Welcome to Nursing Research on the Green, the premier nursing-focused event in the tri-state area. Our continued focus on recognizing and celebrating nursing scholarship, research, and innovation has allowed us to create a unique opportunity for experts, scholars, practitioners, and students to come together and learn from one another. ​
As it has been from the beginning, our goal is to provide a platform for sharing knowledge, exploring new ideas and advancing the field of nursing in the region and beyond. ​
2026 Dahlberg Scholar
Dan Weberg PhD, MHI, RN, FAAN
The Dahlberg Scholar is supported by
Gundersen Medical Foundation's
Philip J. Dahlberg, M.D. Nursing Lectureship Fund.
About Dr. Dan Weberg
Dr. Dan Weberg is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and an expert in nursing, healthcare innovation and complex systems leadership. He has extensive clinical experience in emergency departments, acute in-patient hospital settings and academia.
Dan supports Kaiser Permanente as the Executive Director of Nursing Workforce Development and Innovation building nursing workforce planning, a system level new grad residency program, and other system level nursing workforce initiatives. He has also held leadership roles at KP in nursing innovation, research, and technology strategy across eight regions, 38 hospitals, 70,000 nurses. Dan was part of the founding faculty for the new Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine.
He previously served as the Vice President for Transformation Services at Ascension, supporting 60,000 nurses and 140+ facilities in modernizing nursing technology, developing new care models, and measuring innovation outcomes.
Dan was Head of Clinical Innovation for Trusted Health, the staffing platform for the healthcare industry, where he helped drive product strategy and worked to change the conversation around innovation in the healthcare workforce.
Dan is on the faculty at The Ohio State University College of Nursing and multiple innovation fellowship programs. He previously taught on nursing innovation and leadership at Arizona State University. He is on the editorial board for Nursing Administration Quarterly and has authored two dozen peer-reviewed articles and two textbooks, including Leadership for Evidence Based Innovation for Health Professions and Leadership in Nursing Practice.
Dan earned his Bachelors in Nursing, and was in the first cohort to graduate from the Masters in Healthcare Innovation program, as well as the first-ever graduate of the PhD in Healthcare Innovation Leadership program at Arizona State University. Dan serves on several boards, including the American Nurses Association California as Vice President.
This activity has been submitted to the Wisconsin Nurses Association for approval to award contact hours. The Wisconsin Nurses Association is accredited as an approver of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commisssion on Accreditation.
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