1. Yvonne K. Scherer is an associate professor in the School of Nursing, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY. She is area director of the Adult Health Graduate Program, which includes specialties in adult, critical care, and geriatric nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist programs.
2. Mary Ann Jezewski is an associate professor in the School of Nursing, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. She is the director of the Center for Nursing Research and has been the recipient of research grants to study advance directives and end-of-life decision making.
3. Brian T. Graves is a clinical assistant professor in the School of Nursing, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York. He is responsible for coordinating the acute care nurse practitioner specialty core courses.
4. Yow-Wu Bill Wu is an associate professor in the School of Nursing, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. One of his roles is to serve as a statistical consultant to faculty and students.
5. Xiaoyan Bu is an assistant professor in the School of Nursing at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC. She teaches pediatric content.