2012 international new Fellows - American Academy of Nursing

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Janis millER, pHD, msn, bsn, apRn
Janis Miller’s research was recognized early when as a doctoral student she was named the
American Nurses Foundation Nancy Fugate Woods Scholar. She now has more than 15 years
of continuous NIH and private research support.
Dr. Miller’s work, fueled by clinical observations as an adult nurse practitioner, has demonstrated
the predictive factors at first vaginal birth for pelvic floor muscle tear, the injury associated with
developing pelvic floor disorders later in life. This and other initiatives are innovative in revealing
the mechanisms of pelvic floor disorders, which then drive new intervention development.
Her program of research has generated interdisciplinary affirmation with six awards for firstauthored
best paper/abstract/poster and 13 awards for co-authored dissemination (reflecting
her mentorship and collaboration contributions) from such prestigious groups as the International
Continence Society, the American Urogynecologic Society, the Journal of Wound, Ostomy and
Continence Nursing, and the National institute of Digestion, Diabetes, and Kidney.
Dr. Miller is a longstanding leader of the world-class University of Michigan Pelvic Floor
Research Group (PFRG), an NIH funded Specialized Center of Research for more than 10
years. She provides an influential nursing perspective to that Center and strong interdisciplinary
mentorship to date of 12 international scholars and fellows. With her PFRG medical colleagues,
Dr. Miller initiated and practices in the Healthy Healing clinic, a widely recognized model of
interprofessional care treating birth-related injury. She is now leading a new initiative to address
gender-based violence in Democratic Republic of Congo through helping seed a research center
at Panzi Hospital.
patRiCia pOsa, Rn, bsn, msa
Patricia Posa is a System Performance Improvement Leader for critical care at Saint Joseph
Mercy Health System (SJMHS) in Ann Arbor, Michigan, part of Trinity Health. She is responsible
for patient safety, quality and implementation of evidence-based practice.
Over her career, Ms. Posa has held leadership roles in practice, education, administration and
performance improvement, focusing on critical care. Excellence in clinical practice is her passion.
As chairperson for SJMHS in the state-wide Keystone ICU patient safety program, she leads an
interdisciplinary team that developed innovative implementation strategies to improve the culture
of safety, prevent hospital acquired infections, and improve patient outcomes. Subsequently,
she was appointed to the Keystone ICU Advisory Board that continues to define direction and
provide oversight for patient safety improvement programs and sustainability of clinical outcomes
throughout the state of Michigan. These programs have resulted in breakthrough achievements,
setting new benchmarks nationally. Ms. Posa was appointed a member of the Technical Expert
Panel, funded by AHRQ, to implement this program in all 50 states.
Ms. Posa has made a significant impact through co-designing a comprehensive 4 tier model for
hospital implementation of evidence-based care for severe sepsis. She leads implementation
of this effort at SJMHS resulting in a 54% reduction in mortality for septic shock; she also
assists implementation across Trinity Health and other hospitals throughout the country. She has
published many articles and lectures nationally on sepsis management and critical care topics.
Ms. Posa received her BSN from Wayne State University and her masters in healthcare
administration from Central Michigan University.
miCHEllE tROsEtH, msn, Rn, Dpnap
Michelle Troseth is the Executive Vice President and Chief Professional Practice Officer of
Elsevier and the Clinical Practice Model Resource Center.
Ms. Troseth has over 25 years of experience in co-designing and implementing evidence-based
practice and technology infrastructures to support patient-centered care and interdisciplinary
integration at the point of care across hundreds of healthcare settings. Her focus has been with
an international consortium on creating practice and content interoperability that supports all
disciplines and the entire patient/family experience. Ms. Troseth has provided key leadership on
standardizing evidence-based care within health information technology systems and coding of
content representing nursing’s professional scope of practice to national standard vocabularies.