About Us
Leadership
Isabel Gross, MD, PhD, MPH
Yale University School of Medicine
Reach out: isabel.gross@yale.edu
Janice C. Palaganas, PhD, APRN, ANEF, FNAP, FAAN, FSSH
MGH Institute of Health Professions, Harvard Medical School
Reach out: jpalaganas@mgh.harvard.edu
Mandy Kirkpatrick, PhD, RN
Creighton University
Reach out: mandykirkpatrick@creighton.edu
Our Mission and Vision.
Mission
To sustain and innovate healthcare distance simulation.
Vision
The adept harnessing of healthcare distance simulation will free health professions educators of the limitations and challenges in education today and enable continuous learning for all health professions.
Project Membership
Taxonomy.
Chair: Todd Chang
Reach out: dr.toddchang@gmail.com
Core Group: Rachel Elkin, Tehnaz Boyle, Akira Nishisaki, Barbara Walsh, Doreen Benary, Marc Auerbach, Cheryl Camacho, Aaron Calhoun, Stephanie Stapleton, Travis Whitfill, Trish Wood, Jabeen Fayyaz, Isabel Gross, Anita Thomas
Advisory Group: Anne Ades, Linda Brown, Jon Duff, David Kessler, Ruth Loellgen, Janice Palaganas, Geethanjali Ramachandra, Jennifer Reid, Deniz Rudin, Elizabeth Sanseau, Sujatha Thyagarajan, Samreen Vora, Michael Wagner
Annual Summit.
Chairs: Alex Morton and Dawn Wawersik
Reach out: bamccaghren@gmail.com
Core Group: Shannon Bailey, Maria Bajwa, Aaron Calhoun, Rachel Elkin, Susan Eller, Jabeen Fayyaz, Sara Greer, Isabel Gross, Nicole Harder, Suzan Kardong-Edgren, Mandy Kirkpatrick, Maybelle Kou, Ashley Hughes, Patrick Hughes, Hani Lababidi, Connie Lopez, Janice Palaganas, Geethanjali Ramachandra, Jessica Ray, Ginny Riggall, Jill Sanko, Anita Thomas, Barbara Walsh
Scoping Review.
PI: Rachel Elkin
Reach out: rachel.l.elkin@gmail.com
Core Group: Geethanjali Ramachandra Janice Palaganas, Stephanie Stapleton, Jonathan Duff, Isabel Gross
Pictogram.
PIs: Maybelle Kou and Barbara Walsh
Reach out: bwalshmd1@gmail.com
Core Group: Janice Palaganas, Jonathan P. Duff, Suzie Kardong-Edgren, Patrick von Hauff, Elizabeth Sanseau, Geethanjali Ramachandra, Marc Auerbach, Isabel T Gross, Aaron Calhoun, Todd P. Chang, Mandy Kirkpatrick
Track Participants: Anita Thomas, Bryan Dang, Becky Damazo, Salam Daher, Khang Heegan, Shelita Kimble, Xiao Rong, Michele Spotts
SSH 2023 Research Summit: Distance, Hybrid, and Umbrella Review
PIs: Janice Palaganas and Isabel Gross
Reach out: jpalaganas@mgh.harvard.edu
Core Group: Isabel Gross, Janice Palaganas, Matthew Charnetski, Nuha Birido, Johnathan Duff, Rachel Elkin, Susan Eller, Mandy Kirkpatrick, Marc Lazarovici, Geethanjali Ramachandra, Jill Sanko, Stephanie Stapleton, Amanda Tarbet, Alex Morton, Cynthia Mosher, Dawn Wawersik
Survey.
PI: Janice Palaganas
Reach out: jpalaganas@mgh.harvard.edu
Core Group: Clement Buleon, Julia Caton, Gabe Reedy, Yoon Soo Park, Susan Eller, Michael Buyck, Barbara Walsh, Suzie Kardong-Edgren, Juli Maxworthy, Isabel Gross
Assessment and Evaluation.
PIs: Jonathan Duff and Sara Greer
Reach out: sara.greer@wustl.edu
Core Group: Michelle Abersold, Mark Adler, Nuha Birido, Clément Buléon, Rachel Elkin, Laura Gonzalez, Edgar Israel Herrera Bastida, Mallory Kargela, Yiqun Lin, Amar Patel, Margaret Verkuyl, Elizabeth Wells-Beede, Yuan Yuan Guangzhou
Human Factors.
PIs: Shannon Bailey, Ashley Hughes, Jessica Ray
Reach out: shannonbailey@usf.edu
Core Group: Rami Ahmed, Cheryl Camacho, Ebor Jacob, Florian Kreuzer, Connie Lopez, Geoffrey Miller
Faculty Development.
PIs: Patrick Hughes and Hani Lababidi
Reach out: hughesp3@gmail.com
Core Group: Maria Bajwa, Hani Lababidi, Melissa Morris, Alex Morton, Cynthia Mosher, Dawn Wawersik, Anne Herx-Weaver, Isabel Gross, Rami Ahmed, Janice Palaganas
Track Participants: Jared Kutzin, Mindi Anderson, Marc Auerbach, Amy Curtis, Aaron Hartstein, Anthony Kinney, James Leung, Jane Miller, Geethanjali Ramachandra, Stephanie Stapleton, Penni Watts
Psychological Safety.
Chairs: Aaron Calhoun and Susan Eller
Reach out: aaron.calhoun@louisville.edu
Track Participants: Dawn Wawersik, Adam Cheng, Daniel Dale, Jabeen Fayyaz, Isabel Gross, Nicole Harder, Sharouk Khanjar, Michaela Kolbe, Ruth Löllgen, José Aestre, Sarah Neville, Grace Ng, Melanie Poudevigne, Daniel Raemer, Jill Sanko
Co-Founders
Isabel Gross, MD, PhD, MPH
Dr. Isabel Theresia Gross is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician at Yale University School of Medicine. She is the Chair of the Scientific Review Committee of the International Network for Simulation-based Pediatric Innovation, Research, & Education (INSPIRE), is on the executive board of INSPIRE, and she serves on the Board of Directors for the International Pediatric Simulation Society (IPSS). Dr. Gross is an established simulation-based researcher and research mentor for her international colleagues. Her simulation-based research focus is on distance simulation, international outreach simulations, and the explorations of new methods and technologies in simulation-based education.
Reach out: isabel.gross@yale.edu
Janice C. Palaganas, PhD, APRN, ANEF, FNAP, FAAN, FSSH
Dr. Palaganas is a Professor at MGH Institute of Health Professions, Principal Faculty for the Center for Medical Simulation and Harvard Medical School, simulationist, behavioral scientist, humanitarian, educational innovator, and patient safety advocate.
She has combined her expertise in healthcare simulation, innovative educational technologies, interprofessional education, difficult conversations, and executive coaching in shaping healthcare education toward collaborative learning through reflective and deliberate practice toward patient safety.
Reach out: jpalaganas@mgh.harvard.edu