision Health in six identified courses. Dr. Gagalang belongs to the Precision Health and Genomics workgroup convened by the American Nurses Association in their efforts to develop basic competencies for Precision Health and update the advanced competencies for Genomics Nursing. Dr. Gagalang was the co-primary investigator and awardee of the All of Us research grant from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, a collaborative effort with the National Institute of Health in their goal to achieve 1 million human samples to represent “all of us” in health research. Dr. Gagalang presented much of her work in Precision Health at multiple regional and national conferences. Recently, Dr. Gagalang was the recipient of the Excellence in Professional Education award from the Association of California Nurse Leaders, recognizing her work and achievements in academic nursing.

Danielle Fournier DNP, APRN, AGPCNP-BC, AOCNP

Nurse Practitioner at MD Anderson Cancer Center

Danielle Fournier, DNP, APRN, AGPCNP-BC, AOCNP is a nurse practitioner in the Department of Thoracic Surgery at MD Anderson Cancer Center, where she is the primary provider for the Thoracic Survivorship clinic. She is a strong advocate for improving genomic education for oncology nurses and has collaborated with Oncology Nursing Society to develop and expand genomic practice resources. She serves on the Oncology Nursing Society’s Genomics Advisory Board for 2024. She was previously recognized as the 2023 Advanced Oncology Certified Nurse Practitioner of the Year by Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation.

Rebecca Freeman PhD, RN, PMP

Rebecca is a second-career nurse with a focus on healthcare informatics, specializing in the implementation of enterprise electronic health records. Her first career was in the field of Information Technology; she specialized in networking and device management, analytics, and large-scale IT project management. Rebecca approaches EHR/HIT with a unique understanding of the key non-technical variables (i.e., training, culture, organizational excellence) that can derail the best-laid technical plans, especially with regard to the data acquisition and secondary use.

Rebecca is Vice President for Health Informatics at The University of Vermont Health Network .She has previously served as the Chief Nursing Officer for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and as an executive nurse informaticist in a variety of practice settings. She facilitates change, enhances practice, and integrates interdisciplinary practice and research in the medical record. She also advocates for the optimal use of computer systems to feed a learning health network, which can only happen when end users come on board with their practice. Her ultimate goal is always to enhance practice, care and satisfaction for the clinician, and optimize care/outcomes/satisfaction for patients, through the use of Health Information Technology.

Kimberly S. Glassman PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAONL, FAAN

Kimberly is the Dean and Professor of the Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing. She also serves as the Vice President for Nursing Academic Affairs for the Mount Sinai Health System, in New York City.

Prior to her deanship, Dr. Glassman was a Clinical Professor and the Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the NYU Meyers College of Nursing, where she led all academic programs, working with faculty and program directors to meet learning outcomes, and was the College’s liaison to state and national accreditation and regulatory agencies. She was the first nurse to chair the New York University IRB.

Dr. Glassman held many leadership roles in nursing over her 42-year career at NYU Langone.   She is a graduate of the Johnson & Johnson Wharton Fellows Program in Management for Nurse Executives at the University of Pennsylvania, a Robert Wood Johnson Nurse Executive Fellow Alumna, a Fellow in the New York Academy of Medicine, a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and was honored in 2019 as an inaugural Fellow for the American Organization of Nurse Leaders. She is the first nurse to hold an endowed directorship for health promotion.

Marilyn Hammer PhD, DC, RN, FAAN

Marilyn Hammer is the Director of the Phyllis F. Cantor Center for Research in Nursing and Patient Care Services at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Her program of research is dedicated to precision health symptom science with the goals of understand interindividual differences in symptom experiences and identifying biomarkers leading to biosignatures associated with a higher symptom burden. Long-term goals include developing symptom screening tools and identifying targets for tailored interventions. Continuous training of the next generations of precision health symptom scientists is integrated throughout this work. She has presented her work nationally and globally, including countries in North and South America, Europe, and China. Dr. Hammer obtained her graduate degrees from the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. Dr. Hammer is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, the New York Academy of  Medicine, and the Royal Society of Medicine.

Theresa Koleck PHD, RN

Assistant Professor Health Promotion & Development, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing.

Dr. Koleck’s program of research is dedicated to mitigating symptom burden in patients diagnosed with chronic conditions using omics-based approaches and informatics/data science techniques, including clinical data mining, natural language processing, unsupervised machine learning, and data visualization. Currently, Dr. Koleck is developing a pipeline for characterization of symptom clusters in chronic conditions using both structured (i.e., diagnosis codes) and unstructured (i.e., clinical notes) electronic health record data. This work represents the essential first step toward future biomarker discovery and clinical application to alleviate symptom burden.  As a highly specialized nurse scientist trained in genomics and biomedical informatics, Dr. Koleck is at the forefront of advancing symptom science for chronic conditions through novel synergy of symptoms, omics, and informatics. She received her PhD from the University of Pittsburgh and spent 4 years doing postdoctoral work   at Columbia University School of Nursing. Closely collaborated with investigators from the Department of Biomedical Informatics to increase depth of knowledge in methods, particularly data mining and electronic health record phenotyping. Conducting electronic health record, omics-based research to advance symptom science

Dorcas Kunkel DNP, RN/PHN, CNE, CPHIMS

Dorcas Kunkel is a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing. She earned a Doctor of Nursing Practice, a Master of Science focused on Public Health Nursing, and Leadership in Health Information Technology post graduate certification at the University of Minnesota, a Bachelor of Science, Nursing at Minot State University, and an Associate of Arts in Nursing at Camosun College. She is a Center for Nursing Informatics member, Co-Director of the Center for the International Classification of Nursing Practice, Co-Leader of the Education Workgroup at the Nursing Knowledge Big Data Science Initiative, and a Global Health Faculty Scholar. Dr. Kunkel’s passion is to foster equitable, inclusive, quality, safe, universal health care through nursing and interprofessional education using data driven approaches. She was a Fulbright Specialist (2022) situated in Liberia, and a 2023 Sustainable Development Goals Research Grant recipient at University of Minnesota.

Elaine Petty MS, RN

Associate Faculty Pelligrino Center for Bioethics

Elaine Petty’s background includes both addressing ethical life issues and teaching others how to think morally about them. Her expertise has taken her from working with dying patients as a pediatric oncology nurse at Children’s Hospital in Washington, DC to serving as an Associate Director for the International School Project, a joint venture with the Russian Ministry of Education training Russian teachers to use a curriculum teaching biblical morals and ethics. She has a B.S. in Nursing and Received her Master’s Degree in Bioethics from Georgetown University and is an associate faculty for the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics at Georgetown University. Her motivation is to help shed light on the bioethics issues within our culture that most profoundly affect our humanity.

Rebecca Schnall PhD, MPH, BSN, FAAN, FACMI

Mary Dickey Lindsay Professor of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (in Nursing) and Professor of Population and Family Health, Columbia University School of Nursing

Dr. Schnall’s research targets understanding the health information needs of individuals in order to improve the access to easy-to-use health-related information for persons living with and at-risk for HIV. Her work has advanced the science of consumer health informatics and influenced symptom status and quality of life for diverse populations. Her work supports the premise that the development of information resources tailored to individuals’ needs is fundamental for health promotion and disease prevention. This perspective on consumer health informatics supports the health of individuals and has the potential to provide a sustainable public health impact. Rebecca’s program of research is characterized by its solid theoretical foundations and rigorous and innovative mixed methods. These mixed methods studies have resulted in a greater understanding of the information needs of consumers/patients, clinicians, and case managers as the foundation for design of web- based and mobile applications with demonstrated impact. She has disseminated findings from my work in top journals in my field, as well as at leading interdisciplinary conferences. Her work has also been reported on by outlets such as Politico, as well as national nursing trade press (i.e., Nurse.com). Through service at CUSON and across the research and professional community, She is dvancing the field of consumer informatics nationally. Through my extensive mentoring activities, I am helping to develop the next generation of nursing research leaders.

Patricia A. Sharpnack DNP, RN, CNE, NEA-BC, ANEF, FAAN

Dean and Strawbridge Professor, The Breen School of Nursing and Health Professions, Ursuline Colllege
Chair: National League for Nursing

Dr. Patricia Sharpnack is Dean and Strawbridge Professor at Ursuline College, The Breen School of Nursing and Health Professions. She hold leadership and board positions on several regulatory bodies, healthcare agencies, and professional organizations at regional, national, and international levels. She served the Ohio Board of Nursing as past president, supervisory member, and nursing education chair, NCSBN delegate and committee member from 2014 through 2022. She is currently the Chair of the National League for Nursing. Dr. Sharpnack is the recipient of the 2012 Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS) Nursing Education Advancement of the Science Award, the 2015 NEONI Legacy Award in Education, the 2018 International Quality and Safety in Education of Nurses Leadership Award, the 2019 MNRS Academic-Practice Partnership Award, the 2020 NCSBN Elaine Ellibee Award for outstanding leadership as a Board President, the 2020 Ursuline College Amadeus Rappe Alumni Award, the 2021 Elaine H. Martyn Writing Award from the Ohio Nurses Association, and the 2021 National League for Nursing Mary Adelaide Nutting Excellence in Nursing Education Leadership Award.  Dr. Sharpnack is a Team STEPPS Master Team Trainer and member of the Advisory Board to the American Hospital Association.  She is on the editorial board and reviewer for several refereed journals and has extensively published and presented at national and international conferences.  Dr. Sharpnack is a Fellow in both the Academy of Nurse Educators and the American Academy of Nursing.  She received a diploma in nursing from St. Vincent Charity School of Nursing, a BSN from Ursuline College, an MSN from The University of Akron, a DNP from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University and a post-graduate certificate in Health Policy and Media Engagement from George Washington University.

 

Nonniekaye Shelburne CRNP, MS, AOCN

Program Director, Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program’s (EGRP) Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Branch (CTEB).

The Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Branch in NCI’s Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program stimulates, promotes, and supports cancer epidemiologic research to identify clinical, genomic, and lifestyle factors that improve outcomes for cancer survivors.

We also support research that examines factors associated with cancer development among individuals with underlying diseases and conditions. Research areas include cancer survivor research, adverse events and late effects, diet/lifestyle factors, predictive, prognostics and genomic factors, pharmacoepidemiology and pharmacogenomics, clinical epidemiology and risk prediction

Anna Schoenbaum DNP, MS, RN-BC, FHIMSS

Anna Schoenbaum is the Vice President of Applications and Digital Health at Penn Medicine, driving the transformation of the health ecosystem for enhanced health, equity, and clinician wellness through digital solutions. Dr. Schoenbaum has been instrumental in integrating healthcare information technology and establishing standards at local and national levels.

Beyond her executive role, she actively contributes to the field by serving on the HIMSS Nursing Informatics Committee, co-chairing the HIMSS Nursing Informatics Innovation Committee, and the Maryland HIMSS Board of Directors. Additionally, she teaches at the University of Maryland School of Nursing Informatics Program and is a participant in the ANA Precision Health Workgroup. Her outstanding contributions in healthcare were recognized with the prestigious 2023 HIMSS and ANI Changemaker Nursing Informatics award. Anna earned a Doctorate in Nurse Practice and Master of Science in Informatics at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the Medical College of Georgia.

Mary Anne Schultz PhD, MBA, MSN, RN, FAAN

Dr. Schultz is Professor Emerita and Informaticist at the Calfornia State University, San Bernardino Department of Nursing. She has a strong background in nursing administration and health systems having served as a Nurse Manager, project manager, director, department chair and associate dean.

She serves as Chair, Cognitive Status Work Group, of the CMS-sponsored PACIO (Post-Acute Care, Interoperability) under the CARIN Initiative. She completed a three-year gubernatorial appointment to the Advisory for the California Institute to Advance Precision Medicine (CIAPM)-the first and only nurse to serve.

She was inducted, as a Fellow, into the American Academy of Nursing in 2022. Her state-of-the-science publication on Telehealth and Remote Patient Monitoring appeared in OJIN last year and her Commentary  on the Digital Evolution in Health Care appeared in the July/August edition of JONA.

Dr. Schultz considers herself “rewired, not retired”.

Johnston Thayer MBA, RN

Mr. Thayer is a Nurse Executive at EPIC. He is innovating to bring technology and healthcare together in a meaningful way with a focus on areas where technology has changed the way we practice medicine such as genomics, population health, and hospital at home. My work can be divided into 3 primary pillars: consulting for nurse executives, strategic planning for research and development, and demonstrating the use of the software to transform care delivery. Previous experience in implementation of software for Emergency Departments. Skilled in Operations Management, Leadership, Communication, Strategy, and Interpersonal Skills.

Cathy Turner BSN, MBA, RN-BC

Cathy Turner is the Chief Marketing and Nursing Executive for MEDITECH. Cathy has an ongoing commitment to driving transformational change leading toward improved health outcomes through the advancement of information and technology. She plays a vital role in MEDITECH’s nurse informatics program, which she implemented and continues to support. The program now operates across all divisions to guarantee nurses a representative voice. She is also an advisor on MEDITECH’s Patient Safety Review Board and Customer Patient Safety Advisory Board, and she co-chairs the HIMSS CNO/CNIO vendor roundtable. Cathy is committed to sharing with others the benefits HIT can achieve and the impact her work has had on patients and clinicians. Outside of MEDITECH, Turner is an adjunct professor at Northeastern University Bouvé College of Health Sciences Masters in Health Informatics program. She also developed and taught the course “Introduction to Health Informatics” at the University of Miami for their Master’s in Health Informatics program.

Kevin Whitney DNP, RN, EMT-P

Dr. Kevin Whitney is Chief Operating Officer and Chief Nursing Officer for Mass General Brigham (MGB) Healthcare at Home. As COO & CNO, Kevin has clinical and operational responsibility for MGB Home Care, Palliative Care and advancing the MGB Home Hospital (HH) Service through the CMS HH Wavier program. Kevin and the entire MGB Healthcare at Home Leadership team are transforming the healthcare at home landscape by leveraging technology, data, and best practices to deliver patient-centered and value-based care in the home.

A Nationally Registered Paramedic and RN, Kevin has over 33 years’ experience as a clinician and leader. He been part of MGB for 13 years and most recently served as Senior Vice President (SVP) of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) at MGB Newton Wellesley Hospital (NWH) in Newton, MA. Prior to NWH, he served six years as Associate Chief Nurse for Surgical, Orthopedics and Neurosciences at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and dedicated 20 years to Emerson Hospital, Concord, MA, where he served as Nurse Manager of Emergency Services, Director of Inpatient Nursing, and Vice President of Patient Care Services and CNO. He is also a professor at the MGH Institute of Health Professions, where he mentors the next generation of nurse leaders and educators. In addition, Kevin is a ski patroller at Loon Mountain Resort, where he applies his emergency medical skills and passion for outdoor recreation.

Kevin received his Doctor of Nursing Practice from the MGH Institute of Health Professions, a Masters degree in Health Care Administration from Framingham State University, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and an Associate Degree in Paramedic Technology from Northeastern University. He is board certified as a Nurse Executive-Advanced and is a member of the American Organization of Nurse Leaders. Kevin has been active in the Organization of Nurse Leaders of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut & Vermont (ONL) since 2002 and served as the organization’s President in 2012. In 2015 he received ONL’s prestigious Mary B. Conceison Award for Excellence in Nursing Leadership. Kevin also served on the Joint Commission’s Chief Nurse Executive Advisory Council.

Kevin has published and presented locally and internationally on topics related to quality and safety, home hospital innovation, patient flow enhancement, nursing peer review, staffing and acuity systems, professional practice models, and the Institute of Medicine’s Future of Nursing; Leading Change, Advancing Health report recommendations. In September of 2016, he presented on nursing’s role in improving quality and safety at the 7^th Shanghai International Nursing Forum held at Huashan Hospital & Fudan University in Shanghai, China.

Kevin is focused on improving systems that enhance quality and safety of patient care, the patient and family experience, and promoting a positive, professional practice environment for staff and leadership. Additionally, he is committed to advancing nursing peer review among the profession to enhance nurse autonomy and accountability in nursing practice and to continuously improve patient care quality and safety.

Kevin lives in Chelmsford, MA with his wife Cindy, also a nurse and MGB TeleNeurology Program Manager. They have two adult children, Kerri, a licensed mental health counselor, and Zachary, a firefighter/paramedic.

Marisa L. Wilson DNSc, MHSc, RN, CPHIMS, RN-BC, FAMIA, FAAN

Dr. Marisa L. Wilson was on the Organizing Committee for this Virtual Webinar. Dr. Wilson recommended that the FNLM host the Virtual Webinar and all of the speakers for February 6, 2024. Unfortunately, she died January 5, 2024 before she could attend the webinar. She was a warrior for Precision Healthcare and Nursing Informatics.

Dr. Marisa L. Wilson was a board certified informatician with an interest in health information technology policy, implementation, and positive patient outcome and clinical efficiency supported by technology. She spent over 15 years as a nurse clinician working in acute physical rehabilitation, medical-surgical, and telemetry units. In addition, Dr. Wilson spent over 25 years as an analyst, project leader and manager implementing information systems in public health and acute care with settings. She was the Associate Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.