College of Nursing and Health Sciences

The Department of Nursing

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, D.N.P., APRN

Title / Areas of Expertise

Clinical Instructor

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

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

Email

Teresa.Cahill-Griffin@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

Lecturer

Email

Patricia.Donehower@med.uvm.edu

Name

Elizabeth Ellis-Kempner, M.S.

Title / Areas of Expertise

Visiting Clinical Instructor

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

Email

Elizabeth.Ellis-Kempner@uvm.edu

Name

Kate FitzPatrick, D.N.P., RN, ACNP, NEA-BC, FAAN

Title / Areas of Expertise

Associate Dean, Academic-Practice Integration; Chief Nursing Officer, UVM Medical Center

Health care quality and patient safety, administrative nursing practice/acute care leadership, professional nurse peer review, clinical practice: emergency, trauma

Email

Name

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

Title / Areas of Expertise

Clinical Assistant Professor

Gerontological and medical-surgical nursing

Email

Jason.Garbarino@uvm.edu

Name

Mary Alice Giannoni, M.S., APRN

Title / Areas of Expertise

Clinical Instructor

Maternal-child health

Email

Mary.Giannoni@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

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

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., RN, CHSE

Title / Areas of Expertise

Clinical Instructor

Clinical simulation, interprofessional education, emergency nursing

Email

Nancy.LeMieux@med.uvm.edu

Name

Laura Foran Lewis, Ph.D., RN

Title / Areas of Expertise

Assistant Professor

Autism Spectrum Disorder, qualitative research methods

Email

Laura.Lewis@uvm.edu

Name

Ellen Long-Middleton, Ph.D., APRN

Title / Areas of Expertise

Associate Professor

HIV prevention in adolescent young women, delivery of interprofessional primary care services, role of nurse practitioners in national and international communities

Email

Ellen.Long-Middleton@med.uvm.edu

Name

Islane Raymond Louis, M.S., RN

Title / Areas of Expertise

Clinical Instructor

Psychiatry/mental health

Email

Islane.Louis@uvm.edu

Name

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, RN, PCCN

Title / Areas of Expertise

Clinical Instructor

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

Visiting Instructor

Midwifery, incivility and unkindness in the healthcare workplace, sex therapy

Email

Genell.Mikkalson@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

Visiting Instructor

Community health improvement, diabetes education, quality improvement, chronic disease self-management, care coordination, community health needs assessment, pediatric nursing, asthma management, grants management