Meet the Team

Principal Investigator.

 Jin Jun, PhD, RN is an assistant professor in the Center for Healthy Aging, Self-Management and Complex Care at the College of Nursing. Dr. Jun is interested in exploring the intersections of individual, community, and systems-level factors to clinicians’ well-being and developing a comprehensive intervention.

 

Collaborating Investigators

Todd E. Tussing, DNP, RN, CENP, NEA-BC is an Assistant Clinical Professor for the College of Nursing at The Ohio State University.  He has over 35 years of nursing experience of which 30+ years have been in of leadership roles. He has held the titles of nurse manager, director, and administrative director in urban/rural hospitals as well as an academic medical center. Dr. Tussing originally was a diploma nurse. Following his BSN, Capital University, he obtained his MS and DNP from Wright State University.  Dr. Tussing currently holds dual certifications in nursing administration. He has taught in an associate degree pre-licensure program, RN-BSN program, and a Master of Science program. He currently teaches in the Master of Healthcare Innovation program and DNP program at OSU College of Nursing.  The courses he teaches include Leadership, Health Policy, Quality Improvement, Best Practices in Organizational Operations, Organizational Culture, and Innovation in High Performing Organizations.

Undergraduate Students 

Ana Kasumova has been part of work with the Jun Lab since the Spring of 2021. She is a fourth-year neuroscience student at Ohio State University with an interest in various research areas including nurse workloads, wellness, burnout contagion, racial discrimination among healthcare workers as well as clinical research focused on probiotics, stress, and neurodegeneration. She hopes to explore these relationships and gain a better understanding while advocating for equity within healthcare environments. Outside of the lab, Ana spends her time as the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for Buckeye Professional Advancement and Development and the Vice President of Technology for the Happiness Campaign at Ohio State.