Principal Investigators (Vida Health Communications)
John M. Craine, MS, MBA
Lisa McElaney, MFA
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Researchers
Dan Hartley, EdD
Marilyn Ridenour, BSN, MBA, MPH, CPH
Cammie Chaumont Menendez, MS, MPH, PhD
Lead Research Consultant/Course Author
Lee Ann Hoff, PhD, RN
Project Manager (Vida Health Communications)
Barbara Costa, MS
Expert Advisors
Evelyn I. Bain, MEd, RN, COHN-S, FAAOHN
Former Associate Director and Coordinator
Division of Health and Safety for Massachusetts Nurses Association
Gabriele I. Cohen, RN, MEd, LNC
PeriOperative Legal Consultant
Donna Gates, EdD, MSPH, MSN, FAAN
Adjunct Professor of Nursing, University of Cincinnati
Susan Goodwin Gerberich, PhD, MSPH, BSN
Mayo Professor, Division of Environmental Health Sciences
School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
Director and Principal Investigator
Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety, Education and Research Center
Co-Director, Regional Injury Prevention Research Center and Center for Violence
Prevention and Control
Barbara Glick, RN, MS
Clinical faculty, Mass General Hospital Institute for Healthcare Professionals
Martha Griffin, PhD, CS, RN
Director of Research and Education
Boston Medical Center
MaryAnn Gruden, CRNP, MSN, NP-C, COHN-S/CM
AOHP Association Community Liaison
Manager, Employee Health Services
West Penn Allegheny Health System
Allegheny General Hospital
The Western Pennsylvania Hospital
Elise Handelman, MEd, RN
Former Director, OSHAs Office of Occupational Health Nursing (1991-2010)
Fellow, American Association of Occupational Health Nurses
Daniel Hartley, EdD
Workplace Violence Prevention Coordinator
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Nancy Hughes, MS, RN
Past Director, Center for Occupational and Environmental Health
American Nurses Association
Marilyn Lanza, DNSc, ARNP, CS, FAAN
Associate Chief for Nursing Research
Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital
Jane A. Lipscomb, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor, University of Maryland Schools of Nursing and Medicine
Director, School of Nursings Work and Health Research Center
Matt London, MS
NY State Public Employees Federation, Health and Safety Department
University of Maryland-Baltimore School of Nursing
Deborah McCarter-Spaulding, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor of Nursing, Saint Anselm College
Kathleen McPhaul, PhD, MPH, RN
Assistant Professor
Specialty Director Community/Public Health
University of Maryland School of Nursing
Cammie Chaumont Menendez, MS, MPH, PhD
Research Epidemiologist
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Bonnie S. Michelman, MS, MBA
Director of Police, Security and Outside Services, Massachusetts General Hospital
Security Consultant, Partners Healthcare
Past President, Former Chair, International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety (IAHSS)
Nancy M. Nachreiner, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, School of Public Health
Georgia L. Perdue, DNP, FNP-BC, CRNP
Vice President, Nursing and Program Services, Conmed Healthcare
Marilyn Ridenour, BSN, MBA, MPH, CPH
Commander, US Public Health Service
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Jonathan Rosen, MS, CIH
Safety and Health Specialist
NY State Public Employees Federation, AFL-CIO (Retired)
Carol Runyan, MPH, PhD
Professor of Epidemiology and Community and Behavioral Health
Colorado School of Public Health
Director, Child and Adolescent Injury Research Program, Childrens Hospital Colorado
Craig Slatin, ScD, MPH
Professor, Department of Community Health and Sustainability
University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Judith A. Vessey, PhD, MBA, FAAN
Lelia Holden Carroll Professor of Nursing
Boston College
William F. Connell School of Nursing
Special Acknowledgment
Kathleen Bartholomew
Gino Chisari
James Covino
Brian French
Suzanne Gordon
Martha Griffin
Jeanne McHale
Christina Stone
Harvard Real Estate
Knight Center Simulation Lab, Massachusetts General Hospital