Rae Walker is an Associate Professor, Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, and the only nurse Invention Ambassador for the American Association for the Advancement of Science. They direct the Nursing PhD Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst where they co-founded and direct the multidisciplinary research group Health Tech for the People, which focuses on critical evaluation of artificial intelligence and AI ethics. Following service in the U.S. Peace Corps, they completed their nursing training, PhD, Certificates in Nursing Education and Health Inequities, and a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. They teach courses on data narratives, measurement, and power, and their scholarship focuses on community-directed health innovation and digital defense against technologies and data regimes that cause harm. In 2021 they were awarded UMass Amherst’s Distinguished Teaching Award. Their advocacy for nurse-led innovation, design justice and more inclusive invention ecosystems has been featured on numerous podcasts, the TEDx stage, and in magazines such as Forbes, Scientific American, Science and on NPR.

Philbert is a Clinical Nurse 3 in 14Moffitt – a stepdown unit at UCSF Parnassus. 14Moffitt is a 28-bed adult medical-surgical high acuity unit that provides care to a diverse patient population with an emphasis on acute and chronic medical patients. Philbert has been at UCSF for 16 years. He completed a master’s degree in nursing administration in 2010 and became PCCN certified in 2017. He is 14Moffitt’s representative to the Clinical Practice Council and Magnet Unit-Department Champion Council. Philbert has been a preceptor to new grads, new hires, and new charge nurses. He is passionate in creating workflows that help promote a safe environment for patients and nurses. He was nominated to the 2021 Acute and Transitional Care Nursing Award. Aside from being an EBP fellow, Philbert is passionate on QI initiatives. He is currently working on creating an IVIG calculator within the APeX system to help nurses to safely administer IVIG.

Emily, AGACNP-BC, is an east coast transplant originally from Philadelphia, PA, who currently practices as a Critical Care Nurse Practitioner at UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco, CA. She received her MSN from the University of Pennsylvania while working full-time as a medical-surgical nurse at the Hospital of UPenn. In the following year, she pursued her passion for critical care and completed the Surgical and Critical Care Nurse Practitioner Fellowship at UCSF Medical Center in 2020. When COVID-19 hit San Francisco, Emily and her co-fellow collaborated with leaders at UCSF to initiate and implement one of the first drive-through COVID-19 testing sites for employees and patients in the San Francisco bay area. To learn more, take a moment to read her and her colleague's publication in the Journal for Nurse Practitioners, titled Implementation of a Nurse Practitioner Led Drive-Through COVID-19 Testing Site (October, 2020). Currently, she is an integral team member of the UCSF Critical Care Advanced Practice Provider department providing evidence-based, expert care and proficiency in standardized procedures throughout the institution’s various ICUs. She takes accountability in her professional growth and development mentoring new-to-practice APNs and APP fellows, co-leading Journal Club for the critical care APP department and implementing patient-centered change as a current fellow in UCSF’s Evidence-Based Fellowship program. Emily’s EBP project focuses on music medicine for the adult intubated patient population in the ICU.

Brian is a respiratory care practitioner whose career at UCSF Health spans 37 years. In this time he played a significant role in clinical practice updates in adult acute care, transitional care, and critical care. He has made meaningful contributions to advancing clinical practice in his field.  This has been evident through the following recognitions: California’s Society for Respiratory Care’s Practitioner of the Year; University of California’s, “Chancellor’s Diversity Award”; “NHLBI Outstanding Contribution to the Study of Respiratory Management in Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome”; UCSF Stanford Nursing Department’s “Colleague of the Year”; University of California, San Francisco “Outstanding Performance Award”. Brian is currently a Clinical Specialist for adult respiratory care and remains enthusiastic in his collaboration with the Department of Nursing and UCSF Health disciplines as a whole.

Mya has over 18 years of clinical experience in adult cardiac ICU nursing. She currently serves as Unit Director of the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at UCSF Health. She has recognized and prioritized the importance of professional wellbeing of a team and engaged in opportunities to support this important work.

Marisa's nursing career spans over the last 28 years. She began her career in a cardiac telemetry step down unit and has since had various roles that include home care, practice RN in Gynecology Oncology and finally extensive experience in outpatient infusion. She has been with UCSF since 2009 in the outpatient solid tumor infusion centers. She is an expert in peripheral IV insertion and joined the adult infusion IV team formally in 2023,but has supported this work for many years. Clinical interests include vascular access and she is the infusion representative on the UCSF CLABSI reduction committee. She participates in quality improvement work around this topic.

Anna Hoyt is an Outreach Nurse on the Care Transitions Outreach Team in the Office of Population Health at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). In 2017, Anna joined the Care Transitions Outreach Program, which has been recognized with UCSF’s Patient Safety award and Team PRIDE award. In her current role on this team, she participates in the design and implementation of innovative interdisciplinary transitional care programs serving populations such as the Medicare Shared Savings Program and including a Virtual High Risk Transitional Care model and health equity interventions. Anna received a “Great Catch” Award in 2017 for escalating a clinical safety problem and taking action to mitigate patient harm. Prior to joining the Office of Population Health, Anna worked as a Clinical Nurse on UCSF’s high acuity transitional care unit. She has been a nurse for 15 years.

Born in a small town in Southern California, Brianna cultivated a profound dedication to nursing at a young age, notably while attending to her grandmother amidst the challenges posed by Alzheimer's disease. This pivotal experience galvanized her unwavering commitment to the field of nursing. In 2017, Brianna achieved academic distinction, obtaining both her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Nursing Science from San Francisco State University. Her professional journey commenced at Rady's Children's Hospital in San Diego in 2018. Subsequently, she transitioned to a pivotal role within the Pediatric Cardiac ICU at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital. Within the esteemed confines of UCSF, Brianna assumes a leadership role, chairing the Clinical Practice Committee. Her responsibilities extend to mentoring and onboarding new nursing graduates, initiating the CRRT team in the CICU, and serving as the Registered Nurse project lead for the SSI and Wound Complication Reduction Task Force. Brianna's groundbreaking contributions in mitigating SSI and Wound Complications among Pediatric Cardiac Surgery patients garnered recognition at esteemed platforms. Her innovative endeavors were prominently featured at both the 2023 UCSF Health Improvement Symposium and the 2023 World Congress for Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery. Driven by a passion for cultural enrichment, Brianna consistently seeks opportunities to broaden her horizons. Most notably, she collaborated with the Saloni Heart Foundation on a transformative mission to Lucknow, India, aimed at establishing a state-of-the-art Pediatric Heart Center at the SG Postgraduate Institute of Medical Science (SGPGI).

I am a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Targeted Research and Academic Training Program for Nurses in Genomics (T32NR009759) at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing and am a research affiliate with the Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center. I am a 2022 graduate of the UCSF School of Nursing PhD program where I was advised by Drs. Christine Miaskowski and Kord Kober. My program of research is focused on an evaluation of the biological, social, and environmental factors that underlie symptom clusters and contribute to health disparities in patients living with cancer. Informed by 10 years of inpatient oncology nursing experience, the goals of my program of research are to identify risk factors (i.e., biological, social, environmental) that contribute to the development of symptom clusters and inter-individual variability in how patients experience symptom clusters and to develop targeted interventions to mitigate these negative outcomes.

Janet is a nurse practitioner (NP), received my Doctoral of Nursing Practice degree from University of Florida, and NP clinical trainings at Mayo Clinic, currently caring for patients with cardiogenic shock requiring temporary mechanical circulatory support (MCS) devices, and durable left ventricular devices (LVAD) at University of California San Francisco. Janet has been actively involved in projects and taskforces through several professional societies such as ISHLT, SCCM, ASAIO, and ICCAC; She has been also invited as a presenter, speaker, and moderator at regional, national, and international conferences. Currently, she is serving as an assistant clinical professor at school of nursing at UCSF. Her research interests are in patient safety, quality improvement (QI) and MCS related topics.

Jennifer is a highly experienced Nursing Informatics Leader with over 24 years in multiple healthcare settings like nursing informatics consulting, public health, and is a DEI Champion in UCSF. Currently a Clinical Nurse Informaticist at UCSF Health; In this role, she acts as a liaison between clinical and IT standards, aligning operational workflows, processes, and regulatory considerations. Jennifer is also member of the Health Informatics Antiracism committee and with collaboration designed the “Incorporating Cultural Humility in Clinical System Workflow Designs” workshop, to influence changing the way we think of drivers and impacts in clinical system designs to promote health equity thinking. She is a visionary change agent for clinical informatics, consistently delivering organizational goals and driving innovative process improvements to ensure safe and efficient care. Before coming to UCSF, Jennifer has held positions as the Nursing Informatics Consultant for Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, San Diego; in addition, Jennifer has done various independent informatics consultant roles, Director of Care Coordination public health nurse (PHN) in a federally qualified clinic system (FQC) leading a team for promoting access for specialized care needs for underserved populations. She holds a Bachelors in Nursing & a Masters in Nursing Informatics and is ANCC board certified in Nursing informatics, Certified Professional in Health Information Systems by HIMSS, a California certified public health nurse, holds a DEI Program Certificate and has a passion for collaborating with others for change and influencing for health equity in all areas of healthcare.

Elisa Jang obtained her BSN from the University of San Francisco, MS at the University of California, San Francisco as a cardiovascular clinical nurse specialist, and DNP as a nurse executive at Ohio State University.  Elisa is currently serving as the Associate Director for EBP at UCSF Leadership Institute and volunteer assistant clinical professor for UCSF School of Nursing.  She also serves as the co-chair for the EBP-C Certification Board for the Fuld National Institute.  Elisa has 19 years of experience as a clinical nurse specialist, specializing in critical care, evidence-based practice, implementation science, and professional development.  She has experience in teaching in an academic setting and as a research coordinator for clinical trials.  She specializes in implementing and sustaining evidence-based practice through culture change, building supportive infrastructures, and running an EBP Fellowship Program.  Elisa has presented nationally at conferences and published manuscripts and book chapters on cardiovascular disease, evidence-based practice, and implementation science.