Dr. Susan Alderman, a RN for 33 years with a PhD in Nursing, is Clinical Research Director, Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease, at University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston. She has 13 years of experience as a research nurse coordinator and PI in over 30 NIH or sponsored trials and presented at several International Stroke Conferences and the American Association of Neuroscience Nurse conference, co-authored numerous articles, and was a Fellow/Trainee for the NIH/StrokeNet