Associate Professor, Dr. Azizollah, Arbabisarjou, RN,MSN, PhD, obtained his first academic degree in 1997 in the Nursing management field. He joined as faculty member to Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, IRAN. He received his doctorate(PhD) from University of Isfahan in field of Educational Administration in 2011. He has worked as manager of Curriculum development in EDC. Currently, I am the chairman of Department of Nursing management and nursing procedures at Zahedan School of Nursing, He has published numerous referred papers about patient teaching, knowledge management, management and so on in ISI, Non-ISI and Scientific-professional journals. Dr. Arbabisarjou is teaching for Master students of Information Technology management, MBA and Educational Administration. Also, he has conducted numerous consulting and research works for masters’ student and colleagues.

Nursing and healthcare

Dr. O’Toole has been involved in international outreach related to rehabilitation and curriculum development. Her work has been funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Health Resource Services Administration (HRSA), the Fund for Improvement of Secondary Education (FIPSE) program of the United States Department of Education and the Erasmus+ program of the European Commission on Higher Education. In 2017 she served as a Fulbright Specialist in Jordan. Dr. Marie O’Toole’s primary program of research is academic lexicography. Dr. O'Toole has served as the editor of multiple editions of dictionaries and encyclopedias, including the award winning Mosby Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing and Health Professions. She continues to edit the Mosby series of dictionaries.

Nursing

Dr. Aboul-Enein began his nursing career in Saudi Arabia working in primary care. He held several positions, including staff nurse on a renal transplant unit, nurse practitioner in triage services, senior instructor, hospital staff development and administrative supervisor, associate director responsible for highly successful overall performance and outcomes for multiple units, organization-wide programs, performed while working within academic community hospitals and organizations. In addition, he has taught at several universities at undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels, both online and in the classroom. Dr. Aboul-Enein has published in numerous peer-reviewed publications including the Journal of Public Health and International Journal of Nursing Practice. He has published two books in the area of health care management and health care history. He has conducted many presentations, internationally and nationally. Dr. Aboul-Enein was a nurse practitioner reserve officer in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps reserve with the rank of Lieutenant Commander. He has won numerous awards such as the Spirit of Nursing award from the U.S. Army Nurse Corps and the Best Nurses award in 2006 from the Texas Nurses Association. Dr. Aboul-Enein is a Fellow of the American College of Health Care Executives, Fellow of the National Academy of Practice- Nurse Scholar and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health. He is an experienced health care leader with expertise in innovative program development and health care strategy.

Nursing and Health Science

Meg Larramendy is Nursing Instructor at University of Phoenix, USA and Nursing Director at Clinicas Del Camino Real Inc, USA

Nursing

Dr. Geetha Jayaram is a senior faculty member in the Departments of Psychiatry, the School of Health Policy and Management, Global Health, and The Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. She directs a community psychiatry inpatient service, has directed several outpatient programs, and is an attending physician in the Department of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She had a private practice for over 2 decades. As a highly respected clinician leader and administrator, she has developed and directed a quality assurance program that is unique in psychiatry.

Health Policy and Management

She graduated in first place from Hacettepe University in 1989. She won the İhsan Dogramacı Superior Merit Award and Science Incentive Award. She earned her pilot’s license from Republic of Turkey Ministry of Transport. She studied about counseling on assisted reproductive techniques at Liverpool Women’s Hospital Reproductive Medicine Unit in United Kingdom on the British Council Research Scholarship. She earned a certificate in management and leadership in nursing. She is an active member of Thematic Network leadership work group. She studied as a research scholar at Kent State University College of Nursing in 2006 for 3 months. In 2007, she worked on a project named “Development of Leadership Skills in Nursing Doctoral Students” at University of Michigan Faculty of Nursing on an international research scholarship which was supported by International Network for Doctoral Education in Nursing (INDEN) and Sigma Theta Tau and provided to only three people around the world every year. She worked as a research assistant at Hacettepe University School of Nursing in the Maternity and Women's Health Nursing Division from 1990 to 1997. She was promoted to assistant professor in 1998, associate professor in 2006 and professor in 2012. She worked as a Co-Head of Nursing Department, Erasmus Department Coordinator, Head of Strategic Planning Group and board member of Hacettepe University Women’s Research and Implementation Center (HUWRICH) between 2009 and 2011. Her interest subjects are sexuality and reproductive health and management and leadership. She is member of national and international nurse’s organizations such as INDEN and Sigma Theta Tau. She has been working as a Director of Nursing Services at Hacettepe University Hospitals between 2012-2016 and Founding Dean of Faculty of Nursing. She has published more than 70 papers, 15 grant projects, eight books as an editor and author, and more than 100 presentation in the national and international congress. She is also invited speaker more than 60 congress and symposium. She has working as a Dean Faculty of Health Science and Director of Nursing of MLPCare in Istinye University.

Nursing

Isabel Alvarez is an Associate Professor at Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain. Isabel Alvarz has completed her PhD at the age of 28 years from University of Barcelona. She has several papers in reputed. Her interests are in helping to understand the communication between health professionals and patients by providing tools for that communication.

Nursing

Associate Professor, Dr. Azizollah, Arbabisarjou, RN,MSN, PhD, obtained his first academic degree in 1997 in the Nursing management field. He joined as faculty member to Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, IRAN. He received his doctorate(PhD) from University of Isfahan in field of Educational Administration in 2011. He has worked as manager of Curriculum development in EDC. Currently, I am the chairman of Department of Nursing management and nursing procedures at Zahedan School of Nursing, He has published numerous referred papers about patient teaching, knowledge management, management and so on in ISI, Non-ISI and Scientific-professional journals. Dr. Arbabisarjou is teaching for Master students of Information Technology management, MBA and Educational Administration. Also, he has conducted numerous consulting and research works for masters’ student and colleagues.

Nursing and healthcare

Dr. Jeffrey Doucette is the Vice President of Magnet Recognition Program® and Pathway to Excellence® at the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Prior to joining the ANCC, Dr. Doucette was the Regional Vice President, Clinical Services and Chief Nursing Officer for Bon Secours Hampton Roads Health System in Hampton Roads, Virginia. He received a Master of Science in Health Care Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia. Dr. Doucette completed his Doctor of Nursing Practice at Old Dominion University where he also serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor. Dr. Doucette has been practicing for over 20 years, spending the majority of his career in leadership and executive nursing roles. In addition, he serves on the editorial advisory board for Nursing Management Journal and speaks extensively throughout the world on topics of interest to nursing leaders. Dr. Doucette is a Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellow and a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. He holds certifications as a Nurse Executive – Advanced, Certified Executive in Nursing Practice and is a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator.

His research interests include Chief Nursing Officer retention, AONE leadership competencies, and developing future nursing leaders.

Dr. Beth Ann Swan is Professor and former Dean at the Jefferson College of Nursing. Dr. Swan is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, past president of the American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing, and a 2007-2010 Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellow. Dr. Swan has a distinguished record of extramural funding, publications, and presentations nationally and internationally on topics related to ambulatory care, care coordination and transition management, and technology applications for education and practice. She is Co-Editor of the text, Care Coordination and Transition Management Core Curriculum. Dr. Swan received her PhD and MSN from the University of Pennsylvania, and BSN from Holy Family University.

publications, and presentations nationally and internationally on topics related to ambulatory care, care coordination and transition management, and technology applications for education and practice.

Partner at a personal injury law firm specializing in personal injury. The National Trial Lawyers “Top 100 Trial Lawyers”. BS Magna Cum Laude 1990 and Juris Doctorate 1993. Vice-Chairman of B.O.D. Mothers Against Drunk Driving National. & B.O.D. Brain Injury Alliance. 20x year keynote at National Nursing, Rehab and Brain Injury Conferences. All honorariums donated to charities. Authored Spring Break: A True Story of Hope and Determination regarding a brain injured college student who received long-term inpatient, outpatient care and rehabilitation. Awarded: US Senate Official Proclamation, US Congressional Citation, U.S. House of Representatives Special Congressional Recognition, along with 20+ awards for legal and charitable accomplishments.

Brain injured , outpatient care and rehabilitation.

Dr S.Afshin Shorofi has attained his PhD from Flinders University of South Australia, where he subsequently started working as a Research Associate in Health Care for Older People. He is currently an Adjunct Research Fellow at Flinders University (Australia), and an Assistant Professor at Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences (MUMS-Iran). In addition, Afshin is the deputy head of the Traditional & Complementary Medicine Research Center and the Center for History & Ethics Studies at MUMS. Afshin is also holding an adjunct academic position in the Traditional & Complementary Medicine Research Center and is an adjunct researcher in the Orthopedic Research Center at MUMS. Afshin’s position includes research and teaching responsibilities, supervision and mentoring of undergraduate and postgraduate students. He is nationally well known for his publications so that he has published 17 books in the fields of Nursing, Midwifery and Medicine irrespective of his papers in peer-reviewed journals. Elected as an editor of Elsevier journals, Afshin is also serving several well-reputed journals as an editorial board member, an editorial advisory board member, or an associate editor. Afshin has been awarded prizes and honors for teaching excellence, outstanding research and overall academic achievement.

Afshin's principal research interests are as follows: aged care; complementary and alternative medicine; critical care; holistic care; and palliative care.

Maria Olenick PhD, FNP, RN, Chair of Undergraduate Nursing. I did BSN 1994 ,Nursing Study in East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg, PA, I did My MS & FNP Certification in State University of New York, Binghamton, NY in the Year 1997, and I did my PhD Nursing in the year of 2012, Before joining Florida International University (FIU) as Assistant Director of Nursing and Clinical Assistant Professor at the Biscayne Bay Campus in 2011, I was Director of Clinical Skills and Simulation at a new allopathic (MD) medical school, The Commonwealth Medical College (TCMC), in Scranton, PA. Prior to teaching at the medical school, TCMC, I taught nursing at the University of Scranton as adjunct faculty. In 2014, I promoted to Chair of Undergraduate Nursing. I have previously been project director on an NWD HRSA funded project that extended from 2012 and just ended June 2015. HONORS and AWARDS: Zeta Iota Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society. Pi Alpha, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society, Vice President 2014-Present Featured story in Newsline for Nurse Practitioners publication Spring 2006. `

Advances in Medical Education and Practice,Transitioning from physician to nurse practitioner, inteprofessional education

Hana Kadhom has 34 years of experience in Nursing as a Practitioner and Educator. Her experience has been across the Middle East and UK. She has obtained her PhD from Hull University (UK) and she has Postgraduate Diploma from British Universities (in Nursing Education and Health and Safety). She is currently a Senior Lecturer and Director of Nursing Degree Bridging Program in Bahrain & Saudi Aramco.

Nursing and Healthcare

Ayfer Ekim PhD is a assistant professor at Department of Nursing Istanbul Bilgi Üniversity, Turkey. Her primary interests are childhood chronic diseases, pain management and nursing theory and models. She has completed her PhD at Marmara University, Department of Pediatric Nursing. She still works as a researcher and educator in the field of pediatric nursing.

Pediatric Nursing

Professor Kirkhorn completed her PhD at the age of 25 years from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington, USA. She has also participated in postdoctoral studies in statistics at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill for the study of Chronic Illness. She is Professor and Chair of Nursing at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. She has co-edited six books on Pathophysiology and she has written many papers regarding chronic illness, ethics, and healthcare in reputed journals throughout the USA.

Nursing and healthcare

Kathleen Lamaute EdD, FNP-BC, NEA-BC, CNE, MA, MS, RN is a Professor of Nursing at Molloy College Barbara Hagan School of Nursing in Rockville Centre, New York. She has given numerous national and international presentations Dr. Lamaute has designed, developed and implemented numerous courses offered within the college curriculum: These courses include: Family nurse practitioner program- all courses, Genetics and Genomics: Implications for Nursing Practice, Leadership focus on global issues, Vulnerable Populations, Nursing Focus on the Post Katrina Environment: Homelessness and Humanism, Leadership and Management. She is past Chairperson American Nurses Association Individual Member Division. She is the President of the Board of Directors Rota Care- a free clinic for the uninsured in Uniondale New York. She is an active researcher currently working on nutritional and agricultural community empowerment programs in Haiti.

Nursing and Healthcare

Dr. Mitchell is a professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing. Dr. Mitchell is currently the Project Director (PI) on two HRSA-funded grants designed to teach Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) to Emergency Department Registered Nurses (EDRN) and Interprofessional Groups of Anesthesia Students (InGAS). She is also funded by SAMHSA to integrate SBIRT training into the Nurse Practitioner curriculum, addressing substance use across the lifespan. Lastly, she is working with the CDC on two projects to incorporate Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention (Alcohol SBI) into nursing practice with the ultimate goal of preventing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD).

Nursing Administration, Leadership, Case Management, Rehabilitation Nursing

Mattia J. Gilmartin is Senior Research Scientist and the Director for the Center for Continuing Education at the New York University (NYU) College of Nursing. Dr. Gilmartin’s research focuses on leadership, organizational change, innovation and value creation, and managerial effectiveness in health care organizations. She has published in leading nursing and health care management journals and serves on numerous editorial boards. Dr. Gilmartin is a member of the Academy of Management, Health Care Management Division where she was recently appointed as the division chair-elect. Mattia was awarded the University of Virginia’s Raven Award. She holds a doctoral degree from the University of Virginia, and a bachelor’s degree and a combined master’s in nursing and a master’s of business administration degree from the University of San Francisco.

Nursing and Healthcare

Dr Joy Penman holds bachelor and master's degrees in Nursing and Pharmacy. She completed her doctoral studies in palliative care. Joy teaches at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Whyalla Campus. She has over thirty years teaching experience locally and abroad and many years nursing experience in various health care facilities. Joy has extensive experience in research and community engagement as well. In recognition of her contributions, she has been a recipient of various teaching, research and community service awards. Joy has earned internal and external research funding for various collaborative projects. She is well published in peer reviewed and non-peer reviewed journals, conferences and books.

Midwifery Nursing

Denise Brehmer has been a Registered Nurse for 36 years with experience as a Pediatric Nurse in the acute care setting as well as the community setting. Having had a varied background in Nursing from Pediatrics to Critical Care and Community Health has allowed Professor Brehmer to be an effective faculty member for the last 20 years. She is currently employed at Indiana Wesleyan University in the USA as an Assistant Professor of Nursing. She is also employed as a Nurse Practitioner in a Wellness Setting. She is married to Lawrence Brehmer and they are parents of two grown daughters. She enjoys spending time with family, reading, attending church functions, and traveling.

Nursing and Healthcare

Heather MacDonald completed her MScN at the University of Toronto, Canada, and her PhD in Nursing at the University of Manchester, UK. She has been a professor at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, Canada, since 1990. In addition to having authored a number of publications, she has presented papers at various local, national, and international conferences. In addition to working at the University of New Brunswick, MacDonald has a Parish Nursing Practice. She is the mother of three.

Pediatric Nursing, Mental Health Nursing

Dr. Freida Pemberton, RN-BC is a Full Professor of Nursing at Molloy College, Rockville Centre, NY and served in the position of Director of the Graduate Nursing Program for four years. Dr. Pemberton has made numerous contributions to the advancement of the Molloy College community and the community at large. She developed its Graduate Nursing Informatics component of the Administration track. Dr. Pemberton is American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Board Certified as an Informatics Nurse and continues to practice as a consultant in informatics. She has published on Distance Education, Development of a Faculty Learning Center and A Study on Nurses Attitudinal Tendencies. She has also published numerous websites designed to meet the healthcare needs of communities with limited to no access to healthcare. Dr. Pemberton’s contributions to the Profession are far outreaching after 43 years in practice. She has an exhaustive list of awards and honorable mentions. Dr. Pemberton has involvement in health care organizational programs at local, national, international, and federal levels. She established the World Wide Holistic Health Outreach non-profit 501 c3 public charity serving indigenous communities both nationally and internationally. Dr. Pemberton continues to develop innovative telecommunication programs designed to meet the specific needs of clients both nationally and internationally. She enjoys challenging students to be innovators and design programs and services that will improve the human condition for all. She has developed enrichment programs for the advancement of students in primary and secondary education that focused on science, mathematics, and computers. Students are challenged to be visionaries and to continue the outreach work that incorporates the advancements in telecommunication.

Nursing and Health care

Dr. Gregory Grillone is Associate Professor and Vice Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center. Dr. Grillone established the first Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS) program in New England one of the first Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS) programs in the United States and worldwide. His research interests are in developing newer and smaller robotic instrumentation that can be applied to more distal sites in the upper aerodigestive tract.

Surgery

Nancy Mc Namara is a senior nursing lecturer teaching in the Postgraduate Programme at Wintec in New Zealand. Her area of interest is simulated practice in nursing education. Although simulation is becoming very much a part nursing education, the patient role is most often assumed by a manikin. Her research explores a mode of simulation whereby students experience both recipient and provider roles in the same clinical scenario within a simulated practice environment. She had published several studies relating to a pilot programme developed to simulate clinical practice for nursing students. Collectively these studies have formed the impetus for her PhD study which is due to be completed early 2017.

simulated practice in nursing education

Johannesssen completed her PhD at the University of Oslo in 2013. She has a full time position as researcher and teacher at the Faculty of Nursing and Health promotion, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, and holds a part time position as a senior researcher at Health Services Research Unit, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway. She has a background as anestethist nurse and holds a master degree in pedagogics. She is a member of Østfold Hospital research board, and the board of Care - Health and Welfare at Oslo and Akershus University College.

Nursing and Healthcare

Prof.Dr.Gülten Kaptan, PhD in Nursing from Hacettepe University Institute of Health Sciences in the field of Internal Medicine in year of 1997.2005 in the year received the title of associate professor in the same area, has been professor in 2012. Many articles in international journals in the field served as a faculty member. Prof.Kaptan,30 years, has made college and university health research and practice serves as a director of nursing at the hospital. That the author published in Turkish and internal school used as a textbook in health and geriatric diseases are nursing books. Euthanasia, pain and spritüalizm,violent in pregnancy have been published by titles in international book in English. Scientific board member one of the international open access journal. The scientific committee membership in Turkish health journals about nursing.In Turkey ,She is the Turkish Nurses Association, Oncology Nursing Society and Nephrology Nursing associations member. Currently, Istanbul Arel University Medical Nursing is a Professor.

HPV, Health Profession, Attitude

Hana Kadhom has 34 years of experience in Nursing as a Practitioner and Educator. Her experience has been across the Middle East and UK. She has obtainedrnher PhD from Hull University (UK) and she has Postgraduate Diploma from British Universities (in Nursing Education and Health and Safety). She is currently arnSenior Lecturer and Director of Nursing Degree Bridging Program in Bahrain & Saudi Aramco.

Nursing and Healthcare

Dr. Awatif Juma Al Bahar is Medical Director, Senior Consultant, Obstetrics/Gynaecology, Reproductive Endocrinology at the Dubai Gynaecology & Fertility Centre, DUBAI HEALTH AUTHORITY. After completing her graduation, she specialized in Obstetrics & Gynaecology from the German Board, Koln and has a membership in Endocrine and Infertility from Academic University in Bonn. Dr. Awatif had been selected in 2002 in Dubai Excellency Programme. Her name is mentioned in the U.A.E Book of Special Personalities of All Fields (i.e. Medicine, Politics, Art etc.). She has been awarded by his highness Amro Mosa in 2004 as to be the leader in medicine and social services. She was awarded as hero of health care in 2012 by his highness ruler of Ajman. She has held multiple posts in various capacities in the OBS/GYN and is currently the director of the IVF Board of the Ministry of Health of UAE. She is the Chairperson of the Emirates Obs/Gyne & Fertility Forum (EOFF) and a regular speaker on U.A.E activities in mother and child health via media – television, radio, ladies association, universities etc. She has many publications on polycystic ovaries and infertility

Her research interest includes Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility.

Amer Kaissi joined Trinity University in 2003 after earning a Ph.D. degree in Health Services Administration, Research & Policy from the University of Minnesota. While doing his doctoral work, he worked in "Quality Measurement & Analysis" at Allina Hospitals in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Prior to that, he earned a Master of Public Health in Hospital Administration from the American University of Beirut in his native Lebanon

Amer Kaissi research interests include diabetes in primary care clinics, strategic planning, retail clinics, quality of care & patient safety, and application of organizational theories to health care settings. He has published extensively on these topics in various administrative and clinical peer-reviewed journals.

Vladimir Obolenskiy, PhD (2002), Head of the Septic Surgery Unit, City Clinical Hospital № 13, Moscow; Associate Professor of the Department of surgery of the Russian National Research Medical University named after N.I. Pirogov, Moscow; correspondent member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (RANS). He is a member of several professional societies, including EWMA, AO Trauma, participant EBJIS. He has published more than 40 articles in reputed journals and 8 tutorials. He has been serving as an editorial board member of the journal "Wound Medicine" and "International academic journal of RANS".

Nursing

Dennis C. Stevens, M.S., M.D. is a graduate of the Indiana University School of Medicine. He completed post-graduate training in Pediatrics and Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine at the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. He holds a masters degree in clinical research design and statistical analysis from the University of Michigan. He is certified in Pediatrics and Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine. Dr. Stevens joined the faculty of the Sanford School of Medicine in 1980. He is a Professor and the Interim Chairman of the Dept. of Pediatrics and the Chief of Section of Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine. He has served as an attending neonatologist and was recently appointed the Medical Director of the Boekelheide Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the Sanford Children’s Hospital, Sioux Falls, SD

Stevens has major interest in clinical research, pediatrics and neonatal care, recently investigating the impact of the NICU environment upon tiny preterm neonates and their families.

Evridiki Papastavrou is an assistant professor at the Cyprus University of Technology teaching the Fundamentals of Nursing and Nursing Science. She holds a PhD and a Masters Degree in Nursing (University of Athens and University of Manchester) and a degree in Public Administration. Dr Papastavrou served as a President of the Nursing and Midwifery regulatory body in Cyprus for 6 years (2006-2012) and is an active member of the National Alzheimer’s committee of experts. She also served as a consultant for the evaluation of nursing education programs in Cyprus and in European peer assessment missions concerning the recognition of professional qualifications.  Dr Papastavrou is involved in several international research projects and is a reviewer in many nursing journals.

Dr Papastavrou research interest focus on the concept of care form several different perspectives, like the burden of care, caring behaviours, individualized care as well as the organizational and moral aspects of care.

David Randall, Ph.D. currently serves as Executive Director of the Consumer Driven Health Care Institute based in Washington, DC. (www.cdhci.org) and is Resident Scholar with the American Research and Policy Institute in Washington. Dr. Randall has testified before both U.S. House and Senate committees of Congress on a variety of health policy issues and has extensive experience as a former top insurance regulator, legislative staff member, health care lobbyist, consultant and executive with not only insurance companies, but also with several provider trade groups in Washington. He has over two dozen peer-reviewed and professional publications as well as book chapters on health care entitlements and the policy process surrounding health care reform. His research includes study of Medicaid entitlements and privatization, Health Insurance Exchanges and health care information technology. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science (Policy Analysis and Administration) from Kent State University.

Study of Medicaid entitlements and privatization, Health Insurance Exchanges and health care information technology

Hana Kadhom has 33 years experience in nursing as a practitioner and educator. Her experience has been across the Middle East and UK. She obtained her PhD from the University of Hull (UK) and she has postgraduate diplomas from British universities (in nursing education and Health & Safety). She is currently a senior lecturer and Director of a Nursing Degree Bridging program in Bahrain and Saudi Aramco. Salim Fredericks got his PhD from St Georges University of London. He is as a senior lecturer in biochemistry in Bahrain. He has published more than 40 PubMed cited articles.

Lars Brorson Fich is educated as an architect, graduating from the school of architecture i Aarhus, Denmark, in 1984. He has worked for 24 years in an architectural office part wise specialized in hospital design, the last 10 years as a partner, before turning to research at the Department of Architecture and media technology at Aalborg University, Denmark, in 2008. He completed his Ph.D. entitled “Towards a Neuroaffective Approach to Healing Architecture” in 2014. His research is concentrated on how architectural space might influence health, concentrating on how space might influence physiological stress reactions.

Nursing

Dr. Storfjell is Professor, Associate Dean for Academic Practice Partnerships and Policy, and is the Executive Director of the Institute for Healthcare Innovation in the College of Nursing at the University of Illinois at Chicago—a top ten ranked nursing school.  She is responsible for the entrepreneurial, continuing education and clinical practice initiatives of the College and also teaches graduate classes on healthcare financial and strategic management.She is founder and past President of a diversified home health care company operating in four states and affiliated with a multi-institutional health care system

Dr. Storfjell is interested in field nursing, communicable disease, home health, and clinic services, health care costs and care management.

Wahoush is an Assistant Professor in the school of nursing at McMaster University, a recent graduate from Faculty of Medicine University of Toronto with a PhD in Health Policy Management & Evaluation (Outcomes measurement & evaluation stream). She has extensive experience in international settings in nursing practice and leadership, education and research. Dr Wahoush’s most recent international experience includes the opening of a new 160 bed pediatric cancer centre in Cairo Egypt and currently coordinating a collaborative Oncology Nursing program with the University of West Indies in Trinidad

Primary interests for education and research are in health system performance and capacity development in communities, specifically in relation to child health, immigrant health, equity, and the application of knowledge and research to practice.  Dr Wahoush received two postdoctoral fellowship awards a Lawson Post Doctoral Fellowship Jan.-Jun 2008 and a CHSRF fellowship Jul 2008 – June 2010