The American Academy of Nursing (AAN) has named three current and one former faculty member of the Indiana University (IU) School of Nursing as 2018 Fellows. Lisa Carter-Harris, Wendy Miller, Joyce Pittman, and former faculty member Kimberly Harper will be inducted as fellows during AAN’s annual conference in November.

Robin Newhouse, dean and distinguished professor in the IU School of Nursing, tells News.IU.edu, “Our new IU School of Nursing fellows join an esteemed group of leaders past and present who have made a significant impact on nursing practice, patient care and health. On behalf of the school, I congratulate my colleagues on receiving national recognition by the academy for their outstanding contributions.”

Lisa Carter-Harris is an assistant professor whose research focuses on improving patient-provider communication and the shared decision-making process in lung cancer screening which has been used widely to help more people get early screening and treatment for lung cancer.

Wendy Miller is an associate professor and director of the Social Network Health Research Lab where she oversees interdisciplinary projects focused on capturing patient’s voices. Her research is focused on generating knowledge to advance the science in the area of chronic disease self-management with an emphasis on improving the quality of life of adults with epilepsy through patient-centered interventions.

Joyce Pittman is an adjunct assistant professor and coordinator of the Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Program at IU’s Academic Health Center where she leads a team of 10 nurses and research focused on improving the quality of life of those with wound, ostomy, and continence issues.

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Kimberly Harper is chief executive officer of the Indiana Center for Nursing and serves as the nursing co-lead for the Indiana Action Coalition. She also served in a variety of roles over a 30-year period at Indiana University including nursing, marketing, and human resources leadership roles.

The American Academy of Nursing is composed of over 2,500 nurse leaders representing all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and 29 countries. To learn more about the new fellows selected from Indiana University’s School of Nursing, visit here.

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