Linda P. Riley, PhD, RN

November 13, 2024

Dr. Linda P. Riley is the Director of Nursing Research & Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Dr. Riley earned her PhD in Nursing Science from Vanderbilt University and is a member of several nursing organizations including the Association Pediatric Hematology Oncology Nursing, Oncology Nursing Society, and the Southern Nursing Research Society.  She […]




Lily Thomas, PhD, RN, FAAN

November 13, 2024

Lily Thomas, PhD, RN, FAAN is the Vice President of System Nursing Research at Northwell Health. In her current role, she is responsible for developing and implementing strategies to promote nursing research and evidence-based practice across the health system. Her focus is on developing a coordinated program of nursing research, facilitating innovations and evidence-based interventions […]




John Ovretveit, BSC (HONS), MPHIL, PhD, CPSYCHOL, CSCI, MIHM

November 13, 2024

John Ovretveit’s work is based on the belief that organization and management can bring out the best and worst in people, and that the right organization design is critical for effective healthcare. A theme underlying his work is how practical research can contribute both to better care for patients and to “healthy work organization” Dr. […]




Jack Needleman, PhD, FAAN

November 13, 2024

Jack Needleman, PhD, FAAN, is currently Professor of Health Services in the Department of Health Services at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Public Health, where he is Director of the department’s PhD and research master’s programs. Before coming to UCLA, he was on the faculty of the Harvard School of Public […]




Sarah Humme, DNP, RN, NEA-BC

November 13, 2024

Chief Nursing Officer/Chief Operating Officer Southwest General Hospital Sarah Humme, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, is the Chief Nursing Officer/Chief Operating Officer at Southwest General Hospital in San Antonio, TX. Dr. Humme’s professional experience covers a broad range of nursing leadership positions, including Senior Nursing Leadership positions in Critical Care, Perioperative, and Medical Surgical Nursing. The majority […]




Gail A. Mallory, PhD, RN, NEA-BC

November 13, 2024

Director of Research, Oncology Nursing Society Gail A. Mallory, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, is Director of Research at the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS), an organization of more than 35,000 professional oncology nurses. As Director, Dr. Mallory has facilitated and coordinated the development of important ONS initiatives such as the ONS Research Agenda, an Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) […]




Virginia Moyer, MD, MPH

November 13, 2024

Professor of Pediatrics and Head, Academic General Pediatrics Baylor College of Medicine Chief Quality Officer Medicine Texas Children’s Hospital Virginia Moyer is a Professor of Pediatrics and Chief of Academic General Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, where she is also Chief medical Quality Officer. Dr. Moyer received her undergraduate degree […]




Michelle Bennett, PhD

November 13, 2024

Deputy Scientific Director for the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) National Institutes of Health Dr. L. Michelle Bennett is the Deputy Scientific Director for the National Hearth Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), in Bethesda, Maryland. The NHLBI Division of Intramural Research comprises approximately 60 intramural scientists and clinicians […]




James B. Battles, PhD

November 13, 2024

Social Science Analyst for Patient Safety Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (CQuIPS) Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ) Dr. Battles is a native of Ohio where he did his undergraduate education at Miami University and received his doctorate in medical education from the Ohio State University. In November 2000, Dr. Battles joined […]




Howard Gadlin, PhD

November 13, 2024

Ombudsman & Director of the Center for Cooperative Resolution National Institutes of Health Howard Gadlin, PhD has been Ombudsman and Director of the Center for Cooperative Resolution, at the National Institutes of Health since the beginning of 1999. Before that, from 1992 through 1998, he was University Ombudsperson and Adjunct Professor of Education at UCLA. […]