… PhD, RN, NP, ANEF, FNAP, FAAN, FSSH About Education Scholarly Work Dr. Palaganas is the Founding Director of the IHP Center of Excellence in Healthcare Simulation … leading educational innovation at the Center for Medical Simulation. Dr. Palaganas is also Principal Investigator of the Research on Experiential-based Education lab … Dr. Palaganas’ primary role is to develop health professions educators in an IPE setting. She previously led CMS’s Instructor Course educating educators in simulation …