Professor Janet Cuddigan, PhD, RN, FAAN is a Professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, USA where she teaches research methods and translational research to graduate students. Her research interests focus on pressure injury risk assessment, prevention and early detection in critically ill patients. She is a past president of the National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel (NPIAP). Janet has over 30 years of experience in pressure ulcer/injury guideline development. She served as the Panel Manager for the Agency for Healthcare Policy and Research (AHCPR) evidence-based guidelines published in 1992 and 1994. She served as Co-Chair and editor-in-chief for the first EPUAP-NPUAP International Guideline in 2009. She was a member of the International Guideline Development Group in 2014 and a Co-Chair in 2019. She currently serves as the Chair of the 2025 International Guideline Governance Group (GGG).

Elizabeth A. Ayello, PhD, MS, BSN, ETN, RN, CWON, MAPWCA, FAAN, is a board certified wound and ostomy nurse from New York City, who is internationally known as an educator, researcher, prolific author, editor, clinician, and mentor. Elizabeth is currently a Co-Editor in Chief for the international, interprofessional journal Advances in Skin and Wound Care, Editorial board member of Nursing 2023 journal and a faculty member at the University of Toronto International Interprofessional Wound Care Course (IIWCC) that is taught in Toronto Canada and Abu Dhabi UAE and WoundPedia Manila. Elizabeth chaired the statewide New Jersey Hospital pressure injury reduction initiative and was a member of the team that developed the AHRQ Hospital Pressure Injury Toolkit. Elizabeth is an author of over 200 peer reviewed journal articles, several books, and is Executive Editor Emeritus WCET® Journal, Faculty Emeritus Excelsior University School of Nursing, past president of the World Council of Enterostomal Therapists (WCET®) and the National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel (NPIAP). Her significant and sustained contributions to skin and wound care have earned her numerous awards and honors including lifetime achievement awards from WUWHS, NPIAP and INANE.

Professor Dan Berlowitz, MD, MPH, is currently Professor with the Department of Public Health at University of Massachusetts Lowell. Dan is a geriatrician and health services researcher with a research focus on assessing and improving the quality of healthcare in ambulatory and long-term care. He has done pioneering work in both pressure injury care and the management of hypertension. Dan’s work has been funded by over 50 federal research grants and has been highlighted in over 270 research publications, book chapters and reports. Prior to joining UMass Lowell, he worked for over 30 years in the Department of Veterans Affairs and was the 2015 recipient of the Under Secretary’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in Health Services Research.

Professor Jill Cox, PhD is a Clinical Professor of Nursing at Rutgers University, Newark NJ and maintains an active clinical practice as a Wound, Ostomy, Continence Advanced Practice Nurse at Englewood Health, Englewood, NJ. She is board certified as an Advanced Practice Nurse (Clinical Nurse Specialist) and has been board certified as a Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurse for 30 years. Jill is a current member of the Board of Directors for the National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel (NPIAP).

Jill is also a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for the journal Advances in Skin and Wound Care, serves as the USA representative for the Education Committee for the World Council of Enterostomal Therapists(WCET) and is a member of the Accreditation Committee for the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing Society (WOCN). Her published program of research focuses on pressure injuries in hospitalized adults with a specific interest in the critically ill population. In 2020, Jill was inducted as a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing.