Fifth Annual
2006 Summer Institute on Evidence-Based Practice
Quality Improvement, Quality Indicators
Institute Faculty

Nationally and internationally renowned evidence-based quality improvement experts will guide Institute participants through current EBP concepts to incorporate strategies into their roles in patient care, research, education, and management in their home institutions.
  • Keynote: Beth A. Collins Sharp, PhD, RN, Acting Director, Evidence-Based Practice Center Program, Center for Outcomes and Evidence, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

  • Closing Keynote: James B. Conway, MS, Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement; Senior Consultant, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Board Chair, Health Care Dimensions Hospice

  • Thomas S. Ahrens, DNS, RN, CS, FAAN, Research Scientist, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, ST. Louis, MO

  • Margaret (Peg) Allen, MLS-AHIP, Library Consultant, CINAHL Information Systems and Hmong Health Education Network

  • Harris M. Cooper, PhD, Professor and Director of Program in Education, Duke University

  • Robin Dennison, RN, DNP, CCNS, Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing, College of Nursing, University of Cincinnati

  • Robert L. Ferrer, MD, MPH, Associate Professor and Deputy Chair for Research, Family & Community Medicine, UTHSCSA

  • Pam Hinds, RN, PhD, Director, Nursing Research, St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee

  • Carlos Roberto Jaén, MD, PhD, FAAFP, Co-Director, Center for Research in Family Medicine and Primary Care, Professor and Chair, Department of Family & Community Medicine, UTHSCSA; Member of the AHRQ National Advisory Council

  • Nicole Johnson, RN, MBA, Clinical Research Analyst, Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council Data Initiative

  • Marthe J. Moseley, PhD, RN, CCRN, CCNS, Clinical Nurse Specialist, South Texas Veterans Health Care System/Audie L. Murphy Division

  • Patricia O'Connor, RN, MSc(A), Associate Director of Nursing - Neuroscience, McGill University Health Centre; Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, McGill University

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

  • Mickey L. Parsons, PhD, MHA, RN, Associate Professor and Coordinator, Graduate Administration Program, School of Nursing, UTHSCSA

  • Denise Remus, RN, PhD, Vice President, Clinical Informatics, Premier, Inc.

  • Diane J. Skiba, PhD, FAAN, FACMI, Professor & Project Director, I-Collaboratory, School of Nursing, University of Colorado at Denver & Health Sciences Center

  • Kathleen R. Stevens, RN, EdD, FAAN, Professor and Director, Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice, UTHSCSA

  • Laurie A. Weiss, JD, MBA, BSE, Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Medical Malpractice & Health Care
Program Committee
CO-CHAIRS:
  • Kathleen R. Stevens, RN, EdD, FAAN, Director, Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice, UTHSCSA; Professor, Family Nursing Care, UTHSCSA

  • Robert L. Ferrer, MD, MPH, Associate Professor and Deputy Chair for Research, Family & Community Medicine, UTHSCSA

  • Marthe J. Moseley, PhD, RN, CCRN, CCNS, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Critical Care, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, Audie L. Murphy Division

MEMBERS:

  • LTC Jeffrey S. Ashley, RN, PhD, Chief, Nursing Research Service, Brooke Army Medical Center

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

  • Vicki L. Byers, RN, PhD, Associate Director for Education, Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice, UTHSCSA; Clinical Associate Professor, Acute Nursing Care, UTHSCSA

  • Matita W. Charlton, BA, Social Science Research Associate II, Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice, UTHSCSA

  • COL Phyllis Chelette, RN, PhD, USAMEDCOM, Fort Sam Houston

  • Paula Clutter, RN, MSN, APRN, BC, Doctoral candidate, Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice; Clinical Assistant Professor, Acute Nursing, UTHSCSA

  • Carolyn Y. Davis, RN, MSN, CPNP, Doctoral student, UTHSCSA; Nurse Practitioner, Por Vida Academy

  • Lt Col Marla J. De Jong, RN, PhD, Director of Nursing Research, Wilford Hall Medical Center

  • Amanda Flagg, EdM, MSN, APRN, BC, Doctoral student; Clinical Instructor, Chronic Nursing Care, UTHSCSA

  • Lorraine L. Gilmore, Administrative Assistant I, Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice, UTHSCSA

  • Leslie Goddard, PhD, RN, CNRN, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Methodist Hospital

  • Cherri A. Hicks, MSN, APRN, RN, CNS, Clinical Instructor, Family Nursing Care, UTHSCSA

  • Pamela Jean Hodges, MSN, RN, Doctoral student; Clinical Assistant Professor, Acute Nursing, UTHSCSA

  • Brenda G. Jackson, PhD, RN, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs, School of Nursing, UTHSCSA

  • Brenda Johnson, MEd, Director, Continuing Medical Education, UTHSCSA

  • Javier R. Kane, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UTHSCSA

  • Mary Moore, PhD, Director of Libraries, Briscoe Library, UTHSCSA

  • Laura R. Muñoz, PhD, RNC, NNP, Assistant Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing & Health Professions, University of the Incarnate Word

  • Mary Anne Pinemann, RN, MSN, Clinical Nurse Specialist, University Health System

  • Maj Luci Peri, USAF, NC, MSN/MPH, Director of Infection Control, Wilford Hall Medical Center

  • Jacqueline A. Pugh, MD, Professor of Medicine, General Medicine, UTHSCSA; Director, VERDICT

  • Janis Needham Rice, MSN, RN, CS, Assistant Professor, Acute Nursing Care, UTHSCSA

  • Wesley F. Richardson, RN, MSN, Doctoral student; Clinical Instructor, Acute Nursing, UTHSCSA

  • Judy Staley, RNC, MSN, FNP-BC, Doctoral student, UTHSCSA; Associate Professor of Nursing, San Antonio College

  • John M. Tovar, Pharm D, Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine, UTHSCSA