Touro University Nevada: A JBI Affiliated Group

Touro University Nevada has partnered with JBI, an international not-for-profit, membership based, research institute based at the University of Adelaide, South Australia. Touro University Nevada's JBI is housed under the Jay Sexter Library and is currently led by faculty in our School of Nursing. 

At its core, JBI is concerned with improving health outcomes in communities globally by promoting and supporting the use of the best available evidence to inform decisions made at the point of care. This work begins and ends with the needs of those working in and using healthcare services. They seek to respond to their questions and provide high quality, reliable information that is pragmatic and useful where it counts.

To achieve this, JBI works with universities and hospitals from across the globe through the JBI Collaboration. In doing so they ensure that the research evidence we seek to synthesise, transfer and implement is culturally inclusive and relevant across the diversity of healthcare internationally. This also includes consideration of types of evidence as it relates to the feasibility, appropriateness, meaningfulness and effectiveness of healthcare interventions.

In addition to this important collaborative work they offer a range of evidence-based practice tools and resources such as systematic review and clinical audit tools, evidence-based point of care resources and we offer varied educational programs to further support those who seek to access, appraise or use research evidence.

The following staff and faculty members have completed JBI Training:

• Azliyati Azizan, Associate Professor, Department of Basic Sciences
• Manognya Murukutla, Director of Institutional Research and Assessment
• Kristin Valdes, Professor, School of Occupational Therapy
• Vladimir Bondarenko, Professor, Chair for Medical Health Sciences, Department of Basic Sciences
• Karen Duus, Professor, Department of Basic Sciences
• Terry Else, Professor, Department of Basic Sciences
• Noel Guison, Associate Professor, Department of Basic Sciences
• Marina Ioudina, Assistant Professor, Department of Basic Sciences
• Katherine Joines, Associate Professor, School of Physical Therapy
• Chutima Phongphua, Professor, Department of Basic Sciences
• John Rider, Associate Professor, School of Occupational Therapy
• Amina Sadik, Professor, Department of Basic Sciences
• David Skyba, Assistant Dean for Curriculum, Professor, Department of Basic Sciences
• Patricia Strobehn, BSN Director, Associate Professor, School of Nursing
• Laura Yavitz, Vice Provost, Associate Vice President of Institutional Effectiveness
• Megan DeArmond, Systematic Review Librarian, Associate Professor
• Cynthia Lau, Professor, School of Occupational Therapy
• Steven Liaos, Adjunct Professor, School of Physical Therapy
• Matthew Martin, Assistant Professor, Department of Primary Care
• Rakhshindah Qureshi, Assistant Professor, Department of Basic Sciences
• Lise Rioux, Associate Professor, Department of Basic Sciences
• Theresa Tarrant, Professor, Program Director of BSN, School of Nursing
• Cheryl Vanier, Adjunct Professor, Basic Sciences
• David Trillo, Instruction & Reference Librarian, Assistant Professor
• Sherli Koshy-Chenthittayil, Data Analyst
• Andrea Hill, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
• Samantha Peckham, Associate Professor, School of Nursing
• Katie Hoskins, Assistant Professor, Health Sciences Librarian