Public Health Nursing Panel
Season 09 - Episode 06
Lorne Carroll MPH, BSN, RN
Special Co-host
Lorne Carroll grew up south of Kansas City, Missouri, and spent much of his childhood riding his bike on gravel roads, exploring the woods, and spending chunks of summer on his grandparents’ farm. Rural life set the stage for his connection to natural surroundings, family, neighbors, and friends. He started his professional healthcare journey in 1997 as a Firefighter/EMT, then entered Public Health Nursing in 2004 after receiving a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing in 2002. Two years later, and after a stent of international travel and home remodeling in Kansas City he settled into his first Public Health Nursing position with the Kansas City Health Department in Missouri. While not born in Alaska, he arrived as soon as he could in 2009 after accepting a job offer from Norton Sound Health Corporation. Relocating for this Tribal healthcare position focusing on tuberculosis allowed Lorne to settle back into patterns of connection with the natural environment, neighbors, and friends. For several years he lived 13 miles north of Nome, Alaska, in a small cabin without running water or electricity near Bear Mountain. Lorne is a Johns Hopkins fellow with the Bloomberg American Health Initiative and was chosen to be an American Journal of Public Health Think Tank member in 2021. He completed an MPH at Johns Hopkins in 2023 and is a Past President of the Alaska Public Health Association. These days you can find Lorne in Homer working as a Public Health Nurse for the State of Alaska or just outside of Homer walking or skiing the 1.6-mile trail into his cabin where he lives.
Dr. Aisha K. Mix, DNP, MPH, RN, FAAN CAPT, U.S. Public Health Service
Dr. Aisha K. Mix is a Captain in the U.S. PublicHealth Service and serves as the senior healthpolicy administrator for the U.S. Immigration andCustoms Enforcement (ICE) Health Service Corps.Dr. Mix served as an Assistant Surgeon Generaland the 12th Chief Nurse Officer in the U.S. PublicHealth Service from October 2019 to September2023. In this capacity, Dr. Mix provided guidance and advice to the U.S. Department of Health and human Services, the Surgeon General, and the nation’s nursing community on prevention, public health health systems development, and the role of the nursing workforce in achieving health and wellness in the country.
Krista Jones DNP, MSN, RN, PHNA-BC, FAAN, ELAN Fellow
Dr. Jones is a Clinical Associate Professor andDirector of the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)College of Nursing’s Urbana Campus. She is aboard-certified Advanced Public Health Nurse andthe primary investigator of Nursing ExpertsTranslating the Evidence (NExT), leading a team of12 nurses and librarians. Dr. Jones serves as Chair of the Council of Public Health Nursing Organizations (CPHNO), President of the Association of Community Health NursingEducators (ACHNE), and Chair of the Illinois nursing Workforce Center. She is also a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and has received numerous grants for her work in nursing.
Susan Haynes Little, DNP, RN, PHNA-BC, CPH, CPM, FAAN
Chief Public Health Nursing Officer, NC DPH
Dr. Susan Haynes Little is North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services Chief Nursing Officer for the Public Health portfolio. With a 28-year career in public health programs, Dr.Little has positively impacted maternal-child health, communicable disease, public health nursing practice, and other community-focused programs. Dr. Little’s passion for nursing and public health is exemplified through her commitment to unique activities beyond her day-to-day duties, including serving in multiple roles with the American Public Health Association’sPublic Health Nursing Section. In 2021, Dr. Little was inducted into the American Academy of Nursing for her extraordinary contributions to improve health locally and globally.
Joyce K. Edmonds PhD, MPH, RN, CPH, APHN-BC
Ariadne Labs, Harvard School of Public Health
Joyce K. Edmonds is the Director of Midwifery and Reproductive Health at ZHAW and a Senior Research Scientist at Ariadne Labs at Harvard School of Public Health. She is the immediate past chair of the APHA Public Health Nursing Section. She is also the Editor in Chief of the Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Neonatal Nursing(JOGNN). Dr. Edmonds has over twenty years of experience in nursing and public health practice, and research focused on maternal health outcomes. She has worked in federal, state, and local governmental public health agencies and is currently involved in research focused on the enumeration of the public health nursing workforce in the United States.
