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2016 Scientific Program Committee

Debra Gordon, DNP RN FAAN (Chair)
Teaching Associate
University of Washington

Claudia Campbell, PhD
Associate Professor
Johns Hopkins University

Julie Carlsten Christianson, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Kansas Medical Center 

Michael Gold, PhD (Chair-elect)
Associate Professor
University Pittsburg

Sara Hall, RN CNS
Clinical Nurse Specialist

Christopher Herndon, PharmD BCPS
Associate Professor
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Nathaniel Jeske, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Texas Health Science Center of San Antonio

Erin Krebs, MD MPH
Associate Professor
University of Minnesota

Linda Porter, PhD
Health Science Policy Advisor for Pain
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/National Institutes of Health

See Wan Tham, MBBS
Senior Fellow and Acting Instructor
Seattle Children’s Hospital

Zina Trost, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Ex-Officio
Greg Terman, MD PhD
APS President
University of Washington

Esther Bernhofer, PhD RN-BC CPE
Lead Nurse Planner
Senior Nurse Researcher
Cleveland Clinic

 

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