Sharing Our Expertise Beyond the Traditional Classroom
For more than a century, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing has been educating nurses, contributing to science, and innovating in nursing practice.
The school has a mission to advance nursing education, health equity and well-being through scientific discovery, innovation, evidence-based care, and lifelong learning.
Teaming with Care Transformation Studio provides our Faculty, Staff, and Alumni the opportunity to share their vast expertise with other nurses, researchers, and healthcare leaders and to engage in a community striving to improve healthcare delivery around the globe.
Pamela Jeffries
Dean and Velere Potter Professor of Nursing, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
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Experts in the Studio bring incredible insight, expertise, and practical experience to provider organizations, payers, health tech companies, private equity, and startups.
April Kapu
Associate Dean for Strategic Partnerships and Global Affairs Professor of Nursing
Dr. April Kapu is an accomplished healthcare executive with over 30 years in the field, including 20 years as a critical care nurse practitioner.
Dr. Kapu is frequently consulted for her expertise in advanced practice leadership and has presented in many national and international forums, authored chapters in advanced practice nursing textbooks, and published manuscripts in numerous peer-reviewed medical and nursing journals.
Pam Jeffries
Dean and Velere Potter Professor of Nursing, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
Internationally recognized leader and researcher in nursing and health care education, with a reputation for innovation in teaching strategies, experiential learning, new pedagogies and the use of technology.
Dr. Jeffries is internationally known for her research and work in nursing, simulation, and health care. Throughout the academic community, she is recognized for her scholarly contributions to executive leadership, the development of innovative teaching strategies, experiential learning techniques, new pedagogies, and the delivery of content using technology.
Mariann Piano
PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA Nancy and Hilliard Travis Professor of Nursing Senior Associate Dean for Research, Postdoctoral Fellowship Director
Dr. Piano has a distinguished career in substance abuse research focusing on understanding the adverse effects of unhealthy alcohol drinking patterns on the cardiovascular system. Her research has focused on strategies (e.g. diuretic self-adjustment) to prevent frequent hospital admissions in heart failure patients and to identify mechanisms that underlie heart failure symptoms.
Ruth Kleinpell
Independence Foundation Professor of Nursing Education Associate Dean for Clinical Scholarship, Professor Interim Senior Associate Dean for Academics
Dr. Kleinpell has conducted research related to patient and family centered care, advanced practice nursing roles, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on intensive care unit (ICU) clinicians, and patient outcomes in hospitalized older adults.
She has also conducted research focusing on outcomes after ICU treatment and role development of acute care nurse practitioners, among other funded studies. She is currently serving as project director for a Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)-funded initiative focusing on addressing barriers to patient and family engagement in intensive care unit (ICU) research.
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Experts come from all areas of the healthcare ecosystem including providers, payers, solution providers, investors, and health tech. Not everyone on the platform will be globally or nationally recognized, but the primary criterion is experience and expertise that fits a customer’s specific need.
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How much of the fee that I charge do I receive?
A Stripe Fee and Platform Fee are deducted.The Stripe Fee generally is 2.9% of the Fee plus $ .30 for processing the payment. We deduct the Stripe Fee leaving a Net Fee. The Platform Fee is 7.5% of the Net Fee and you receive 92.5% of the Net Fee.
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