2025-2026 Interdisciplinary Research Group on Nursing Issues Advisory Committee Members
Dr. Karen Lasater is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Read Bio
Dr. Joshua Porat-Dahlerbruch is an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing. Read Bio
Pamela B. DeGuzman is a Ph.D. and M.B.A.-prepared health services research working as the Nurse Scientist at UVA Health in Charlottesville, Virginia, with a faculty appointment at the UVA School of Nursing Read Bio
Kathryn Connell, PhD, RN, CCRN, is an Assistant Professor of Nursing in the Department of Biobehavioral Health... Read Bio
Heather Brom, PhD, RN, NP-C is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR) at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Read Bio
Dr. Monica O'Reilly-Jacob, Ph.D., FNP-BC, is a nursing health services researcher with a focus in primary care. Read Bio
Dr. Annis is a health services researcher and Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing at Michigan State University. Read Bio
Andrew Dierkes is an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing and director of the Health Services and Policy Research Hub, a collaborative initiative advancing health policy research, education, and impact. Read Bio
Justinna Dixon, B.S.N., RN is a current T32 predoctoral trainee in the Comparative and Cost-Effectiveness (CER2) fellowship at Columbia School of Nursing’s Center for Healthcare Delivery Research and Innovations Read Bio
Dr. Sooyoung Kim is a Postdoctoral Scholar at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, working within CATALYST—the Center for the Advancement of Team Science, Analytics, and Systems Thinking. Read Bio
Dr. K. Jane Muir, PhD, MSHP, RN is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at Penn Nursing in the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research with a secondary appointment in the Department of Emergency Medicine. Read Bio
Kathy Sliwinski PhD, MBE, RN is a current AHRQ T-32 post-doctoral fellow in the Center for Health Services and Outcomes (CHSOR) at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. Read Bio
Student Representative
Sarah S. Giordano, BSN, RN, AHN-BC is a PhD student in nursing and board-certified holistic nurse with nearly two decades of clinical and leadership experience in emergency medicine, global health, wellness, and digital innovation. Read Bio