National and internationally renowned EBP experts will guide Institute participants through the fundamentals of EBP to incorporation of strategies into their roles in patient care, research, education, and quality management in their home institutions.

Keynote: Carolyn Clancy, MD
Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Cynthia L. Alford, PhD
Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine, UTHSCSA

Paul B. Batalden, MD
Program Director, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Leadership Preventive Medicine Residency Program, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Oralia Bazaldua, PharmD, BCPS
Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine, UTHSCSA

Sarah Jo Brown, RN, PhD
Director of Research, Orthopedic Nurses Association

Susan Carlson, RN, MSN
Methodist Hospital System, San Antonio , TX

Paula Cooper Clutter, MSN, APRN , BC
Doctoral Candidate, UTHSCSA-School of Nursing

Carolyn Y. Davis, RN, MSN, CPNP
Nurse Practitioner, Por Vida Academy

Theresa L. Dremsa, LtCol, USAF, NC, BSN, MSN, PhD
Director of Nursing Research
59 th Clinical Research Squadron
Wilford Hall Medical Center

Robert L. Ferrer, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Family and Community Medicine UTHSCSA

Karin Kirchhoff, RN, PhD
Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Marthe J. Moseley, PhD, RN, CCRN, CCNS, CNS
Clinical Nurse Specialist, South Texas Veterans Healthcare System, Audie L. Murphy Division

Robert J. O'Connell, MD, Maj, USAF MC
Wilford Hall Medical Center

Michael L. Parchman, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Family & Community Medicine, UTHSCSA

Jacqueline A. Pugh, MD
Professor of Medicine, UTHSCSA and Director, VERDICT, South Texas Veterans Healthcare System

Anne Sales, RN, PhD
Research Scientist, HSR & D , VA Puget Sound and University of Washington

Kathleen R. Stevens, RN, EdD, FAAN
Professor & Director, Academic Center for Evidence-Based Nursing, UTHSCSA

Steven A. Wartman, MD, PhD
Professor, Executive VP for Academic and Health Affairs & Dean, School of Medicine UTHSCSA

Anne W. Wojner, PhD, RN, CCRN
President, Health Outcomes Institute, The Woodlands, TX

Additional clinical and EBP experts

• Co-Chair, Kathleen R. Stevens, RN, EdD, FAAN, Professor and Director, Academic Center for Evidence-Based Nursing, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Nursing
• Co-Chair, Marthe Moseley, PhD, RN, CCRN, CCNS, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Critical Care, South Texas Veterans Healthcare System, Audie L. Murphy Division
• Co-Chair, Robert L. Ferrer, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine, UTHSCSA
• Col Cynthia A. Abbott, RN, PhD, Chief of Nursing Research, Brooke Army Medical Center
• Robert G. Badgett, MD, Associate Professor, General Medicine, UTHSCSA
• Oralia Bazaldua, PharmD, BCPS, Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine, UTHSCSA
• Viola Benavente, MSN, RN, CNS, Assistant Professor, Acute Nursing Care, UTHSCSA School of Nursing
• Melinda Bender, MSN, RN, CCRN, ICU Staff Nurse, Methodist Healthcare System
• Vicki Byers, RN, PhD, Associate Professor, Acute Nursing Care, UTHSCSA School of Nursing
• Paula Cooper Clutter, MSN, APRN , BC , Doctoral Candidate, UTHSCSA School of Nursing
• Carolyn Y. Davis, RN, MSN, CPNP, Nurse Practitioner, Por Vida Academy
• LtCol Theresa L. Dremsa, USAF, NC, BSN, MSN, PhD, Director of Nursing Research, 59 th Clinical Research Squadron, Wilford Hall Medical Center
• Susan P. Duncan, MEd, CMP, Director, Continuing Medical Education, UTHSCSA
• Brenda Jackson, PhD, RN, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs, UTHSCSA School of Nursing
• LTC Debra Mark, RN, PhD, Nurse Researcher, Brooke Army Medical Center
• Shirley W. Menard, RN, PhD, CPNP, FAAN, Professor, Family Nursing Care, UTHSCSA School of Nursing
• Laura R. Munoz, RNC, MSN, NNP, Doctoral Candidate, UTHSCSA School of Nursing
• Jacqueline A. Pugh, MD, Professor of Medicine, General Medicine, UTHSCSA and Director, VERDICT, South Texas Veterans Healthcare System, Audie L. Murphy Division
• Kathleen Reeves, MSN, RN, C, Assistant Professor, Acute Nursing Care, UTHSCSA School of Nursing
• Abigail T. Sanchez, Administrative Assistant, Academic Center for Evidence-Based Nursing, UTHSCSA School of Nursing
• Col Karen A. Seipp, Army Nurse Corps, Chief Nurse Executive, U. S. Army Medical Command, Ft. Sam Houston, Texas
• Judy M. Staley, RNC, MSN, WHNP, FNP-BC, LCCE, Associate Professor, San Antonio College and Doctoral Student, UTHSCSA-School of Nursing
• LTC Della Stewart, RN, PhD, Nurse Researcher, Brooke Army Medical Center
• Lynn Still, BSN, RN, Critical Care Educator, Methodist Healthcare System
• Patricia K. Wolters, RN, MSN, Clinical Education Coordinator, South Texas Veterans Healthcare System