Seventh Annual
2008 Summer Institute on Evidence-Based Practice

Innovation for Quality & Safety


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: Jane Englebright, PhD, RN, Chief Nursing Officer & Vice President Clinical Performance, HCA, Inc., Nashville, TN
  • Julie Aucoin, DNS, RN-BC, CNE, American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Consultant, Institute of Credentialing Innovation
  • KoKo Aung, MD, MPH, FACP, Assistant Professor of Medicine, UTHSCSA, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Health, The University of Texas School of Public Health
  • CPT(P) Jodi Behmer, AN, USA, Head Nurse, Mother-Baby Unit, Madigan Army Medical Center
  • Paula C. Clutter, PhD, RN, CNS-BC, Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice; Assistant Professor Clinical, Acute Nursing Care, UTHSCSA
  • Robert L. Ferrer, MD, MPH, Associate Professor and Deputy Chair for Research, Family & Community Medicine, UTHSCSA
  • Ms. Marnie Huss, BSN, CCRN, CPAN, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Fairview Health Services, University of Minnesota Medical Center
  • Heidi King, MS, CHE, Program Manager, Healthcare Team Coordination Programs, TRICARE, Department of Defense
  • David Kuhl, MD, PhD, Director, Centre for Practitioner Renewal, Providence Health Care; Associate Professor, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
  • Linda S. Levy, MLS, AHIP, Assistant Library Director for Branch Libraries and Database Services, Briscoe Library, UTHSCSA
  • Sharon Lewis, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor, Acute Nursing Care UTHSCSA
  • Ms. Laura Maynard, MDiv, Administrative Director, Patient Safety Center, Duke University Health System
  • COL Jennifer Menetrez, MD, Director, Center for the Intrepid, Chief, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service, Brooke Army Medical Center
  • Wilhelmine Miller, MS, PhD, Associate Director, RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America, Associate Research Professor, Department of Health Policy, The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services
  • Marthe J. Moseley, PhD, RN, CCRN, CCNS, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Critical Care, South Texas Veterans Healthcare System, Audie L. Murphy Division
  • Veronica Nieva, PhD, Vice President of Westat Inc., Project Director and Editor in Chief of the AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange
  • COL Patricia A. Patrician, RN, PhD, Chief, Department of Nursing Science, Academy of Health Sciences, Ft. Sam Houston, TX
  • LTC Donald W. Robinson, MC, FS, DMO, Director, Army Trauma Training Center, Assistant Professor, University of Miami
  • COL Kimberly K. Smith, AN, Chief Nurse, U.S. Army ISR / Burn Center, Consultant OTSG, Critical Care Nursing, US Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
  • Kathleen R. Stevens, RN, EdD, FAAN, Professor and Director, Academic Center for Evidence-based Practice, UTHSCSA; member, IOM expert panel on Preventing Medication Errors
  • Anita L. Tucker, DBA, MS, Lumry Family Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School.
  • Jody Urquhart, Idoinspire, Professional Speaker, Syndicated Columnist, Author of the books All Work and No Say and The Joy of Work
  • Christi Zuber, RN, MHA, Director of Innovation Consultancy, Kaiser Permanente

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 Healthcare System, Audie L. Murphy Division
  • LTC Mona Bingham, PhD, RN, Chief, Nursing Research, Brooke Army Medical Center

Program Committee Members:
  • KoKo Aung, MD, MPH, FACP, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, UTHSCSA
  • Jane M. Cardea, PhD, RN, Associate Professor/Clinical, Chronic Nursing Care, UTHSCSA
  • Matita W. Charlton, BA, Social Science Research Associate II, Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice, UTHSCSA
  • Paul R. Clark, RN, MSN, MAT, Doctoral Student, UTHSCSA
  • Paula C. Clutter, PhD, RN, CNS-BC, Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice; Assistant Professor Clinical, Acute Nursing Care, UTHSCSA
  • Joan M. Feller, BA, Administrative Assistant I, Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice, UTHSCSA
  • Richard L. Fortner, MS, RN, CPHQ, Quality Management Supervisor, Humana Military Healthcare Services, Southwest Market
  • Debra L. Fraley, MSN, RN, CCRN, CCNS, Nurse Educator/Clinical Nurse Specialist, University Hospital
  • Leslie R. Goddard, PhD, RN, CNRN, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Neuroscience, Methodist Hospital
  • Mary L. Heye, PhD, RN, CNS-BC, RN-BC, Associate Professor, Acute Nursing Care, UTHSCSA
  • Cherri A. Hicks, MSN, RN, CNS, Instructor/Clinical, Family Nursing Care, UTHSCSA
  • Brenda S. Jackson, PhD, RN, Associate Professor, Acute Nursing Care, UTHSCSA
  • Virginia Lester, RN, MSN, CNOR, Health Systems Specialist, Business Operations, TRICARE South
  • Linda S. Levy, MLS, AHIP, Assistant Library Director for Branch Libraries and Database Services, Briscoe Library, UTHSCSA
  • Mike Matamoros, MS, Research Assistant, VERDICT; UTHSCSA
  • Katherine L. McDuffie, RN, MSN, Doctoral Student, UTHSCSA
  • Mary Jo V. Pugh, PhD, RN, Research Health Scientist, VERDICT; Assistant Professor of Medicine, UTHSCSA
  • Janis Needham Rice, MSN, RN, CS, Assistant Professor/Clinical, Acute Nursing Care, UTHSCSA
  • John D. Rugh, PhD, Professor & Chair, Department of Orthodontics, UTHSCSA
  • Laurajo Ryan, PharmD, MSc, BCPS, CDE, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy, UTHSCSA, Pharmacotherapy Education Research Center
  • Linda L. Spain, Event Planner, Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice, UTHSCSA