E L I S S A L A D D, P H D, F N P - BC EDUCATION University of Massachusetts Boston, MA PhD, Health Policy Dissertation research: The Use of Antibiotics for Viral Upper Respiratory Tract Infections: Analysis of Nurse Practitioner and Physician Prescribing Practices in Ambulatory Care, 1997-2001. Areas of concentration: prescribing practices of nurse practitioners, Medicare reimbursement policies, judicious use of antibiotics, national and provider based health care policy, pharmaceutical policy. Recipient, Award for Academic Excellence in Doctoral Studies Rush University Chicago, Ill Master of Science Degree, Community Health Nursing: Community Nurse Practitioner Program University of Pennsylvania, Phila., PA Bachelor of Science in Nursing Recipient, Deans Award, School of Nursing; National Health Service Corp (NHSC) Scholarship Award, U.S. Public Health Service LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION Massachusetts RN/NP # 202450 Rhode Island Nurse Practitioner # NPP37213 American Nurse Credentialing Center Certification: Family Nurse Practitioner, #0097747 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2004 Present MGH Institute of Health Professions Boston, MA Associate Professor Focus on teaching Advanced Pharmacology, Health Policy and clinical supervision of nurse practitioner students. Coordinator: Global Nursing Post-Master s Certificate Program
2012 - Manipal University, Manipal, India Adjunct Faculty appointment, College of Nursing. Responsibilities to include periodic lecturing, dissertation advising, research collaboration 2010 Rhode Island Free Clinic, Providence, RI Volunteer nurse practitioner in adult clinic for the uninsured. 1995-2004 University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, MA Visiting Lecturer, Adult Nurse Practitioner Program Duties include teaching and clinical supervision of graduate nursing students, Adult Nurse Practitioner Tract 2005-2006 Crossroads RI(formerly Travelers Aid), Providence RI Nurse Practitioner in women s clinic, Healthcare for the Homeless Program 2003 2004 Family Medi-Center Middletown, RI Family Nurse Practitioner in Emergency Walk-In Clinic 2002 2003 Traveler s Aid of Rhode Island Providence, RI Nurse Practitioner providing primary care services to women and children at family homeless shelters in the Providence area. 1995 1999 Southcoast Primary Care New Bedford, MA Nurse practitioner providing primary care services to adult and geriatric clients in internal medicine practice. 1993 1995 Greater New Bedford Community Health Center, New Bedford, MA Nurse practitioner providing primary health care services to adult and adolescent patients in a federally qualified health center. Additional Experience: Nurse practitioner for several healthcare organizations including Kaiser Permanente, Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center, Frederick Community Center and hospital affiliated medical practices. Registered Nurse: International Rescue Committee, Thailand; Commissioned Corp: Indian Health Service, Navaho Indian Reservation, Arizona. PUBLICATIONS Sharma, A., Ladd, E., Unnikrishnan, M.K. (2013). Healthcare inequity and physician scarcity: empowering non-physician healthcare in India. Economic and Political Weekly (India), 47, 13, 112 117. Ladd, E. (2012). Influences of pharmaceutical marketing on APRN prescribers. In The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse as a Prescriber, Brown, MA and Kaplan, L. editors. Wiley-Blackwell. Ladd, E. (2011). Pharmaceutical industry sponsorship and the nurse practitioner prescriber: policy and practice implications. Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 7, 2, 102-108.
Ladd, E., Mahoney, D., Emani, S. (2010). Under the radar : nurse practitioner prescribers and pharmaceutical industry promotions. American Journal of Managed Care, 16, 12, e358-e362.* Mahoney, D. & Ladd, E. (2010). More than a prescriber. Geriatric Nursing, 31 (1), 17-27. * Fisher, M., Keough, M., Baril., J., Saccoccio, L., Mazor, K., Ladd, E., Worley, J., Gurwitz, J. (2009). Prescribers and pharmaceutical representatives: why are we still meeting? Journal of General Internal Medicine, 24, 7950 801. * Ladd, E. (2005). The use of antibiotics for upper respiratory tract infections: an analysis of nurse practitioner and physician prescribing practices in ambulatory care, 1997-2001. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 17, 416 420. * * data based, refereed PRESENTATIONS June 2012: Invited Podium Presentation, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal, India: Drug and Treatment Guidelines: Evidence Based or Market Based? June 2012: Invited Lecture: HCG Oncology, Bangalore, India. Advanced Practice Nursing Current Status and Future Directions. June 2012: Invited Lecture: Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, Nepal. Rational Medicine Use. April 2012: Invited Podium Presentation, Indian Council for Medical Research Symposium, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal, India: Antibiotic Policy in the US- A Look at the Past and into the Future. February 2012: Invited Lecture: Manipal College of Nursing, Mangalore, India: Developing Institutional Policy: The Role of Nursing. November 2011: Podium Presentation Third International Conference for Improving the Use of Medicines, Antalya, Turkey. Under the Radar : Nurse Prescribers and Pharmaceutical Industry Promotions. June 2011: Invited Podium Presentation: Universal Influence: An Analysis of Massachusetts Gift Ban Legislation Data, Georgetown University Medical Center. February 2011: Invited Podium Presentation, American College of Nurse Practitioners. Pharma and Healthcare Information: A Public Policy Debate. Washington, DC. October 2010: American College of Nurse Practitioners: Evidence based prescribing 2010, A Focus on Consumers. Tampa, Fl. June 2010: American Academy of Nurse Practitioners: Consumer Driven Pharmacologic Practices: Implications for Nurse Practitioner Prescribers. Phoenix, AZ June 2010: Invited Podium Presentation, Rx for Conflict: Should Industry
Fund Continuing Medical Education? Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC. May 2010: Invited Podium Presentation, Critical Prescribing Skills: Advances from the Attorneys General: perx Prescribing Evidence Based Therapies, Chicago, IL April 2010: Invited Podium Presentation, New Mexico Nurse Practitioner Council, Evidence Based Prescribing Myths, Realities, and Strategies for Practice, Albuquerque, NM April 2010: National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties, Podium Presentation: Raising the Bar on Competency Testing- Integrating OSCE and Simulation Technology for NP Students, Washington, DC October 2009: American College of Nurse Practitioners, Podium Presentation: Evidence Based Prescribing Myths, Realities, and Strategies for Practice, Albuquerque, NM June 2009: International Council of Nurses, Podium Presentation: The World Health Organization Essential Medicines Program: What is the role of nursing?, Durban, South Africa June 2009: International Council of Nurses, Podium Presentation: International Partnerships in Primary Nursing Education, Durban, South Africa June 2009: Invited Podium Presentation: American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Evidence Based Prescribing: Myths, Realities and Strategies, Nashville, Tennessee April 2009: National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties, Podium Presentation: PERx: A National Survey of Nurse Practitioner Beliefs and Prescribing Behaviors, Portland, Oregon. April 2009: Geriatric Advanced Practice Nurse Association: Invited Presentation: Evidence Based Prescribing for Older Adults September 2008: Podium Presentation: Evidence Based Prescribing for Older Adults, NCGNP Yearly Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri April 2008: Podium Presentation: PERx: Prescribing Evidence Based Therapies, International Society of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurses, Louisville, KY April 2008: Poster Presentation: PERx: A National Study of Nurse Prescribers Values and Prescribing Practices, National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties, Louisville, KY December 2007: Invited Research Presentation: PERx: Prescribing Evidence Based Therapies, MGH Advanced Practice Nursing Group, Boston, MA. October 2007: Invited Research Presentation: PERx: Prescribing Evidence Based Therapies, Primed, Boston, MA. October 2007: Podium Presentation: PERx: Prescribing Evidence Based Therapies, American College of Nurse Practitioners Annual Meeting, San Antonio June 2007: Podium Presentation: PERx: Prescribing Evidence Based Therapies - A Web based Pharmaceutical Practice Program for Advanced Practice Nurses, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
Annual Meeting. April 2007: Podium Presentation: PERx: Prescribing Evidence Based Therapies. National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties Annual Meeting. February 2007: Podium Presentation, PERx: Prescribing Evidence Based Therapies. Center for Evidence Based Practice Arizona State University June 2005: Podium Presentation: American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Annual Meeting : The Use of Antibiotics for Viral Upper Respiratory Tract Infections: Analysis of Nurse Practitioner and Physician Prescribing Practices in Ambulatory Care, 1997-2001. April 2005: Podium Presentation: National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties Meeting, Chicago, Ill.: The Use of Antibiotics for Viral Upper Respiratory Tract Infections: Analysis of Nurse Practitioner and Physician Prescribing Practices in Ambulatory Care, 1997-2001. March 8, 2005 Invited Lecture: Polytechnic Institute, Salo, Finland. Type II Diabetes Epidemiology, Evaluation and Management in the Global Environment March 11, 2005 Invited Lecture: University of Turku, Finland. Advanced Practice Nursing in the US: Past, Present and Future. February 11, 2005. Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) Research Symposium, MGH, Boston, Massachusetts. Poster Presentation: The Use of Antibiotics for Viral Upper Respiratory Tract Infections: Analysis of Nurse Practitioner and Physician Prescribing Practices in Ambulatory Care, 1997-2001. June 2004: Podium Presentation: The Judicious Use of Antibiotics: An Analysis of Nurse Practitioner and Physician Prescribing Practices, 1997-2001. ICN International Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Practice Nursing Network Conference, Gronigan, the Netherlands, June 2004. June 2003: Poster presentation, The Policy of Appropriate Antibiotic Use. American Academy of Nurse Practitioners 2003 National Conference, Anaheim, CA. Abstract accepted: Columbia University, Center for Health Policy Conference: Research Power: Making a Difference in Health Policy. May 7, 2001: Graduate Research Symposium, University of Massachusetts Boston, Antimicrobial Resistance and the Judicious Use of Antibiotics The Cultivation of a National Health Care Policy. April, 11, 2001: Gerontology Institute, Life Enrichment and Transition Program, University of Massachusetts Boston, Living and Dying with Dignity: Focus on Pharmaceutical Policy for the Elderly. GRANT FUNDING Consumers Union, Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs Program, $71,000 award to educate consumers and prescribers about evidence based use of medications, June 2009 May 2011. US Attorney General Consumer and Prescriber Grant Program: $400,000 award to develop evidence based prescribing program
for advanced practice nurse prescribers - perx: Prescribing Evidence Based Therapies. August 2006 October 2008. American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Foundation Doctoral Education Research Grant Award - 2002 AWARDS/HONORS Fulbright Fellowship Award, 2011-2012: Manipal University, India. Visiting Lecturer in College of Nursing and College of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Ongoing research on the provision of drug information by nurses. Invitation to submit proposal for funding: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative (INQRI), April 2009. Partners Healthcare: Partners in Excellence Award for Innovation in Teaching, December 2007. University of Massachusetts, Boston. Academic Excellence Award for Doctoral Study in Nursing, 2004. Deans Award, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 2013 present. Board Member, Alliance for Integrated Medication Management, (former HRSA affiliated Patient Safety and Clinical Pharmacy Services Collaborative) 2012 present. International Advisory Board, International Journal of Nursing Education. 2012 present. International Reviewer, Doctoral Dissertation Research, Vinayaka Missions University, Salem, India 2012 present. Reviewer, AIDS Research and Treatment, 2012 - present 2011 present. Reviewer, Journal of Nursing Education September 2007: Co-Developer, Video Conference Series for Baccalaureate and Masters Level Nursing Students with Walter Sisulu University, Mthata, South Africa and the MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA 2001: Research Assistant: Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Dr. Angela Nannini. Research Focus: Immigrants and Health Care Access. 2001: Research Intern, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care/Massachusetts Department of Public Health, ReACH Program (Reducing Antibiotic Use in Children), AHRQ funded interventional study, PI: Jonathan Finkelstein, MD. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Member, Sigma Theta Tau Member, American College of Nurse Practitioners Member, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Member, National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties Vice President, Health Policy Association, University of Massachusetts Boston, 1999-2000 COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES Volunteer, RI Free Clinic, Providence, RI, 2010 Member, Board of Directors, Child and Family Services of New Bedford, Massachusetts, 2005 2008. Special Events, Children s Museum of Dartmouth and Dartmouth YMCA Coordinator and Coach, Odyssey of the Mind, Dartmouth, MA, 1996 2004 Judge, Coach; Destination Imagination, Dartmouth, MA Volunteer, American Red Cross, Elderly and Handicapped Shoppers Program, Silver Spring, MD 1987 1992. LANGUAGES Fluency in Spanish, conversant in Portuguese