Tiffany Kelley

PhD, MBA, RN, NI-BC, FNAP

Associate Professor in Residence

Director, Healthcare Innovation Online Graduate Certificate Program

Co-Director, Nursing and Engineering Innovation Center

Affiliate Faculty, Connecticut Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CCEI)

She/Her/Hers

Tiffany Kelley PhD MBA RN NI-BC FNAP is a visionary expert, ambitiously pioneering nursing informatics and healthcare innovation forward through intra- and inter-disciplinary practice, research, teaching, and scholarship. Dr. Kelley is the first professor of her kind to lead innovation integration into nursing core curriculum while also owning and operating two entrepreneurial informatics-based business ventures. She spent 20 of her current 24 nursing years aiming for higher quality care through healthcare technologies. Dr. Kelley’s relentless vision for breaking the status quo in nursing led to her pursuit of a professional, academic, and entrepreneurial trajectory in nursing informatics, a specialty nursing field, that integrates multiple sciences to guide the practice. Her PhD prepared her to become entrepreneurial and invent cutting edge technologies, form businesses, and create a cutting-edge academic intra and inter-disciplinary healthcare innovation strategic vision with national recognition. Dr. Kelley defies the perception that one must choose to be in academics or industry.

Research/Scholarship Interests

Nursing & Healthcare Innovation
Nursing Informatics
Digital Health

Education

Ph.D. in Nursing, Nursing Informatics Concentration, Duke University
MS in Nursing Administration, Northeastern University
MBA, Northeastern University
BS in Nursing, Georgetown University
Board Certification, Informatics Nursing, ANCC 2014 (recertified 2019)
Certification, Disruptive Strategy, Harvard Business Online, November 2018
Certification, Cybersecurity, Harvard Business Online, November 2019
Certification, Innovate Aware, Experience Point, September 2019
Certification, Price-Babson Symposium for Entrepreneurship Educators, January 2020
Certification, Women’s Entrepreneurship, Cornell University, January 2021

Honors & Awards

2018: Awarded the Excellence in Healthcare Innovation Award by Smart Health
2018: CIO Review: Nightingale Apps in 50 Most Promising Healthcare Solution Providers
2017: Selected as one of the Top 100 Women and one of Top 12 in Healthcare from the Top 100 Magazine
2016: DreamIT Accelerator Finalist
2016: Becker’s 50 Apps for Clinicians and Consumers to Know
2015: Becker’s 10 Healthcare Startups to Know for 2016
2015: Tap the Future, Startup Competition, Semi-Finalist, 20K Competition
2015: M2D2 New Venture Competition: Poster Presentation Finalist: Nightingale Apps, Lowell MA
2015: Web Summit Featured Startup, Dublin Ireland
2015: MassChallenge, World’s Largest Startup Accelerator, Semi-Finalist, Nightingale Apps
2014: Center for Women & Enterprise 2nd Annual Female Entrepreneur Challenge, Finalist
2014: MassChallenge, World’s Largest Startup Accelerator, Semi-Finalist, Nightingale Apps
2014: Northeastern University IDEA Grant Awardee
2014: Women’s Net Grant, Monthly Winner