Today five contestants will swim with four sharks for a chance to receive money to fund their work.

Let's meet the four sharks or Duke experts who will be deciding the winner or winners of today's Shark Pool Live event.

Keith Whitfield, PhD, is the vice provost for Academic Affairs, professor of Psychology and Neuroscience and research professor in the Department of Geriatric Medicine at Duke University Medical Center. He is also the co-director of Duke's Center on Biobehavioral Health Disparities Research. Whitfield's focus for this event is research and education.

Marilyn Oermann, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN, is a professor of Nursing, and the director of Evaluation and Educational Research at Duke University School of Nursing. Oermann's focus for this event is education.

Margaret "Midge" Bowers, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, CHFN, AACC, FAANP, is a professor of Nursing, and the faculty coordinator of the Adult Nurse Practitioner Instructional Area and lead faculty of the Adult Nurse Practitioner - Cardiovascular specialty at Duke University School of Nursing. She holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Medicine as a Nurse Practitioner in Cardiovascular Medicine. Bower's focus for this event is practice and education.

Ryan Shaw, PhD, RN, is a professor at Duke University School of Nursing with interdisciplinary training in nursing, health informatics, and computer science. He is affiliated with the Duke Center for Health Informatics and has a secondary appointment in the Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care at the Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Shaw's research background is in the use of mobile technologies as tools for improving health outcomes and care delivery, also known as mobile health or mHealth. Shaw's focus for this event is research.

The sharks will choose one or more of the best and most promising ideas, and the winners will receive seed money of up to $2,000 to invest in their projects. While the seed money isn’t a huge amount, it is enough for the winning teams to receive initial funding to get new projects off the ground or to fund portions of a project that is already underway. After the first year, the winners will share their projects' progression in an annual Shark Pool update. This will be an opportunity to highlight the interdisciplinary work that’s being done across the campus while adding some fun and friendly competition to expand nursing scholarship through collaboration and innovation.

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