IRGNI Advisory Committee

Ellen Kurtzman is a professor and the Executive Director of Health Administration in the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. Read Bio

Jamie Smith, Ph.D., R.N., is a post-doctoral research fellow in the Health Services and Outcomes Research for Aging Populations T32 training program at Johns Hopkins University. Read Bio

Dr. Hayley Germack is an Associate Director of Real World Value & Evidence at Janssen Scientific Affairs. Read Bio

Suzanne Courtwright, PhD, NP, NEA-BC is a T32 postdoctoral research fellow at Columbia University School of Nursing in the Comparative and Cost Effectiveness (CER2) Fellowship Program within the Center Healthcare Delivery Research and Innovations. Read Bio

Kathryn Riman, PhD, RN is a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Critical Care Medicine at the University... Read Bio

Maggie Root PhD(c), MSN, RN, CPNP-AC, CHPPN is an emerging nurse researcher who studies how pediatric palliative care teams add value to children’s hospitals. Read Bio

Eleanor Turi is a PhD student at Columbia University School of Nursing. Her research interests focus on nursing workforce and mental health care delivery, particularly related to how the primary care nurse practitioner organizational climate impacts mental health care delivery to patients in underserved areas. Read Bio

Dr. Annis is a health services researcher and Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing at Michigan State University. Read Bio

Dr. Lauren Ghazal is a family nurse practitioner and postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Michigan School of Nursing. Read Bio

Dr. Shirley Girouard is a co-director of the Brooklyn Initiative to Develop Geriatrics Education, Professor, and Associate Dean for Research and Community Partnerships at the College of Nursing at SUNY Downstate. Read Bio

An experienced health professions executive with expertise in operationalizing equity across health care policy, organizational strategy, health services research and workforce development. Read Bio

Chenjuan Ma, PhD MSN, is an assistant professor and health services researcher at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing. Read Bio

Dr. Blake McGee is a former emergency nurse with a PhD in nursing science and a focus on health policy. Read Bio

Jacqueline Nikpour is a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Future of Nursing Scholar and a rising third-year PhD student at Duke University School of Nursing. Read Bio

Dr. Thompson was born and raised Jamaica. He is a Preparing Future Faculty – Faculty Diversity (PFFFD) Postdoctoral Fellow in the Sinclair School of Nursing at the University of Missouri. Read Bio