Nexus Summit Sessions
The Nexus Summit 2025 has a rich variety of sessions available to support your learning. Sessions include plenaries, seminars, lightning talks, professional and learner posters. Use the navigation on the left to filter your results by type of session, theme, speaker, or date and time.
Professional and Learner Posters will be available asynchronously throughout the Nexus Summit, beginning September 16. Please explore the posters on the Professional Poster and Learner Poster pages.
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This lightning talk will describe an initiative that promotes stroke caregiver health. Stroke survivors have a high rate of disability and significant chronic needs. Informal caregivers play a critical role in aiding the recovery process, preventing further strokes, and maintaining the stroke survivors’ involvement in their communities. Caregiving is an all-encompassing role, and stroke caregivers experience negative changes to their health and wellness. Physiological and psychological…
Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm CDT
This talk addresses the critical role of HIV prevention in underserved communities, focusing on increasing awareness and access to PrEP. Through an HIV Prevention Fellowship, as a pharmacist who lacked specialized HIV training, I am able with interprofessional healthcare providers in metro and rural communities combat stigma, educate patients, and increase awareness, initiation and use among underserved populations. The fellowship aims to transform interprofessional practitioners into HIV…
Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm CDT
This seminar explores the creation, development, and institutional integration of IPEP (Interprofessional Education and Practice) Champions within the University of South Florida (USF) Health system and their expanding role across health disciplines. The presentation will outline the foundational steps taken to conceptualize interprofessional education within the USF Health system and highlight how that vision gave rise to a sustainable, faculty-driven champion model that now spans multiple…
Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm CDT
Background: Food insecurity (FI) is a lack of consistent access to enough food for an active, healthy lifestyle. In 2023, 13.5% of U.S. households met criteria for FI. Arkansas ranks worst at 18.9%. Assistance benefits provide $2.06/person/meal, but the average meal costs $3.55/person. Aside from economics, many individuals in rural areas experience FI due to living in food deserts with limited access to affordable, nutritious food. Healthcare providers are often unaware of patients’/…
Kathryn (Kat)
Neill,
PharmD, CCMS, FNAP
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Gina
Drobena,
MD, DipABLM, CCMS
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Brigette
Serfaty,
PharmD, BCNP, FAPhA, DipACLM, NBCHWC
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Courtney
Fose,
MS, RD, LD, CNSC, FAND
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Lesley
Jones,
MS, RD, LD
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Wendy
McCloud,
MA
Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm CDT
This Lightning Talk will cover the formation of a student chapter of the American Academy for Oral Systemic Health (AAOSH) by dental students at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), which is referred to as the Interprofessional Association for Oral and Systemic Health (IAOSH). The UTHSC chapter is proud to be the first national interprofessional group created by dental students on a campus. This organization unites students from various fields, including dentistry,…
Nikki
Dyer,
EdD
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Teresa
O'Daniel,
BSDH, MS
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Reese
Hamilton,
BS
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Mark
Massey,
DDS
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Tracee
Ridley-Pryor,
DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC
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Waletha
Wasson,
BS, MPA, MS, MAGD, DDS
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Mark
Cannon,
DDS
Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm CDT
The Greater Texas Gulf Coast Engage Me Series (GTX-GEMS), led by the University of Texas Medical Branch’s Office of Interprofessional Education and Practice (OIPEP), exemplifies how sustained community forums can bridge academia, healthcare, government, and advocacy sectors to advance public health and interprofessional collaboration. Hosted monthly from September to May, each GTX-GEMS session features panelists representing diverse professions and perspectives—including UTMB…
Kathrine
Branch,
PhD, MSN, RN, FNAP, CHSE
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Ashlesha
Parikh,
EdD, MSHS, PTA
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Kelly
Grace,
PhD
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Katelynn
Evans,
M.S.
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Izabella
Galindo
Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm CDT
What is the cause of low evaluation scores for IPE, despite optimal instructional design and relevancy of content? Do extraneous factors, like campus parking, garner more attention from students than in-depth interprofessional training toward effective teamwork and communication? The presenters will introduce the connection of programmatic improvement in IPE with the principles and models of Lean Six Sigma. Participants will be encouraged to consider Lean Six Sigma to achieve programmatic…
Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm CDT
This Lightning Talk highlights an innovative Interprofessional Education (IPE) workshop—IPEssentials—hosted by the Medical College of Wisconsin, which brought together over 500 health professions students from 10 diverse programs across the Milwaukee area. Designed to foster interprofessional collaboration and build psychological safety, the IPE session used planetary health as a unifying theme to explore values, ethics, and communication in complex patient care. Through a combination of pre…
Christa
Wagner,
PhD
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Courtney
Barry,
PsyD, MS
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Dana
Scheunemann,
PhD, MS, RD, CD
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Karen
MacKinnon,
B.S. Pharm
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Kelly
Horton,
MAT
Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm CDT
Educators and learners volunteering to facilitate and/or participate in interprofessional education (IPE) may receive no formal recognition for their additional involvement, challenging sustainability and efficacy of activities. However, increasing evidence indicates that interprofessional collaboration is imperative to providing safe, timely, and equitable healthcare, with accreditation requirements supporting integration of IPE across health professions curricula. Faculty facilitators must…
Shoshana
Sicks,
EdD
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Julie
Liskov,
M.Ed.
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Amber
King,
PharmD, BCPS, FNAP
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Brooke
Salzman,
MD, FNAP
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Maria
Brucato,
PhD
Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm CDT
This lightning talk will discuss what impact that an interprofessional street medicine learning opportunity had on the future careers of health professionals. By exposing students to vulnerable populations, like the unhoused population, students gained insight into their unique needs and how an interprofessional team can perform in a nontraditional setting. Street medicine models, such as Project MUSHROOM, are designed to meet unhoused individuals where they are and provide care directly in…
Jacob
Greenfield,
OTD, OTR/L, ATRIC, CSRS, CSOT
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Amber
Ziese,
MSN, RN, CNE
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Kimberly
Adams,
MSN, RN, CNE
Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm CDT