Make Your Vote Count for the 2026 Board of Directors Election!
VOTING CLOSES WEDNESDAY, 8 JULY
The ISOQOL Nominations Committee is proud to present a strong slate of candidates to serve on the Board of Directors. As an active ISOQOL member, we ask that you vote for the individuals you think will best lead our organization. The link to an online ballot is available below.
Please review the information and cast your ballot to elect the following positions to serve on the ISOQOL Board of Directors:
- Three (3) Directors-At-Large
- President-Elect
The elected members of the Board of Directors will serve a three-year term from 2026-2029. The elected President will serve a one-year term as President-Elect, a two-year term as President, and a one-year term as Past President. Those elected will officially begin their leadership role at the conclusion of the Annual Member Business meeting in October 2026.
Meet the Current ISOQOL Board of Directors
Board Members Rotating Off in 2026
Josephine M. Norquist, MS
Merck & Co., Inc.
United States
Past President Term: 2025 – 2026
Board Liaison Role: Nominations Committee
Chris Gibbons, PhD
Oracle Health
United States
Director-at-Large Term: 2023 – 2026
Board Liaison Role: Nominations Committee
Adesola C. Odole, PhD
University of Ibadan
Nigeria
Director-at-Large Term: 2023 – 2026
Board Liaison Role: Membership Committee
Tom Willgoss, PhD MSc
Roche
United Kingdom
Director-at-Large Term: 2023 – 2026
Board Liaison Role: Collaborations Committee
Board Members Continuing On
Sandra Nolte, PhD
Monash University
Australia
President Term: 2025 – 2027
Kim Cocks, PhD
Adelphi Values
United Kingdom
Secretary-Treasurer Term: 2024 – 2027
Board Liaison Role: Fundraising Committee
Kathrin I. Fischer, PhD
Boehringer Ingelheim
Germany
Director-at-Large Term: 2024 – 2027
Board Liaison Role: SIG/RIG Task Force
Lori D. McLeod, PhD
RTI Health Solutions
United States
Director-at-Large Term: 2024 – 2027
Board Liaison Role: 2026 Annual Conference Committee
Angela M. Stover, PhD
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
United States
Director-at-Large Term: 2024 – 2027
Board Liaison Role: Nominations and Fundraising Committees
Manraj N. Kaur, PT PhD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
United States
Director-at-Large Term: 2025 – 2028
Board Liaison Role: 2027 Annual Conference Committee
Claudia Rutherford, PhD
University of Sydney
Australia
Director-at-Large Term: 2025 – 2028
Board Liaison Role: Journal Editorial Boards
Caroline B. Terwee, PhD
Amsterdam UMC
Netherlands
Director-at-Large Term: 2025 – 2028
Board Liaison Role: SIG/RIG Task Force and Nominations Committee
Meet the Election Candidates
ISOQOL aims for the Board of Directors to reflect the breadth, diversity, and interests of the Society’s membership, ensuring informed representation on behalf of all members.
President-Elect
Kevin Weinfurt, PhD
Duke University School of Medicine
United States
ISOQOL Involvement History
- Served on the Board of Directors as a Director-at-Large from 2017-2020.
- 2025 recipient of the ISOQOL President’s Award.
- 2017 Annual Conference Co-Chair.
- Associate Editor for Quality of Life Research (QLR) in 2013.
- Chair of the ISOQOL Annual Conference Integration Task Force from 2018-2019.
- Webinar presenter in 2023 for the webinar titled “Arguing for validity: Structured evidence-based validation practice to improve PRO measurement.”
- Member of the Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes (JPRO) International Editorial Advisory Board in 2026.
- Past plenary moderator at the Annual Conference.
- Past mentor and participant in the Speed Networking Event for the Annual Conference.
- Past abstract reviewer for the Annual Conference.
- Journal reviewer for QLR since 2004.
- Journal reviewer for JPRO since 2018.
- Presenter at the Annual Conference in 2011, 2013, 2016, and 2022-2025.
- Participant in the 2021 Moments of QOL event at the virtual Annual Conference.
- Current member of the Psychometrics SIG, Response Shift SIG, Statistics SIG, and Regulatory and Health Technology Assessment Engagement SIG.
Directors-at-Large
Candidates appear in alphabetical order.
Stacie Hudgens, MA
Clinical Outcomes Solutions
United States
ISOQOL Involvement History
- Current member of the Fundraising Committee.
- Member of the Membership Committee from 2020-2023.
- Co-Chair of the Psychometrics SIG from 2012-2016.
- Involvement with three manuscripts published in JPRO on psychometric evaluation of the PROMIS® Depression Item Bank, developed by the Psychometrics SIG.
- 2002 recipient of the Early Career Investigator Award.
- Past moderator at the Annual Conference.
- Past mentor at the Annual Conference.
- Past competition awards judge at the Annual Conference.
- Journal reviewer for Quality of Life Research since 2013.
- Journal reviewer for the Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes (JPRO) since 2013.
- Presenter at the Annual Conference in 2002-2003, 2011-2012, 2019 and 2025.
- Current member of the Mixed Methods SIG, Psychometrics SIG, Industry SIG, and Statistics SIG.
Kyle Kemp, PhD
University of Calgary
Canada
ISOQOL Involvement History
- 2023 Annual Conference Co-Chair.
- Past moderator at the Annual Conference.
- Past Scholarship Review Panel member.
- Past competition awards judge at the Annual Conference.
- Past abstract reviewer for the Annual Conference.
- Journal reviewer for the Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes (JPRO) since 2017.
- Presenter at the Annual Conference in 2016-2019 and 2021-2022.
- 2019 recipient of a Student/New Investigator Travel Scholarship.
- 2017 finalist for the Student Poster Award.
Dagmara Kulis, MA
EORTC
Belgium/Poland
ISOQOL Involvement History
- 2024 Annual Conference Co-Chair.
- Current member of the Collaborations Committee.
- Member of the Standards and Best Practices Committee from 2022-2024.
- Member of the Annual Conference Chair Nominations Task Force in 2025.
- Member of the Symposium or Workshop Selection Subcommittee in 2024.
- Co-Chair of the Translation and Cultural Adaptation SIG from 2020-2022.
- Past competition awards judge at the Annual Conference.
- Past abstract reviewer for the Annual Conference.
- Past journal reviewer for Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes (JPRO).
- Past journal reviewer for Quality of Life Research (QLR).
- Presenter at the Annual Conference from 2010-2020.
- Current member of the Translation and Cultural Adaptation SIG and Digital Health and eCOA SIG.
Jae-Yung Kwon, PhD RN
University of Victoria
Canada/South Korea
ISOQOL Involvement History
- Co-Chair of the New Investigators SIG from 2023-2025.
- Current member of the Leadership Structure and Recruitment Working Group within the SIG Task Force.
- Webinar presenter in 2021 for the webinar titled “Interpretation of PROs in clinical practice: Solutions for assessing change and diverse people.”
- Led as first-author the 2025 publication “Research trends among new investigators at ISOQOL: A bibliometric analysis from 2019 to 2023,” developed by the New Investigators SIG.
- Co-organizer and moderator for an online panel discussion in 2024, organized by the New Investigators SIG.
- Three editorial contributions published in ISOQOL’s scientific newsletter QualityTALK from 2022-2024.
- Past Scholarship Review Panel member.
- Past abstract reviewer for the Annual Conference.
- Journal reviewer for Quality of Life Research since 2017.
- Presenter at the Annual Conference in 2016, 2018, and 2020-2024.
- 2024 recipient of the Dennis Revicki Memorial Award.
- 2023 recipient of the New Investigator Poster Award.
- 2022 recipient of the New Investigator Oral Award.
- 2020 recipient of the Student Poster Award.
- Current member of the Clinical Practice SIG and New Investigators SIG.
Ana Maria Rodriguez Leboeuf, PhD MSc PT
IQVIA
Spain/Canada
ISOQOL Involvement History
- Co-Chair of the Membership Committee from 2011-2012.
- Member of the 2016 Measuring What Matters Symposium planning committee.
- Member of the Symposium or Workshop Selection Subcommittee for the 2026 Annual Conference.
- Co-Chair of the Industry SIG from 2021-2023.
- Co-Chair of the Health Preference Research SIG from 2023-2026.
- Instructor for the IPRO education course in 2018.
- Involvement with the 2025 publications “Multi-Stakeholder Use of Patient Experience Data (PED): Current State and Future Opportunities for the Application of PED to Inform Decision-Making Across the Development Lifecycle” and “An Industry Perspective: Good Practices for the Development of Conceptual Frameworks,” organized by the Industry SIG.
- Past moderator at the Annual Conference.
- Past mentor at the Annual Conference.
- Past competition awards judge at the Annual Conference.
- Past abstract reviewer for the Annual Conference.
- Past journal reviewer from 2005-2022.
- Presenter at the Annual Conference in 2006-2008, 2010-2013, 2015, 2017-2019, and 2022-2025.
- Award finalist for the 2010 Student Oral Award, 2013 Student Poster Award, and 2019 New Investigator Oral Award.
- Current member of the Psychometrics SIG, Regulatory and Health Technology Assessment Engagement SIG, Industry SIG, Health Preference Research SIG, and Clinical Practice SIG.
Angela Wolff, PhD RN
Trinity Western University
Canada
ISOQOL Involvement History
- Co-Chair of the 2025 Virtual Symposium titled “Advancements in the Engagement and Preparation of Healthcare Providers for the Routine Integration of PROMs into Practice.”
- Member of the Symposium or Workshop Selection Subcommittee from 2023-2024.
- Co-Chair of the Clinical Practice SIG from 2022-2025.
- Involvement with a 2024-2025 publication in the Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes (JPRO) on designing training and education to facilitate sustained provider adoption of patient-reported outcomes in routine practice.
- •Active involvement with the PROMs Screening Workgroup to define key terms used for screening and case findings (2023-current).
- Past roundtable host at the Annual Conference.
- Past moderator at the Annual Conference.
- Past mentor at the Annual Conference.
- Past Scholarship Review Panel member.
- Editorial contribution published in ISOQOL’s scientific newsletter QualityTALK in 2023.
- Past journal reviewer for Quality of Life Research in 2022, 2023, and 2025.
- Past journal reviewer for Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes in 2025.
- Presenter at the Annual Conference in 2020-2024, including numerous workshops on clinician integration of PROMs in practice.
- Current member of Clinical Practice SIG, Australia and New Zealand SIG, and Patient Engagement SIG.
Cast Your Vote!
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Voting closes Wednesday, 8 July at 11:59 pm CDT (midnight).
Late votes will not be accepted.
The International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL) is a global community of researchers, clinicians, health care professionals, industry professionals, consultants, and patient research partners advancing health related quality of life research (HRQL).
Together, we are creating a future in which patient perspective is integral to health research, care and policy.