Vice President for Health Promotion, University Chief Wellness Officer,
Dean and Helene Fuld Health Trust Professor of Evidence-Based Practice, College of Nursing, Professor of Pediatrics & Psychiatry, College of Medicine
Executive Director, the Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for EBP
The Ohio State University
Bernadette Melnyk is VP for Health Promotion, University Chief Wellness Officer (first at an institution of higher learning), the Helene Fuld Health Trust Professor for Evidence-based Practice and Dean of the College of Nursing at Ohio State, professor of pediatrics and psychiatry at OSU’s College of Medicine, and is Executive Director of The Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for Evidence-based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare. She is a pediatric and psychiatric mental health Nurse Practitioner, and a globally recognized expert in evidence-based practice, intervention research, child & adolescent mental health, and health & wellness. Dr. Melnyk’s funding record includes over 33 million dollars from federal agencies as PI. She is co-editor of seven books that focus on evidence-based practice, intervention research and evidence-based quality improvement, leadership, innovation and entrepreneurship, and mental health screening, assessment and evidence-based intervention, three of which have received the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Awards. She has over 480 publications. Dr. Melnyk is an elected fellow of the National Academy of Medicine, the American Academy of Nursing, the National Academies of Practice, and the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. She is a member of the NAM Action Collaborative for Clinician Well-being, the NASEM Promoting Emotional Well-Being and Resilience Expert Panel and is an elected executive board member of the National Forum for Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention.
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM