Nursing Care and Advanced Nursing

Dian Baker is an associate professor at the School of Nursing, California State University Sacramento and an adjunct faculty member at the Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities at the MIND Institute University of California Davis. She holds master degrees in child development and nursing. Baker obtained her PhD from University of Hawaii and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at the University of California Davis. Her research interests include health inequities, transdisciplinary education, translational research, developmental disabilities and nursing history

Dian Baker is currently working on several research projects including diabetes in the Hmong community, hospital acquired pneumonia and nursing history in Laos.

Sharon Decker is the Associate Dean for Simulation, a Professor in the School of Nursing, the Executive Director of The F. Marie Hall SimLife Center, and Covenant Health System Endowed Chair in Simulation and Nursing Education at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. She was the past Director of the Health Sciences Center’s Quality Enhancement Program (QEP): Interprofessional Teamwork. Dr Decker has been engaged in simulation-based activities since the mid 1900’s to include using simulation for both learning and assessment and education of educators related to integrating simulation into curricula, and techniques related to the debriefing process.She currently serves as the Chair of the Certification Committee for the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. As a past member of the Standards Committee for the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning, Dr. Decker was the lead author for two evidence-based standards. Dr. Decker has been the recipient of the Texas Tech’s Chancellor’s Council Distinguished Teaching Award and the TTUHSC President’s award for Academic Achievement, Excellence in Teaching, and Outstanding Professor. Dr. Decker is a fellow in the Academy of Nursing Education and American Academy of Nursing.

Dr. Decker’s research, supported by multiple grants, is related to how simulation can be used to improve learning and promote professional and interprofessional competencies.

Seyed Afshin Shorofi has attained his PhD degree from School of Nursing & Midwifery of Flinders University, where he subsequently started working as Research Associate. H e is currently an Adjunct Research Fellow at Flinders University (South Australia), and an Assistant Professor at Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences (Iran). Dr Shorofi has been a senior lecturer at medical universities for many years, and is nationally well known for his publications, for which he has won several prizes. He is part of the editorial/advisory board of several peer-reviewed journals. He has been working with various multidisciplinary teams running a variety of workshops for academics, aimed at improving and maintaining the academics’ skills in the context of education as well as research. Dr Shorofi has participated in designing, analyzing and/or reporting a couple of quantitative and qualitative research studies.

Dr Seyed Afshin Shorofi research interests are Aged Care, Complementary & Alternative Medicine, Evidence-based Practices, Holistic Care, Research Issues in Health, Research Methodologies, Pain Management, Palliative Care.

Michael has been a Registered Nurse since 1988 and Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner since 1993. Currently is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington College of Nursing, where she enjoys teaching, Holistic Health Assessment to Registered Nurse in the RN-BSN. She also teaches Vulnerable population and health disparities topics for the DNP Program. She continues to practice as a Women’s Health Care Nurse Practitioner and Nurse Colposcopist, and owns her own practice. Dr Michael has worked on the TNA Dist 4 Mock Trial Planning Committee for the past 3 years and serves on its board as well. Dr. Michael has many presentations, papers, and posters to her credit. She is a member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners as well as the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health. She is presently serving as Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society Delta Theta Chapter President. She serves as a Mentor in the STTI and Elsevier Foundation’s NFLA program. She was the University of Texas at Arlington School of Nursing’s nominee for Provost Award in 2006, 2007 and 2011. She continues to visit India to teach and research topics in Nursing Education and health assessment. She is actively involved with National Association of Indian American Nurses and Indian American Nurses of North Texas (Dallas Chapter) and serves as President.

Comparison of Self-Directed Learning Versus Instructor-Modeled Learning During a Simulated Clinical Experience. Simulation in Healthcare

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 and Healthcare

Donna L. Petri completed her nursing education at Bethel College, Kansas, USA and Deakin University, Geelong, Australia. She was a faculty member in the School of Nursing at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) for 27 years with a focus on communication, cultural safety, cultural sensitivity, and international practicums. She developed and led international practicums in four different countries over 10 years. She has numerous local, national and international presentations, including keynote addresses related to the pedagogy of international practicums. She is currently serving in the capacity of Associate Vice President Academic at TRU.

Nursing and Healthcare

Terri Thompson earned her DNP from Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, CA. Her dissertation was titled: The effective methods for providing preconception health education. Terri has specialized as a labor and delivery nurse for 21 years at a high-risk tertiary hospital. She has taught in Maternal-Childbearing Nursing Theory and Practicum in higher education for 6 years, and had taught Maternal-Childbearing Clinical Practicum for Loma Linda University, for 15 years. Terri is the BSN Program Director and Assistant Professor at California Baptist University (CBU), Riverside, CA, U.S.A. Terri is the Faculty Advisor for the Preconception Peer Education club on campus at CBU, is an advisor for the Office of Minority Health in Maryland, and Counselor for the Chi Mu chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI). Terri has presented extensively on Preconception Health Education across southern California and in Oregon over the past six years.

Nursing

Werner Schuetze has finished law school at the University of Freiburg in Germany before he studied medicine and became a Dr. med in 1981. He is children and youth psychiatrist as well as for adults, studied family therapy and was educated in psychodynamic therapy as well as treatment of severe psychic traumas. As a head of a psychiatric department in Nauen/ Brandenburg/ Germany he implemented the finnish Open Dialogue Approach in his hospital. After retirement, he is working as a trainer and supervisor in the education of Open Dialogue and connected projects in Germany, Poland, Italy, and the US

Nurse, Healthcare, Women Health

Dr. Shargall completed his medical school and bachelor in medical sciences and immunology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He then completed cardiothoracic residency at the Haddasah University Hospital of Hebrew University Jerusalem, followed by cardiac and thoracic surgery fellowship at the University of Toronto. Since 2004 he practiced thoracic surgery at the University of Toronto, St. Joseph’s Health Centre and St. Michael’s Hospital (both in Toronto). Between 2007 and 2010 he was the director of medical education at St. Joseph’s Health Centre and the associate director of undergraduate education at the department of surgery, University of Toronto. Since October 2010 he is the division head of Thoracic Surgery at McMaster University and St. Joseph’s Healthcare in Hamilton, Ontario Canada. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Surgery at McMaster University and an adjunct Associate Professor of surgery at the University of Toronto. He is the local LHIN 4 (Ontario) thoracic oncology lead and serves at multiple expert panels for Cancer Care Ontario. His main research focus is on post-discharge care for thoracic surgery patients and he has received numerous grants, including the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR), Heart and Stroke Foundation and Ontario Thoracic Society. He is currently chairing the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons’ working group on VTE in Thoracic Surgery.

Surgery

東京医科歯科大学 / Tokyo Medical and Dental University Ph.D.「Development and Validation of the Discharge Planning-Process Evaluation Measurement., J. Jpn. Acad. Nurs. Sci.,25(4),39-51,2005」(Incentive Award) 東京医科歯科大学/ Tokyo Medical and Dental University Master's degree (Grant of Ito Scholarship foundation, 2yrs), http://www.ito-foundation.or.jp/system/ index.html (Japanese) 東京医科歯科大学/ Tokyo Medical and Dental University Page 1 Bachelor's degree (Fumihiko Shimzu Award)

Dysphagia, Transplantation, Stem cell therapy, Rehabilitation(Acute phase)

Dale M. Hilty, Associate Professor at the Mt. Carmel College of Nursing. He received his PhD in counseling psychology from the Department of Psychology at The Ohio State University. He has published studies in the areas of psychology, sociology, and religion. Between April 2017 and April 2018, his ten research teams published 55 posters at local, state, regional, national, and international nursing conferences.

psychology, sociology, and religion

Debrisha Johnson is a concerned and attentive nurse practitioner serving the community of Houston, TX. She attended Northwestern State University, where she earned her master's in family nursing as well as her bachelor's and associate's in nursing. Ms. Johnson is a part of Bee Busy Wellness Center. She is a member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Patients see her for a variety of reasons, including restless legs syndrome, peripheral neuropathy/carpal tunnel, measles/rubeola, asthma, and arthritis. Ms. Johnson treats a range of conditions, and she is eager to help the wider community receive the care they deserve. She is dedicated to helping patients receive the treatment they need so they can enjoy a positive and fulfilling lifestyle.

Clinical Nursing Practice, Family Nursing

Dr. Susan Chow is the Associate Dean and Associate Professor of Tung Wah College. Over the past years, she has gained vast experiences in nursing education and academic programme administration. She is the Associate Editor of BMC Nursing and the editorial board member of Open Nursing Research. She serves as a reviewer for various international nursing and healthcare journals. She has published widely in international refereed journals and her research areas are nurse case management, care of patients with chronic diseases, teaching and learning of nursing students and instrument testing. Her teaching areas are community health nursing, health education and promotion and nursing research

Nurse case management, Care of patients with chronic diseases, Teaching and learning of nursing students and Instrument testing.

Naveen Kumar Sharma BSN, MSN, RN, He is having 11 years experience in clinical and nursing education. He has completed his B.Sc. Nursing and M.Sc. Nursing from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bengaluru, India. He was rewarded his M.Sc. Nursing in Psychiatric Nursing. He worked as teaching faculty at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Jodhpur for 3 years and as Assistant Professor at MediCiti Institute of Medical Sciences and Hospitals, Hyderabad, India for 4 years. He is currently serving as Principal, Professor in Sarvodaya College Nursing, Rajasthan, India. His area of speciality is psychiatric nursing, nursing education, nursing management, nursing research and health promotion. He has published many papers in international peer-reviewed journals. He was a keynote speaker at the Texila American University’s 4th international scientific e-conference during October 26th – 29th 2017. He is the member of various professional Organizations internationally.

His research interest is in the area of Health Care, Medicine, Child Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Nursing and Innovations in Research.

Prof. Linda Y K Lee is the Associate Dean and Professor of School of Nursing and Health Studies at The Open University of Hong Kong. She is an active researcher, particularly in the areas of gerontological care and community care. She is currently a member of the editorial board of Frontiers of Nursing and a reviewer for several international nursing journals. Since 2014, Prof. Lee has contributed significantly in developing a territory-wide training programme for health volunteers. Her role in promoting health volunteering in Hong Kong is indispensable.

Nursing, Health sciences

Denyse Henry is currently the CEO & Founder of the CAAC. Canada first not-for-profit Organization established for professionals working in various ambulatorycare areas. She has completed her master degree in Health Management at McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.

Nursing & healthcare, Critical Care, Ambulatory Care

KAMEL AL-AJLOUNI is an expert in management and leadership. Director of Nursing Directorate and Allied medical professions Directorate at Jordanian Ministry of Health (JMOH). Certified as Nursing Management Consultant from the Jordanian Nursing and Midwifery Counsel. Hold different managerial positions as supervisor, head nurse, health director assistant and director since 1993 till now. Holds a PhD in Health services administration/ strategic planning, MSN in Adult Health Nursing and Honorable Doctorate in International Initiative for Human Leaderships. Expert educator and trainer, worked as a part time lecturers at different colleagues, trainer at many training courses and workshops. Has many published researches.

Adult Health Nursing

He trained as a Surgeon at the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico (UAEM) in 2003 and later in 2009 he finished the Specialty in Neurosurgery and in 2019 a Subspecialty in Neurological Endovascular Therapy in theNational Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He has the Certification by the Mexican Council of Neurological Surgery AC where he obtained the highest rating granted by said body and the Mexican Council of Neurological Endovascular Therapy . It is part of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, among others.

Neurosurgery

Professor Avci was born in Rize. She earned a Master's Degree in Public Health Nursing, a bachelor’s degree in nursing, a nursing diploma from Ataturk University (Erzurum, TR). She is a Professor at the Ondokuz Mayis University Faculty of Health Sciences, Division of Nursing, Samsun, Turkey. Her background includes more than 20 years of experience as an educator and clinician in all settings in which care is provided. Author has of over 55 peer-review manuscripts. She is the author of 3 books and book chapters, including Infection diseases and nursing and public health nursing. She has given a lot of conferences, especially nursing research, methodology, cancer early detection, project management, international partnership. She has reviewer and editorial board member roles at national and international journals, European Journal of Nursing, Cancer Nursing, Asian Nursing Research, Samsun Journal of Health Sciences, progress in health sciences. She is an advisory board member at the national research commission.

nursing research, methodology, cancer early detection, project management, Men in Nursing Profession

Denyse Henry is currently the CEO & Founder of the CAAC. Canada first not-for-profit Organization established for professionals working in various ambulatorycare areas. She has completed her master degree in Health Management at McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.

Nursing & healthcare, Critical Care, Ambulatory Care

Executive NHS Director; Health Advisor World Youth Org. Advanced Nurse Practitioner; Health advice to celebs/sporting/music stars. Ally to marginalized groups

Experienced in delivering large-scale change and OD; turn around and system-wide leadership

Paul is currently the Head of Practice Learning at the Faculty of Education, Health and Wellbeing at the University of Wolverhampton. He has almost 20 years’ experience in nursing at various levels including management and teaching and in various healthcare settings. His current role requires him to have knowledge and understanding of a wide variety of professions and courses that have practice elements to them and to be able to put systems and processes in place. As well as his nursing and teaching qualifications and experience, He has an MBA and PRINCE2 qualifications. His greatest attribute is his ability to support, inspire, develop others. As well as the ability to use his wide range of skills to benefit others including his employers and the wider community.

His interests include business, management, leadership, operational, HR related, project management, diversity, gender discrimination, e-learning, practice development, student support in practice and care of the older person.

Khosro Shafaghi has completed his Master degree of Sciences in the field of Public Health in Nutrition from Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), in 1989. He started working as a lecturer of Nutrition major in Kashan Medical Sciences University in 1990 and then continued the position in Mashhad University of Medical Sciences among 1997-1999. He also has been a lecturer in Gonabad University of Medical Sciences from the year 2000, a position which he holds up to present time. In 2007, his passion for community research inspired him to pursue a Ph.D. degree in the field of Community Nutrition, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Zalilah Mohd Shariff in the faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia

His current research interest is on overweight/obesity and dietary patterns in children and adolescents