Janice Phillips, PhD, RN, CENP, FAAN

Associate Professor, Department of Community, Systems and Mental Health Nursing
Janice Phillips, PhD, RN, CENP, FAAN
College of Nursing
Associate Professor, Department of Community, Systems and Mental Health Nursing
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  • Janice Phillips, PhD, RN, CENP, FAAN, is an experienced clinician, researcher, educator and public policy advocate in the health care arena who completed service as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellow, working in the office of Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV. With specialties spanning oncology, public health, women’s health, health care disparities and research administration, Phillips is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award from the University of Chicago Medical Center and the Nursing Spectrum’s “Advancing and Leading the Profession Award.”

    Phillips is the author of more than 80 publications, four edited textbooks and a health policy column for Minority Nursing. Phillips is the director of nursing research and health equity at RUSH University Medical Center and an associate professor in the College of Nursing. Phillips holds a BSN from North Park College, an MS in community health from St. Xavier College and a PhD in nursing from the University of Illinois College of Nursing. She is a member of numerous professional organizations and a Public Voices Fellow in the Op-Ed Project.