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 including:

• Azliyati Azizan, Associate Professor, Department of Basic Sciences

• Kyle Mefferd, Assistant Director of OASIS

• Manognya Murukutla, Director of Institutional Research and Assessment

• Kristin Valdes, Associate Professor, School of Occupational Therapy

• Vladimir Bondarenko, Professor, Department of Basic Sciences

• Karen Duus, Associate 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, Assistant Professor, School of Physical Therapy

• Chutima Phongphua, Professor, Department of Basic Sciences

• John Rider, Assistant Professor, School of Occupational Therapy

• Amina Sadik, Professor, Department of Basic Sciences

• David Skyba, Associate Professor, Department of Basic Sciences

• Amy Stone, Assistant Professor, Department of Basic Sciences

• Patricia Strobehn, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing

• Laura Yavitz, Associate Vice President of Institutional Effectiveness

• Denise Zabriskie, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing

• Tarik Zaman, Assistant Professor, Department of Basic Sciences

• Judith Carrion, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing 

• Megan DeArmond, Research and Instruction Librarian

• Cynthia Lau, Professor, School of Occupational Therapy

• Steven Liaos, Associate Professor, School of Physical Therapy

• Matthew Martin, Assistant Professor, Department of Primary Care

• Rakhshindah Qureshi, Assistant Professor, Department of Basic Sciences

• Mindy Renfro, Associate Professor, School of Physical Therapy

• Lise Rioux, Associate Professor, Department of Basic Sciences

• Theresa Tarrant, Associate Professor, School of Nursing

• Cheryl Vanier, Chief Research Officer