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Patricia A. Grady, PhD, RN, FAAN
Council Chair
Dr. Patricia A. Grady was appointed Director, NINR, on April 3, 1995. She earned her undergraduate degree in nursing from Georgetown University in Washington, DC. She pursued her graduate education at the University of Maryland, receiving a master's degree from the School of Nursing and a doctorate in physiology from the School of Medicine. ...more information . |
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Yvonne E. Bryan, PhD,
Acting Executive Secretary
Dr. Bryan was appointed Special Assistant to the NINR Director in May 2011. She previously served as chief of the Office of Extramural Programs (OEP), NINR , overseeing the OEP extramural research portfolios and initiatives as well as research training programs. She joined NINR in 2001 as program director for infant, child, reproductive and family health. She completed her nursing studies at the University Hospital of the West Indies and earned her doctorate in psychology at Concordia University in Montreal. She then completed a 3-year fellowship at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. During her fellowship, Dr. Bryan examined the mother-infant relationship by exploring the influence of maternal sensitivity and responsiveness on infant temperament and developmental outcomes. As assistant professor of child development at Purdue University, she taught both graduate and undergraduate students and spearheaded a research program in infant and early childhood development.
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Julie Anderson, PhD, RN (2017)
Dr. Anderson is a nursing assistant professor in the University of North Dakota’s College of Nursing, Grand Forks. She previously served as associate dean for Graduate Studies, director of the Ph.D. program, and interim dean of the College of Nursing. She has extensive experience in neonatal intensive care, serving as a transport nurse and a clinical resource nurse. Her primary research interests center around skin and wound care. Dr. Anderson has authored or co-authored over 40 articles and several book chapters on topics ranging from venous, arterial, and pressure ulcers, pressure mapping, support surfaces, maggots and honey as wound treatments, and palliative wound care. She serves on the American Association of Colleges of Nursing's Master's Committee and is an American Council on Education Fellow.
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Glenna A. Dowling, PhD, RN (2014)
Dr. Dowling is a nationally recognized expert on gerontology nursing and chronic progressive neurological diseases such as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and dementia. She is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychological Nursing at the University of California, San Francisco’s (UCSF) School of Nursing and Director of the Institute on Aging Research Center in San Francisco. Dr. Dowling also serves as Associate Director of UCSF’s John A. Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence. Her research focuses on the effects of chronic progressive neurological diseases on circadian and rest-activity rhythm function in older adults. She also explores how non-drug therapies can improve rest-activity rhythms and quality of life in older adults, especially those with dementia.
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Everette J. Freeman, EdD (2014)
Dr. Freeman is President of Albany State University in Albany, GA. An eminent scholar and admired strategist, he is a leader in higher education and is well-known for his commitment to equity in the academic community. In addition to his academic experience, he has held several corporate positions and has specialized interest in organizational development, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission compliance and industrial relations. Dr. Freeman serves on several community organization boards and has received many local, state, national and international awards and honors.
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Susan Gennaro DSN, RN (2017)
Dr. Gennaro is dean and professor of the Connell School of Nursing at Boston College. Her prior positions include the Florence and William Downs Professor in Nursing Research at New York University and professor at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, where she was director of the doctoral program and the co-director of the Center for Health Disparities. Dr. Gennaro's research focuses on the improvement of global perinatal health and the identification of causes of preterm birth in minority women in the U.S. Her research has been funded by the NIH for over 20 years and has also focused on improving nursing education through innovative programs to increase the number of nurse scientists from a minority background trained to work with vulnerable populations. Dr. Gennaro currently serves as the leading nurse scientist on the Harvard Catalyst, the Clinical and Translation Science initiative of Harvard Medical School. She is the editor of Sigma Theta Tau’s Journal of Nursing Scholarship, a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, a lecturer at Harvard University’s Medical School, and a distinguished alumna at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing.
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Barbara J. Guthrie, PhD, RN, FAAN (2013)
Dr. Guthrie is the associate dean for academic affairs at the Yale University School of Nursing, is a nationally recognized expert in culturally responsive health-related policies and programs. Dr. Guthrie’s research has focused on health promotion and risk reduction programs for adolescent girls from diverse social and ethnic backgrounds.
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William L. Holzemer, PhD, RN (2017)
Dr. Holzemer is professor and dean at the Rutgers University College of Nursing, Newark. Dr. Holzemer’s program of research examines quality of nursing education, quality of nursing care, outcomes research, variation in practice, self-care symptom management, and quality of life, with special emphasis on people living with and affected by HIV infection. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine, a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, a member of the Japan Academy of Nursing, and a fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine. He is a former Fulbright Scholar (Egypt), a Project HOPE Fellow (USA-Mexico Border), and is a Distinguished Visiting Professor at St. Luke's College of Nursing, Tokyo. He is an elected member of the board of directors, International Council of Nurses, Geneva, Switzerland. He recently completed a R01 research project supported by the NIH's Fogarty International Center and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) that examined the role of stigma and discrimination on quality of life for persons living with HIV/AIDS in five African nations and on quality of work life for nurses caring for AIDS patients.
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Kenton R. Kaufman, PhD, PE (2016)
Dr. Kaufman is a professor of biomedical engineering and the W. Hall Wendel Jr. Musculoskeletal Research Professor at Mayo Clinic. He directs the Motion Analysis Laboratory, where he has focused on the development and application of innovative techniques for the analysis of human movement. His research focuses on in-vivo dynamic assessment of musculoskeletal function and musculoskeletal modeling. He is also actively developing and testing next-generation prosthetics and orthotics. His work is primarily translational and is aimed at improving the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of human musculoskeletal injury and disease. Dr. Kaufman is a Past President of the American Society of Biomechanics. He is also a founding member and Past President of the Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society. He is a Fellow in the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.
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Elaine Larson, PhD, RN (2014)
Dr. Larson is the Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Pharmaceutical and Therapeutic Research at the Columbia University School of Nursing. She has served as a member of an NIH Study Section on HIV Infection and nine journal editorial boards. She has served the president of the Certification Board for Infection Control, an AHC Scholar in Academic Administration and Health Policy, and director and trustee for the APIC Research Foundation. Dr. Larson has been editor of the American Journal of Infection Control since 1994. She has published more than 200 journal articles, four books, and a number of book chapters. Dr. Larson has served as a consultant in infection control and nursing across the globe.
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Courtney H. Lyder, ND, GNP, FAAN (2016)
Dr. Lyder is the Dean at the UCLA School of Nursing, Professor of Nursing, Medicine and Public Health, and Executive Director of the UCLA Health System and Patient Safety Institute. He previously served in progressive leadership positions at Yale University and the University of Virginia. He is the first African American dean at UCLA and the first minority male to be a dean of a school of nursing in the United States. Dr. Lyder’s scholarship has focused on the prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers in the elderly. He has also researched the wise use of innovative technologies to help elders “age in place”. Dr. Lyder has developed numerous innovative training programs in gerontology. His scholarship has influenced the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to change regulations related to the care of the elderly in the nation’s 16,000 nursing homes and stop payment for hospital-acquired conditions affecting over 7,000 hospitals. He is the author of over 195 journal articles, books, book chapters, and abstracts.
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Kathleen Potempa, DNSc, RN, FAAN (2013)
Dr. Potempa is the dean of the University of Michigan School of Nursing, and has 25 years of experience in nursing education, research, and administration. She previously served on the HHS National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice, and her research has focused on fatigue, exercise and cardiovascular fitness.
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Anne Rosenfeld, PhD, RN, (2017)
Dr. Rosenfeld is professor and associate dean for Research at the University of Arizona College of Nursing, Tucson. Dr. Rosenfeld's research focuses on symptom management for women with acute coronary syndrome, including the recognition of symptoms, the influence of treatment-seeking delay for cardiac symptoms on clinical outcomes, and gender differences in symptoms. She has been principal investigator for a series of studies addressing women with acute coronary syndrome. Those studies include Decision Delay in Women with Acute Myocardial Infarction, funded by the NIH; and Treatment-Seeking Delay in Victims of Sudden Cardiac Death: Family Narratives, funded by the American Heart Association. She currently is co-investigator for the NIH-funded study The Influence of Gender on Symptom Characteristics During Acute Coronary Syndrome. She has served on the Behavioral Medicine, Interventions, and Outcomes NIH Study Section. She has been principal investigator for HRSA projects related to preparing primary care nurse practitioners for rural settings and has served as core faculty on a number of T32 and K12 training programs. Dr. Rosenfeld is a fellow of the American Heart Association.
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Bruce A. Schoneboom, Colonel, PhD, CRNA, FAAN (2017)
Ex Officio
Dr. Schoneboom recently completed a Master’s degree in National Security Strategy at the National Defense University’s National War College (2011), Washington, D.C. In addition to a Diploma in Nursing, he holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Central State University, Edmond, OK, a Master of Health Sciences in Anesthesia Nursing (1991),Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, TX; and a Doctor of Philosophy in Neuroscience, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD. He is currently serving as the Corps Specific Branch Proponency Officer for the U.S. Army Nurse Corps. Colonel Schoneboom has been the principal investigator of numerous funded grants and has an established funding and publication record. His research interests include investigating neuro-immune responses of the central nervous system to viral pathogens with known bioterrorist capabilities and the development of new monitoring technologies with operational and garrison applications. Colonel Schoneboom is a member of several professional organizations including the American Nurses Association, the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, the National Academy of Practice, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, and the American Academy of Nursing.
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Gail Stuart, PhD, RN, FAAN (2013)
Dr. Stuart is the dean of the Medical University of South Carolina College of Nursing and a professor in the College of Medicine. A distinguished practitioner in the National Academies of Practice and chair of the board of the Annapolis Coalition on the Behavioral Health Workforce, her interests involve the study of depression and anxiety disorders, as well as mental health delivery systems.
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James A. Tulsky MD (2016)
Dr. Tulsky is Director of the Center for Palliative Care and Professor of Medicine and Nursing at Duke University. Dr. Tulsky received his internal medicine training at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where he continued as chief medical resident and subsequently as a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar. In 1993, he joined the faculty of Duke University. He was in the first cohort of Project on Death in America Soros Faculty Scholars, and is the recipient of a Robert Wood Johnson Generalist Physicians Faculty Scholars Award, a VA Health Services Research Career Development Award, the 2002 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (the highest national award given by the White House Office of Science and Technology for early career investigators), and the 2006 Award for Research Excellence from the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Dr. Tulsky has a longstanding interest in provider-patient communication and quality of life at the end of life, and has published widely in these areas. His current research focuses on the evaluation and enhancement of communication between oncologists and patients with advanced cancer, and improving the experience of patients living with serious illness. He directs the NINR-funded Duke Center for Self-Management in Life-Limiting Illness.
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Janet Williams, PhD, RN, FAAN (2013)
Dr. Williams is the Kelting Professor of Nursing at the University of Iowa College of Nursing, and a past president of the International Society of Nurses in Genetics. Her research interests include the impact of genetic testing for Huntington’s disease, and she is a frequent consultant on projects to promote the education and practice of genetics in nursing.
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Anna C. Alt-White, PhD, RN
Ex Officio
Dr. Alt-White is the Program Director at Research Office of Nursing Services, Department of Veterans Affairs. |
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