Our Leadership Team

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Heather Watson, Ph.D., R.N.

Dr. Heather Watson is the Nurse Scientist for the Johns Hopkins Health System; leading and conducting discipline-specific and interprofessional research to strengthen the implementation, adoption, and sustainability of best evidence for clinical, administrative, and nursing practice. She grew up in Colorado and served ten years in the United States Navy. Dr. Watson started her career as a maternal/child nurse, taught in baccalaureate and master’s curriculums, and held a senior research nurse position in public health. Dr. Watsons’ initial research was in maternal and fetal health, focusing on development and behavior. Currently, her focus is building capacity for nursing inquiry across the health system, using implementation science and practice as supporting theories and frameworks.

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Maddie Whalen - EBP Coordinator

Madeleine Whalen, M.S.N./M.P.H., R.N.

Madeleine Whalen is the Evidence-Based Practice Program Coordinator for the Johns Hopkins Health System, and an editor and author of the 4th and recently released 5th editions of the Johns Hopkins Evidence-Based Practice for Nurses and Healthcare Professionals, Model and Guidelines. In this role, she educates and supports frontline nurses in completing robust and actionable EBP projects rooted in bedside experience. She began her nursing career in the Emergency Department while earning her Master's Degrees in Nursing and Public Health. She is a Joanna Briggs Institute Scientific Writer and a member of the Journal of Emergency Nursing editorial board. She also serves as adjunct faculty at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and the Johns Hopkins Medicine Center for Global Emergency Care. Her professional interests include global health, evidence synthesis, and empowering nurses to advance to advance the profession and science of nursing through inquiry.

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Kymberlee Cox, D.N.P., R.N., N.P.D.-B.C., C.N.E.

Kymberlee Cox, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, CNE, works as a Nurse Inquiry Coordinator for the Johns Hopkins Health System. Her responsibilities include conducting and guiding nursing research, leading evidence-based practice, and overseeing quality improvement initiatives. Dr. Cox, who grew up in the twin-island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, began her career as an adult progressive care nurse in South Florida. She has earned a Master of Science in Nursing Education and Doctorate in Nursing Practice. Her professional interests include designing, implementing, and evaluating education programs to keep nurses current on clinical practices, technologies, and healthcare trends, as well as teaching research methods, evidence-based practice, and inquiry processes to foster lifelong learning and curiosity.

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Marlena Fisher, Ph.D., R.N., C.N.L.

Marlena Fisher, PhD, RN, CNL, works as a Nurse Inquiry Coordinator for the Johns Hopkins Health System. Her responsibilities include leading evidence-based practice and quality improvement initiatives and overseeing research initiatives. Dr. Fisher grew up in New Hampshire, began her career as a progressive care unit nurse, prior to transitioning to a nurse in the Medical Intensive Care Unit, where she spent most of her bedside nursing career. After earning a Master of Science in Clinical Nurse Leadership she was a clinical instructor in a second-degree nursing program. She earned a Doctor of Philosophy from Johns Hopkins School of Nursing where she sought to better understand advance care planning and health communication among Black families affected by kidney disease. Her professional interests include mixed methods research, mentoring nurses in the design of research, EBP, and quality improvement projects, and to demonstrate the power of nursing inquiry.

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