Leadership Updates

UMSON is pleased to announce that a large number of faculty and staff have been named to a variety of leadership roles across the School, lending their significant expertise to enhancing teaching and learning, research and scholarship, and the student experience as UMSON strives to develop leaders in nursing education, research, and practice.

Lori A. Edwards, DrPH, BSN ’80, RN, CNS-PCH, BC Assistant Professor; Associate Dean for the Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) Program

“The Future of Nursing 20202030 report highlights that nurses are uniquely positioned as leaders to tackle health inequities and focus on the social determinants of health. Nurses who pursue a master’s degree take that first step to develop new skills, grow professionally, and become those essential leaders.”

LORI A. EDWARDS

Cheryl Fisher, EdD, MSN, RN Associate Professor; Director, MSN Nursing Informatics Specialty

Jana Goodwin, PhD, RN, CNE Assistant Professor; Chair, UMSON at the Universities at Shady Grove

Veronica Gutchell, DNP ’13, RN, CNS, CRNP Assistant Professor; Director, Governor’s Wellmobile Program

Nicole “Jennifer” J. Klinedinst, PhD, MPH, RN, FAHA Associate Professor; Co-Director, Biology and Behavior Across the Lifespan Organized Research Center

Michael Lepore, PhD Professor; Co-Director, Center for Health Equity and Outcomes Research

Hannah Murphy Buc, MSN, RN, CNE Clinical Instructor; Director, Entry Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program

Eun-Shim Nahm, PhD ’03, RN, FAAN, FGSA Professor; Associate Dean for the PhD Program

“Now is an excellent time to rethink and re-envision the PhD program. Students are returning to in-person education. Recently, major research and educational organizations have reset and transformed their directions. The National Institute of Nursing Research shifted its focus by identifying five new research priorities.”

EUN-SHIM NAHM

Cynthia Renn, PhD, MS ’97, RN, FAAN Professor; Chair, Department of Pain and Translational Symptom Science; Director, Center to Advance Chronic Pain Research

Patricia Schaefer, DNP, RN, CNE-cl, CHSE, CNE Clinical Instructor; Director, Simulation Lab at the Universities at Shady Grove

Jennifer Schum, PhD Associate Dean for Student and Academic Services

Janet Selway, DNSc, MS ’88, AGNP-C, CPNP-PC, FAANP Associate Professor; Director, Doctor of Nursing Practice Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Specialty

B. Elias Snyder, MS ’14, FNP-C, ACHPN Clinical Instructor; Director, Office of Global Health

Michelle R. Spencer, DNP ’19, MS ’06, BSN ’84 Assistant Professor; Director, MSN Community/ Public Health Nursing Specialty

Janet Armstead Wulf, DNP ’19, MS ’06, RN, CNL, CHPN, CNE Assistant Professor; Director, MSN Clinical Nurse Leader Option