Dr. Janet Houser is retired from her position as Provost at Regis University in Denver, Colorado. Prior to her appointment, she was Dean of the Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions and the Vice Provost for Resource Planning.Dr. Houser has a BSN, an MN in maternal-child health, an MS in healthcare administration, and a Ph.D. in applied statistics and research methods. She has taught nurses, administrators, pharmacists, and physical therapy students from undergraduate through doctoral level, primarily in the subjects of research methods, biostatistics, and quantitative methods.Prior to her academic career, Dr. Houser spent 20 years in healthcare administration with the Mercy Health System. Her last position was as regional director for Professional Practice and Clinical Research for Mercy Health Partners in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she was responsible for professional practice and clinical research in 29 facilities.Dr. Houser has published seven books; Clinical Research in Practice: A Guide for the Bedside Scientist; Nursing Research: Reading, Using, and Creating Evidence, which is in its sixth edition; and Evidence-Based Practice: An Implementation Guide. She has more than 30 peer-reviewed publications in journals and has presented her research at regional, national, and international conferences.
Dr. Kenneth Oja is currently a Nurse Research Scientist at Denver Health and an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado College of Nursing. He leads nurses in conducting research and implementing research evidence to improve practice and patient outcomes.Dr. Oja has conducted research in multiple inpatient hospital settings including critical care, psychiatry, neonatal intensive care, and women's health. His research is published in peer-reviewed journals, and he has presented his work at regional, national, and international conferences.Dr. Oja has a BA in sociology, a BSN, an MS in nursing education, and a Ph.D. in nursing and healthcare innovation. Throughout his career, he has taught nursing students at various levels, ranging from undergraduate to doctoral programs, primarily in the subject of evidence-based practice. '
