Holly WeiHolly Wei, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, is a Professor and Assistant Dean for the PhD program at the University of Louisville School of Nursing. Her overarching research focuses on healthcare organizational culture, leadership development, clinician well-bing, stress genomic biomarkers, and patient care quality. She is known nationally and internationally for her nursing practice models and a Convergent Care Theory. Multiple healthcare systems have used Wei's nursing models to guide practice and promote organizational culture and patient care with significant improvements in nursing practice and patient care quality.Wei's scholarly work has reached and influenced the nursing profession in academia and clinical nursing practice globally. In the past five years, Wei had over 50 peer-reviewed publications and delivered over 70 presentations, including radio and TV interviews, influencing tens of thousands of nurses globally. Some of her articles are among the top-read, top-downloaded, and top-cited articles of journals. Wei is an Associate Editor of the International Journal for Human Caring. She sits on two boards of directors and two journals' editorial board positions, including Advances in Nursing Science.Wei has received numerous prestigious awards throughout her career. Recently, she received the International Leininger Caring-Culture Award, Board of Governors Distinguished Professor for Teaching, DAISY Extraordinary Faculty, Nurse Educator of the Year, Scholar-Teacher Award, Outstanding Research Scholar Award, and Nursing Research Award. These awards affirm her significant contributions and influences in nursing leadership and practice regionally and globally. Read More Read Less