Faculty

Name

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Email

Name

Michael Abajian, M.D., M.P.H.

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Lecturer

Vermont Department of Health Internship: Creation of Vermont State Health Plan

Email

Michael.Abajian@med.uvm.edu

Name

Margaret Aitken

Margaret Aitken, D.N.P., APRN

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Clinical Assistant Professor

Adult primary care

Email

Margaret.Aitken@med.uvm.edu

Name

Jennifer Allaire, M.S., APRN

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Clinical Instructor

Adult primary care, palliative care

Email

Jennifer.Allaire@med.uvm.edu

Name

Marcia Bosek, D.N.Sc., RN

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Associate Professor

Ethical decision-making, qualitative methods, simulation learning

Email

Marcia.Bosek@med.uvm.edu

Name

Brandon Brown, M.S., RN, CNL

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Clinical Instructor

Medical-surgical nursing, nursing education, nursing practice and climate change

Email

Brandon.Brown@uvm.edu

Name

Carol Buck-Rolland, Ed.D., APRN

Carol Buck-Rolland, Ed.D., APRN

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Clinical Professor/Vice-Chair, Graduate Nursing Program

Development of cultural competency, pediatric care

Email

Carol.Buck-Rolland@med.uvm.edu

Name

Tara Burnham, M.S., RN

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Clinical Instructor

Clinical care

Email

Tara.Burnham@med.uvm.edu

Name

Teresa Cahill-Griffin, M.S., RN

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Clinical Instructor

Nursing administration

Email

Teresa.Cahill-Griffin@uvm.edu

Name

Robin Collier

Robin K. Collier, M.S., RN

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Clinical Instructor

Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator

Email

robin.collier@med.uvm.edu

Name

Rosemary L. Dale, Ed.D., APRN

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Clinical Professor, Chair

Administration and management, congestive heart failure, hypertension

Email

Rosemary.Dale@med.uvm.edu

Name

Patricia Donehower, M.S.

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Clinical Instructor

Nursing administration, outpatient services

Email

Patricia.Donehower@med.uvm.edu

Name

Elizabeth Ellis-Kempner, M.S.

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Clinical Instructor

Dance/movement, maternal-child, family and urgent care nursing
 

Email

Elizabeth.Ellis-Kempner@uvm.edu

Name

Jason Garbarino, D.N.P., RN-BC, CNL

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Clinical Associate Professor

Gerontology, Service-Learning Pedagogy, Clinical Nurse Leader

Email

Jason.Garbarino@med.uvm.edu

Name

Emily Glassman, RN

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Clinical Instructor

Critical care

Email

Emily.Spear@uvm.edu

Name

Kathleen Goodwin, M.S., NP

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Clinical Instructor

Email

Kathleen.Goodwin@med.uvm.edu

Name

Brenda Hamel-Bissell, Ed.D., RN

Brenda Hamel-Bissell, Ed.D., RN

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Professor

Mental health, psychiatric illness, substance use assessment and treatment

Email

Brenda.Hamel-Bissell@med.uvm.edu

Name

Christina Harlow, D.N.P., FNP-BC, APRN

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Clinical Assistant Professor

Primary care, integrative medicine, depression and anxiety in primary care

Email

Christina.Harlow@med.uvm.edu

Name

Melanie Keiffer

Melanie Keiffer, D.N.P., APRN, CNE

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Clinical Professor/Vice-Chair Nursing Graduate Programs

Nurse Practitioner Competency, Nursing Education, Telehealth, Evidence Based Practice, Quality Improvement Outcomes

Email

melanie.keiffer@med.uvm.edu

Name

Jennifer Laurent, Ph.D., APRN

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Associate Professor

Dr. Laurent’s research focuses largely on how dietary sugars affect brain reward circuits, gut metabolism, and eating behaviors such as addictive-like eating in obese adolescents.

Email

Jennifer.Laurent@med.uvm.edu

Name

Nancy LeMieux, M.S.N., RN, CHSE

Nancy Lemieux, M.S., RN, CHSE

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Clinical Instructor

Clinical simulation, interprofessional education, emergency nursing

Email

Nancy.LeMieux@med.uvm.edu

Name

Laura Lewis

Laura Foran Lewis, Ph.D., RN

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Assistant Professor

Autism Spectrum Disorder, qualitative research methods

Email

Laura.Lewis@uvm.edu

Name

Islane Raymond Louis, M.S., RN

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Clinical Instructor

Psychiatry/mental health

Email

Islane.Louis@uvm.edu

Name

Dr. Rycki Maltby

Hendrika Maltby, Ph.D., RN

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Professor

Cultural competency, nursing education

Email

Hendrika.Maltby@med.uvm.edu

Name

Rebecca Marin, M.S., FNP

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Visiting Instructor

Family medicine/primary care

Email

Rebecca.Marin@med.uvm.edu

Name

Lili Martin, M.S.N., RN, PCCN

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Clinical Assistant Professor

Nursing education, medical-surgical nursing, simulation, active learning

Email

lili.e.martin@med.uvm.edu

Name

Loretta G. McManus, M.S., RN, LNHA

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Clinical Instructor

Acute care hospital settings, long-term care/complex environment, gerontology

Email

Loretta.McManus@med.uvm.edu

Name

Genell Mikkalson, M.S., CNM, APRN, RN

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Faculty

Consultant on incivility and unkindness in the healthcare workplace Midwifery, Maternal Child and Women's Health Socio-Political Issues in Women's Health Sex Education

Email

Genell.Mikkalson@med.uvm.edu

Name

Tyler Molleur, M.S.N.

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Clinical Instructor

Email

tyler.molleur@med.uvm.edu

Name

Kathleen Monforte, M.S., RN, PCCN

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Clinical Instructor

Nursing Education, Medical-Surgical Nursing

Email

kathleen.monforte@med.uvm.edu

Name

Rebecca Nagle, M.S., PNP, RN

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Clinical Instructor

Pediatrics

Email

Rebecca.Nagle@med.uvm.edu

Name

Sarah Narkewicz, M.S., RN, CDE

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Clinical Instructor

Community health improvement, diabetes education, pediatric nursing, quality improvement, care coordination.

Email

Sarah.Narkewicz@med.uvm.edu

Name

Mary Val Palumbo, D.N.P., APRN

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Professor and Director of Interprofessional Education

Interprofessional education, nursing workforce, Alzheimer's disease

Email

Mary.Palumbo@med.uvm.edu

Name

Jean Pelski, Ph.D., APRN, NNP-BC

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Clinical Associate Professor

Established neonatal nurse practitioner with a commitment to professional practice by educating the next generation of advanced practice clinicians and exemplary nurse practitioner faculty leaders.

Email

jpelskiphd@gmail.com

Name

Kerry S. Prendergast

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Clinical Instructor

Gerontology, wound care

Email

Kerry.Prendergast@uvm.edu

Name

Sarah Pinard Rogers, M.S., RN

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Clinical Instructor

Maternal/newborn care, surgical/pediatric intensive care nursing

Email

Sarah.PinardRogers@med.uvm.edu

Name

Janelle Sarnevitz, M.S.N.

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Clinical Instructor

Medical-surgical nursing and nursing education

Email

janelle.sarnevitz@med.uvm.edu

Name

Abilene A. Smith, M.S., M.H.A., RN

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Clinical Instructor

Nurse case management, utilization review, acute care rehabilitation, stroke management

Email

Abilene.Smith@med.uvm.edu

Name

Mario Trabulsy, M.D.

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Lecturer

Curriculum design, mentoring, simulation

Email

Mario.Trabulsy@med.uvm.edu

Name

Deborah Wachtel, D.N.P., M.P.H., APRN

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Clinical Assistant Professor

Endocrinology with a focus on diabetes and obesity, health care reform/health policy, harm reduction

Email

dwachtel@uvm.edu

Name

Ellen Watson, M.S., APRN

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Clinical Instructor

Experienced with behavioral health issues in a primary care setting, quality improvement and assurance

Email

Ellen.C.Watson@med.uvm.edu

Name

Holly Whitcomb

Holly Whitcomb, M.S., FNP

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Clinical Instructor

Family medicine/primary care

Email

Holly.T.Whitcomb@uvm.edu

Name

Stuart L. Whitney, Ed.D., RN

Stuart L. Whitney, Ed.D., RN, CNL

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Clinical Professor and Vice-Chair, Undergraduate Nursing Program

  • Clinical Practice
  • Curricular/ Nursing Education
  • Educational Leadership & Policy

Email

Stuart.Whitney@med.uvm.edu

Name

Rosemary Wosky

Rosemary Wosky, M.S., M.Ed., RN-C

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Clinical Instructor

Maternal and child public health, health promotion, emergency preparedness, epidemiology, global health, humanitarian medical assistance

Email

rosemary.wosky@med.uvm.edu