Kathleen Valentine, Ph.D. MS, RN
Dr. Valentine has been a leader in nursing with a focus on population health, rural sites, and diverse populations. Her scholarly focus has been centered on the study of human caring within healthcare systems and its relationship to cost, quality, and satisfaction outcomes. Dr. Valentine is currently leading research efforts in the re-design of healthcare services for the aging population in both rural and urban settings. She is also a founding member of the Clemson University Academy of Nursing Excellence in Design.
Susan O’Hara, Ph.D., MPH, RN
Susan O’Hara, PhD, MPH, RN is an Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing. She was appointed following a post-doctoral faculty position with the Schools of Nursing and Architecture, and as a Clemson University School of Health Research embedded scholar. Dr. O’Hara provided critical, emergent, and outpatient care and management before founding O’Hara HealthCare Consultants, LLC. and has led teams of computer simulation engineers and architects planning over 40 health care design projects. Her current research is focused on Macrocognition in the Health Care Built Environment (mHCBE) – how the layout of an ICU affects interprofessional cognitive adaptation to com¬plexity, patient care quality and safety, and design; as well as the research around the relationship between community health nursing and home assessment. She is also a founding member of the Clemson University Academy of Nursing Excellence in Design, the chair of the Inaugural International Nursing Conference for Excellence in Healthcare Design: History, Design, and Innovation conference (August 2019), and has led the development of the certificate program with David Allison, under the direction of Dr. Kathleen Valentine.
Debbie Gregory, DNP, RN
Dr. Debbie Gregory is a national leader in healthcare design, innovation, and trans¬formation. As a nurse executive and interior designer, Dr. Gregory is passionate about “Intentional Design” that aligns People, Place, and Process. She creates and transforms environments into functional ecosystems using complex systems science and strategic thinking. Dr. Gregory has Doctorate of Nursing Practice in Health Innovation and Leadership with a focus on clinical transformation and reengineering the care delivery model of the future. She is the co-founder and past president of the Nursing Institute for Healthcare Design (NIHD) and current President of the Nursing Institute for Healthcare Design Foundation. She is also a founding member of the Clemson University Academy of Nursing Excellence in Design.
Jaynelle Stichler, DNS, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE, FAAN
Jaynelle F. Stichler is Professor Emerita of Nursing at San Diego State University, founding Co-Editor of HERD Journal, and founding member of NIHD. Dr. Stichler has experience as a healthcare executive and nurse consultant in the healthcare design industry and has consulted with over 150 hospitals nationally and internationally. Dr. Stichler has a passion for the built environment, the clinical voice, and the dissemina¬tion of design research. She spanned the boundary for the clinical voice to be present at the design table and paved the way for nurses to develop a vital role in the design and construction of the healthcare environment. She is also a founding member of the Clemson University Academy of Nursing Excellence in Design.
Joyce Durham RN, AIA, EDAC
Joyce Durham is the Principal and Senior Clinical Advisor at SmithGroupJJR, and has 30 years of clinical, healthcare consulting, and architectural experience. Her areas of expertise include clinical planning, needs analysis, operational planning, programming, master planning, design support, and post-occupancy evaluation. She is committed to using the physical environment to positively impact the delivery of care particularly in the areas of safety, efficiency, and patient and staff satisfaction. Durham is also a founding member of the Clemson University Academy of Nursing Excellence in Design.
Yolanda Keys, RN, MSN, DHA, NE-BC, EDAC
Dr. Keys is an associate professor for the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Leveraging her past experiences as an In-tensive Care Unit nurse, nurse manager and nursing director, she teaches leadership concepts and is using her work with nurse leaders to prepare students to be informed contributors to decisions related to the nurse work environment. She is also a founding member of the Clemson University Academy of Nursing Excellence in Design.
Kathy Okland, RN, MPH, EDAC
Kathy Okland has been a nurse for decades and in diverse roles. Kathy is the Past President of the Nursing Institute for Healthcare Design (2015), member of the Northwest Organization of Nurse Executives and serves on the Ed¬itorial Advisory Board for the Health Environments Research and Design Journal (HERD). As Co-Editor and contributing author for “Nurses as Leaders in Health¬care Design: A Resource for Nurses and Interprofessional Partners” Okland bridg¬es the clinical and business case for healing environments to enhance the human experience and drive performance outcomes. Kathy is employed by Herman Miller Healthcare as a Senior Healthcare Consultant. She is also a founding member of the Clemson University Academy of Nursing Excellence in Design.
Susan Silverman, MSN, MBA
Susan has over 35 years’ experience in healthcare and is highly skilled in the plan¬ning and design of healthcare projects. She is a Vice President at Blue Cottage of CannonDesign, a global architectural firm where she focuses on strategic planning, business model innovation, care model optimization, operational planning, operational optimi¬zation, and functional and space planning. Susan is also on the board of the New York Society for Health Planning and CANCER101. She is also a founding member of the Clemson University Academy of Nursing Excellence in Design.
Christine Staples, RN
Christine Staples is a Clinical Planner with the Defense Health Agency (DHA). She also has additional experience as a Facility Planner with the Army Health Facil¬ity Planning Agency (HFPA). Prior to her work with the Military Health System (MHS) Christine gained extensive experience as an RN. Most recently, she worked in the Perioperative setting as an RN circulator. Other nursing experience consists of Med. Surg., ICU and Home Healthcare to include Hospice care. She also served in the Navy as a Fleet Marine Force Corpsman with the Marines at Camp Pendle¬ton. She is also a founding member of the Clemson University Academy of Nursing Excellence in Design.
Terri Zborowsky, PHD, MSc, RN
Terri Zborowsky was a former registered nurse in Canada prior to getting her BID (University of Manitoba), MSc and PhD in Interior Design from the University of Minnesota. She is the Research Co-chair of the Nurs¬ing Institute for Health Care Design (NIHD) and teacher specialist in the Healthcare Design & Innovation Certificate at the University of Minnesota. She is currently a Design Researcher at HGA Architects and Engineers. She has published book chapters, peer reviewed articles and has a list of both national and international presentations all dealing with the impact the built environment has on users of healthcare facilities. She is also a founding member of the Clemson University Academy of Nursing Excellence in Design.
Jennie Evans
Past-President of the Nursing Institute of Healthcare Design and award winner of the HCD 10 in 2014, Jennie is passionate about the health of environments in cities, homes, and workplaces. Her healthcare career has ranged from pediatric intensive care nursing, planning, design and activation project manager, design strategist and planner at a leading architecture firm and a health designer for population health. She is the current National Director of Business Development at Mazzetti, an international engineering firm where she develops strategies for MEP and other services such as technology and sustainability to improve the quality of workplace environments.
Susan E. Ziel, BSN MPH JD
Susan is a health care coach and consultant with Integrity Health Strategies which allows her to use her 40+ years of experience as a registered nurse, nursing administrator, consultant and health care attorney. Susan serves as Secretary on the Board of Directors of the Nursing Institute for Healthcare Design (NIHD). She has completed the Health Care Design and Innovation Certificate Program at the University of Minnesota where she also serves as Affiliate Faculty with the School of Nursing and teaches the Health Care Law and Ethics course in the Health Services Management Program. Susan also serves as an Adjunct Professor with Clemson University’s School of Nursing.
Brenda McDermott, MSN, EDAC
Brenda McDermott serves as the Clinical Lead, for the Defense Health Agency [DHA] Facilities Division. McDermott is responsible for developing and sustaining the DoD space planning criteria, space templates and the Space and Equipment Planning System (SEPS), and Appendix A Behavioral Health Design, of the UFC 4-510-01. Ms. McDermott represents DHA as a member of The Facility Guidelines Institute, Health Guidelines Revision Committee (2015 to present) and is on the Editorial Board of the HERD Journal. Prior to joining DHA in 2013, Ms. McDermott held the position of Senior Clinical Planner, at the U.S. Army Health Facilities Planning Agency for 11 years. With experience as a licensed family nurse practitioner, Ms. McDermott has provided clinical planning and design input on DoD projects throughout the U.S. and overseas, to include medical centers and hospitals, ambulatory care and surgery centers, behavioral health facilities, National Intrepid Centers of Excellence satellite clinics, dental, and veterinary facilities.
Dina Battisto, PhD, M.S., M.Arch, B.Arch
Dina is Associate Professor in the School of Architecture at Clemson University where she teaches fluidly across the professional degree program, the Architecture + Health Concentration, and the interdisciplinary research degree programs. She is also the coordinator of the Built Environment and Health concentration area in the Planning, Design and Built Environment Ph.D. Program in the College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities. Dr. Battisto is a recognized expert in the area of Post Occupancy Evaluations and has developed facility evaluation methodologies and modular toolkits for clients worldwide. She has conducted single site facility performance assessments and cross-case comparisons across various healthcare settings.
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