faculty profile

Catherine H Ivory PhD, RN, RN-BC, RNC-OB, NEA-BC, FAAN

Associate Professor
Senior Director of Nursing Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Bio

Dr. Cathy Ivory has more than 20 years of experience as a perinatal staff nurse, and system-level nurse leader and has been a VUSN faculty member since 2012. In her current role at VUMC, Dr. Ivory facilitates the evidenced-based practice and nursing research activities for nurses throughout the enterprise and is a member of the executive nursing team.

Dr. Ivory is a recognized expert in perinatal nursing, nursing informatics and healthcare leadership and is a health services researcher. She is a past president of the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) and is the current vice-chair of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Health Informatics Certification Commission and is on the Steering Committee for the Alliance for Nursing Informatics (ANI). She is also a member of the research council for the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

Dr. Ivory's research interests focus on using data generated by nurses to demonstrate the unique contribution of nursing to outcomes. Clinical areas of interest include reducing maternal morbidity and mortality and impacts of structural racism.

Education

PhD, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
MSN, Georgia College and State University (Nursing Administration-Healthcare Informatics)
BSN, Mercer University-Georgia Baptist College of Nursing

Current Research/Scholarly Interests

Implementation Science
Evidence-based, data-informed decision making
Nursing leadership
Nursing value

Academic Interests

Nursing Informatics and healthcare leadership courses for the DNP program

Reviewer

Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing (JOGNN)
Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health
Applied Clinical Informatics (ACI), Associate Editor
Computers, Informatic, Nursing (CIN)

Professional Organizations

American Organization of Nurse Leaders (AONL)
AWHONN
AMIA
Academy Health
Sigma Theta Tau

Honors/Awards

Fellow, The American Academy of Nursing
HIMSS/ANI Nursing Informatics Leadership Award, 2018
Sara Archer Award for Excellence in Teaching Informatics, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, 2015
VUSN Dean's Award for Excellence in Informatics, 2013