2025 IPR.Global SRI Presenters and Mentors
Dr. Amy Blue is the Associate Vice President for Interprofessional Education at the University of Florida. She has been involved in interprofessional education (IPE) since 2007, and prior to that, was involved in medical education for many years. Dr. Blue has presented at numerous professional conferences and has published extensively in the IPE and medical education literature. She is a Senior Editor for the Journal of Interprofessional Care, and an Associate Editor for the Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice. She was a co-founder of the American Interprofessional Health Collaborative (AIHC) and has served as Chair of the organization. |
Dr. Maria Brucato is the Director of Assessment, Evaluation, and Research at Jefferson Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education (JCIPE) at Thomas Jefferson University. She received her BA in Psychology with Cognitive and Computer Science minors from Montclair State University, and her PhD in Psychology, Cognition and Neuroscience from Temple University with a concentration in Quantitative Methods. Broadly her work involves the application of psychometrics, cognitive science, and social psychology to research in interprofessional collaborative practice and education. Current research projects involve 1) application of theories from social science using quantitative and qualitative methods to evaluate the impact of interprofessional education and collaborative practice interventions on participants; 2) leveraging psychometric and cognitive interviewing techniques to improve validity and reliability of IPE/CP measurement tools; 3) use of observational techniques to understand the association of healthcare professionals’ trait/state perspective-taking with team- and patient-level outcomes. She serves on the AIHC Evidence Collaborative, and the IPR.Global Steering Committee. |
Dr. Jo Ann Coco-Ripp is licensed in both Utah and North Carolina as a Recreation Therapist. She has been a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist for more than 30 years. Through her practice she has worked on many multidisciplinary teams in behavioral health, developmental disabilities, outdoor adventure, and many other settings. This experience as a practitioner is included in her current role of over 20 years as a faculty member for Therapeutic Recreation. She has done research in the IPE area as well as co-led large IPE events for students from multiple disciplines and across several universities. |
Maryjan Fiala’s commitment to interprofessional collaboration is influenced by her son’s complex medical journey. After his premature birth and nearly 19 months in the hospital, he transitioned to home, still requiring ventilator support and around-the-clock care. Maryjan serves as the Consumer and Family Programs Specialist at the University of Nebraska Medical Center Munroe-Meyer Institute in addition to teaching undergraduate business courses. Maryjan is pursuing a PhD in Adult Learning and Leadership at Kansas State University. Her research focuses on the construction of knowledge among caregivers and health care professionals, reflecting her dedication to improving patient and family experiences. |
Dr. Isabelle Gaboury is a Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine at Université de Sherbrooke, Canada. Her research program focuses on interprofessional collaboration in primary care and the organizational changes needed to support it. With a background in biostatistics and population health, she has developed extensive expertise in program evaluation, quality improvement and qualitative methods. Over the past 15 years, Dr. Gaboury has worked closely with healthcare teams across Canada to design, implement, and assess strategies that strengthen interprofessional practices and improve patient care. She is frequently invited as a speaker and advisor on interprofessional collaboration and organizational change, and she has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed publications. Through her work, she is committed to advancing a culture of collaboration that bridges clinical practice, research, and health system innovation. |
Professor Emeritus Dr. John H. V. Gilbert is a seminal leader in the education of health & social care professionals in British Columbia, Canada, and globally. His vision and leadership led to the concept of interprofessional education being developed as a central tenet of collaborative person-centred practice and care. He was Co-Chair of the WHO Study Group on Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice, is a Fellow, Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, a Member of the Order of Canada, Canada’s highest civilian award, and holds the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal. He was awarded the degree Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa from Dalhousie University. |
Dr. Shawn E. Holt, Chief Research Officer/Associate Provost for Research & Innovation at WSSU. Dr. Holt received a BA in Biology from Colorado College and a PhD in Genetics from Texas A&M University. Following a fellowship in aging and cancer at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, he became an Assistant Professor, then Associate Professor, in the School of Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he taught, published, researched, mentored students and faculty, and directed a PhD program. Dr. Holt then started a company, Presidium Athletics, where he published 2 patents and developed innovative products to protect athletes from injury. Since then, Dr. Holt has served as Professor, Chair, Scientific Review Officer/Manager, and Dean, with affiliations at Virginia State University, Richard Bland College (VA), Gardner-Webb University (NC), and General Dynamics. In his role as Chief Research Officer at WSSU, Dr. Holt oversees grants management, research administration, and program development. |
Dr. Hossein Khalili is an internationally recognized scholar and visionary leader in interprofessional education and collaborative practice (IPECP), healthcare resilience, and system transformation. He currently serves as Professor and Senior Associate Dean of Academic Administration in the School of Health Sciences at Winston-Salem State University, and as President of InterprofessionalResearch.Global (IPR.Global). Dr. Khalili plays an active role in numerous national and international initiatives. He is a Distinguished Fellow and Scholar of the National Academies of Practice (NAP), Co-Facilitator of the AIHC Evidence Collaborative, Chair of the AIHC Conference Affiliate, and a member of the AIHC Collaboration Hub. Internationally acknowledged for his impact on healthcare education, Dr. Khalili was named to Marquis Who’s Who for his leadership in advancing interprofessional collaboration. His research-driven contributions—most notably the pioneering Interprofessional Socialization Framework and the Dual Identity Model—have shaped the future of interprofessional learning and collaboration across the United States and globally. |
Dr. Kelly Lackie is an Associate Professor and Associate Director, Simulation-based Education & Interprofessional Education, Dalhousie University School of Nursing; an Affiliate Scientist at Nova Scotia Health; and cross-appointed to the Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University. Dr. Lackie sits on the InterprofessionalResearch.Global (IPR.Global) Steering Committee and is co-Chair of the IPR.Global Summer Research Institute. Her research focuses on interprofessional education and collaborative practice (IPECP) and psychological safety, examined through an equity, diversity, inclusion, accessibility (EDIA) lens. Dr. Lackie aims to enhance how health professional students are taught thereby fostering the development of a collaborative practice-ready workforce. Her work, showcased in peer-reviewed publications and international conferences, highlights the importance of psychological safety in IPECP for challenging historical dominance in the learning and practice environment. |
Sylvia Langlois is currently Associate Professor Emerita, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy at the University of Toronto. Until June 2025, she worked as the Associate Director, Academics at the Centre for Advancing Collaborative Healthcare and Education, University of Toronto and the University Health Network. She is continuing her role as a Co-Editor of the Journal of Research in Interprofessional Practice and Education. Research interests in the interprofessional sphere has focussed on interprofessional teaching approaches (e.g. health, arts, and humanities and health system science) and more specifically, the partnership of people with lived experience in interprofessional education curricular development and implementation. |
As a board member of the Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative (CIHC) and a remote faculty member of the University of Toronto’s Centre for Advancing Collaborative Healthcare & Education, (CACHE) Kent is a first-time newbie to the IPR Global Summer Research Institute team. While he grew up in the Vancouver area of British Columbia, caring early-childhood treatment for congenital cerebral palsy and pediatric asthma taught Kent more by demonstration than by declaration about the positive principles of patient-centered practice that would inspire him to put healthcare at the center of much of his professional life. Trained in paramedicine as a teenager, and later in health specialty broadcast/print journalism, communications production, and publishing, Kent has been an interdisciplinary clinical educator at both the university and health authority levels for over 10 years, He continues to persist in perpetuating and promoting team-based care and has partnered with collaborators to co-produce both biomedical/pharmaceutical intervention studies and clinical-experience-focused applications of what Canada now calls patient-oriented research. Kent especially appreciates the Team-Based Care sensibility that POR brings to the conduct of health research to meaningfully inform best practices in patient care. |
Dr. Barbara Maxwell is the Associate Dean & Executive Director of the Interprofessional Practice and Education Center at Indiana University, and an Associate Dean & Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at the IU School of Medicine. She has been active in Interprofessional practice and education nationally and internationally since the late 1980’s working in the US, Europe, and Asia. She is the US representative to Interprofessional.Global: The Global Confederation for Interprofessional Practice and Education. She is also a Distinguished Scholar and Fellow of the National Academies of Practice, and was awarded the Nicholas A Cummings Award for Extraordinary Contributions to Interprofessional Healthcare in 2021. She is an Advisory Board member of The Network Towards Unity for Health and a member of InterprofessionalResearch.Global. |
Dr. Barret Michalec is an associate professor in the Edson College, and the Associate Dean for Barrett, the Honors College, at Arizona State University. A sociologist by training, Michalec’s research examines socialization and professionalization processes and mechanisms nested within health professions education and practice – most notably those impacting socio-emotional and team-based skills and attributes. His work also explores disparities in health, healthcare, and within the health professions, with a focus on the socio-cultural design of health pre-professional pathways. |
Dr. Melissa Owens is Director of Nurse Education at the University of York, a Russell Group university in the UK. She serves on the board of CAIPE and is a certified ‘Train the Trainer’ for a national initiative supporting healthcare staff in understanding the needs of people with learning disabilities and autistic individuals. With a Doctorate in Education (2015), her research focuses on pedagogy and interprofessional education (IPE), particularly within family practice settings. She has led and contributed to various funded projects on IPE, including the use of art, evaluation of university-based IPE, and students’ epistemologies across health disciplines. Dr. Owens has published widely, including a recent scoping review protocol on interprofessional mental health identity and a co-authored book chapter on IPE faculty development. She co-leads CAIPE’s Faculty Development Working Group and leads Sim-IPE initiatives at York. |
Dr. Sheri Lynn Price is a Professor with the School of Nursing, Dalhousie University, and an Affiliate Scientist at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Dr. Price is also a Collaborator with the Pan-Canadian Health Human Research Network and a Co-Investigator with the WHO Collaborating Centre for Health Workforce Planning. Her program of research is focused in the areas of health services, interprofessional education and collaboration and healthcare work environments. Her recent program of research has advanced our understanding of how early influences on professional identity formation can impact interprofessional socialization and collaborative practice. |
Dr. Craig Slater is a Clinical Associate Professor and Director of Interprofessional Education and Practice at Boston University, Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences. In this role, Dr. Slater leads the IPE curriculum for students in occupational therapy, nutrition, physical therapy, and speech language pathology, and has co-developed the Interprofessional Leadership in Healthcare Certificate. He has practiced as an occupational therapist in various settings. Over the past 15 years, he has taught IPE at universities in both Australia and the United States, and has led large-scale interprofessional training initiatives for practicing health professionals. Dr. Slater serves on the Steering Committee of IPR.Global and co-chairs the IPR.Global Summer Research Institute. He is on the editorial board of WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation, and actively contributes to the American Interprofessional Health Collaborative. Dr. Slater’s research centers on advancing IPECP, with an emphasis on curriculum development and team-based learning. |
Dr. Nancy Smith received her MPT and DPT from Saint Louis University, and her PhD in Curriculum and Instruction with a specialization in Learning Design and Technology at North Carolina State University. She is a Certified Clinical Specialist in Geriatrics from the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialists. Prior to teaching at Winston-Salem State University, she practiced in geriatrics and acute care for 11 years. In her practice, her experiences have ranged from practicing as a staff-level therapist to managing multiple skilled nursing facilities clinically and operationally. Dr. Smith holds a Credentialed Clinical Instructor certification and has experience as a clinical instructor. Dr. Smith’s research focuses on the effects of mobile technology on clinical reasoning, and interprofessional education using human patient simulation, community engagement, and standardized patients. |
Dr. Sue Wenker is an associate professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health. She sits on multiple education and professional development committees for the UW Madison and is co-coordinator of the UW CIPE Healthy Aging Initiative. Dr. Wenker’s interests lie in program development and evaluation evident by her involvement in both state and national education programming. In 2020 Dr. Wenker received two awards through the Academy of Geriatrics, the Joan M Mills Award, the highest award in the Academy, and the Distinguished Educator Award. She was a recipient of the SMPH Dean’s Teaching Award in 2021. |
Dr. Meg Zomorodi serves as the Associate Provost for Interprofessional Health Initiatives which includes the Office of Interprofessional Education and Practice (IPEP) and Office of Health Professions Advising (HPA) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She also serves as the Vice President for the Robert A. Ingram Institute for Equitable Healthcare Access through UNC Health. Dr. Zomorodi received her BSN and PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, and in 2014 was selected as a Josiah Macy Faculty Scholar. She currently serves as the Director of the Rural Interprofessional Health Initiative (RIPHI), funded by The William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust, in which interprofessional teams of students work together with rural and underserved communities to give back using a quality improvement methodology. |
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