Ashlee Vance

Henry Ford Health System

Health Policy and Health Services

Detroit, USA

Deena Costa

Yale University School of Nursing

New Haven, USA

Giora Netzer

University of Maryland Medical System

Baltimore, USA

Dr. Ashlee Vance's focus has been parental wellbeing and infant health and developmental outcomes during and after intensive care, specifically focusing on those with medically complex conditions. Dr. Vance conducts research in health services, health equity and economic outcomes associated with having a medically complex infant. Additionally, she concentrates on work to align healthcare system practices with family-focused values to increase parent engagement and self-efficacy in caring for vulnerable infants during and after NICU hospitalization. She has worked as a bedside nurse in many Level 4 and regional NICUs across the US and continues to consult with neonatal providers in the areas of parent engagement, care coordination, discharge preparedness and dismantling of racism in care practices.

Deena Kelly Costa PhD, RN, FAAN is a trained health services researcher with clinical expertise in adult critical care nursing. Her research examines the dynamics of ICU interprofessional teams and how team dynamics impact the implementation of evidence-based care in the ICU. Notably, her research has focused on if, how and in what ways patients and families are included as part of the ICU team. She uses qualitative and quantitative methods to explore ICU teams and patient and family engagement. Her work care has been published in leading journals such as JAMA, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, and Chest. She is an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan and Co-Director of the National Clinican Scholar's Program at UM in the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation.

Giora Netzer, MD, MSCE is a critical care physician, clinical epidemiologist, and patient experience leader. Throughout his career, he was worked to better support patients and families through the trajectories of illness and care. His research seeks to better understand morbidity among family members in the ICU and its potential effect on decision-making; as well as better understanding long-term trajectories among survivors of critical illness and their families. Dr. Netzer has published extensively in the peer-reviewed literature, and has co-authored international guidelines for the support of families in the ICU. He continues to attend in the ICU while spearheading organizational efforts to improve patient- and family-centric care.