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, healthcare disparities and research administration, Janice 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 ahealth policy column for Minority Nursing. Janice 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.
2018 Chicago Chapter National Black Nurses Day Honor- Excellence in
Health Policy
2016 Distinguished Alumni North Park University
2014 Nursing Outlook Excellence in Health Policy
Williams, S. & Phillips, J. (2019) Eliminating Health Inequities Through National & Global Policy. In Patton, R.M., Zalon, M..L. & Ludwick, R. Nurses making policy from the bedside to the boardroom,(391-422)New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.
Bates, M., Aurelien, L., & Phillips, J. (2016). Nurses: Leading to reduce health disparities in an era of healthcare reform. Journal of the National Black Nurses Association, 26(2), 73-78.
Schaffer, F., Phillips, J., & Tuttas, C. (2014). Document Forensics: Evaluating and verifying nurse credentials. Journal of Nursing Regulation, 5(2), 34-38.
Phillips, J. & Malone, B. (2014) Increasing racial and ethnic diversity in nursing to reduce health disparities and achieve health equity. Public Health Reports, 2(129), 45-49.