Esther Chipps

Dr. Chipps CV

Dr. Esther Chipps holds a dual appointment as the Nurse Scientist at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and as a Professor of Clinical Nursing at The Ohio State University College of Nursing. Dr. Chipps is responsible for directing the program of nursing research for the clinical nursing staff at Wexner Medical Center. She has conducted more than 40 studies and published more than 50 manuscripts that impact the practice areas of critical care, medical-surgical, rehabilitation, transplant and women/infants nursing. In addition to supporting the clinical research of the nursing staff, Dr. Chipps is a national leader in the area of nursing leadership science, studying the patient safety climate, the impact of electronic health record, nursing workload, workplace bullying and, most recently, the practice environment of front-line nurses and nurse managers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

She has been an active member of Association for Leadership Science in Nursing, serving as the VP for Research, and has been appointed to the Association of Leadership Science in Nursing and American Organization for Nursing Leadership Research Advisory Council. She was the recipient of the Central Ohio Sigma Theta Tau mentorship award in 2017 and of the March of Dimes Nurse Researcher of the Year in Ohio in 2019.