Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, APRN-CNP, EBP-C, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN, is Vice President for Health Promotion and Chief Wellness Officer at The Ohio State University, the first at an institution of higher learning in the nation, where she also is the Helene Fuld Health Trust Professor of Evidence-based Practice (EBP) in the College of Nursing and Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry in the College of Medicine. In addition, she is founder of the Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for Evidence-based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare. Dr. Melnyk is recognized globally for her expertise, leadership and innovation in evidence-based practice (EBP), mental health, clinician well-being, entrepreneurship, and intervention research as well as her innovative approaches to population health and well-being.