Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing Science Program Alumni

Judy Greengold, MSN, CRNP, BFA, FNP-C

Director, Clinical Innovation Lead JH Telemedicine Education Consortium
Johns Hopkins Strategic Learning Center

Jiye Lee, PhD’ 25, MSN, CPNP-AC

System Director, Nursing Research
Common Spirit Health

Alexa M. Parra PhD ’25, BSN, BSPH, RN

Evidence-Based Practice Specialist
Nicklaus Children’s Hospital / Nicklaus Children’s Health System

Dalton Scott, PhD ’25, MPH, BSN, RN

Senior Regulatory and Compliance Specialist
HealthStream

Carmen Sierra, PhD’25, DNP, MBA, RN, CCTN

Nordberg Medical, Group Medical at First, Director KOL Management

Khulud Khalid Almutairi, MSN, FNP, RN, BSN

Assistant Professor
King Saud University

Shanelle Hodge, PhD’24, MPA, BSN, RN

Registered Nurse, Jackson Memorial Hospital

Renae L. Patterson, PhD’24, MBA, RN, PMP, BCPA

Adjunct Clinical Faculty
University of Miami 
School of Nursing and Health Studies

María José Baeza Robba
PhD’23, BSN

Assistant Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Kathryn S. Gerber, PhD’23, RN, and BSN

Post Doctoral Associate, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Roberto L. Roman Laporte, PhD ‘23, DNP, RN, CMSRN

Provost,Mountain Ridge University (MRU)

Evelyn S. Iriarte Parra
MSN, BSNB, RN

Assistant Professor
Department of Research and Scholarship
College of Nursing
University of Colorado Anschutz

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Sameena F. Sheikh-Wu, PhD’22, BA, BSN, RN-BC

Research Interest: Colorectal cancer survivors' symptoms, positive psychology, and quality of life

Lila De Tantillo
PhD '19, MS, APRN, FNP-BC

Associate Professor
PhD Nursing Leadership Program Coordinator
School of Leadership and Advanced Nursing Practice
College of Nursing and Health Professions
The University of Southern Mississippi

Kristin Levoy, PhD '19, MSN, RN, OCN, FPCN

Assistant Professor, Indiana University School of Nursing Research Scientist, Indiana University Center for Aging Research, Regenstrief Institute

Jacob Martinez, PhD '19, BSN

Associate Professor of Nursing at
The University of Texas at El Paso

Emmanuela Ojukwu, PhD '19, RN, BSN

Assistant Professor
The University of British Columbia
School of Nursing - Vancouver, BC, Canada

Ariel Smith PhD '19, RN

Assistant Professor
College of Nursing, Population Health Nursing Department at the University of Illinois at Chicago

Christine Toledo, PhD '19, MSN, APRN, FNP-C

Assistant Professor
Florida Atlantic University
Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing

Summer DeBastiani Hartley
PhD '18, MPH, RN

Assistant Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
Office of Health Affairs
West Virginia University
Operation Manager and Business Owner SOLACE
Hartley Health Solutions

Madeline Fernandez-Pineda, PhD’18, RN, WHNP-BC

Assistant Professor
Florida Atlantic University
Department of Nursing Science,
College of Nursing

Narciso Quidley-Rodriguez Jr.
PhD '18, BSN, RN

Assistant Professor
Florida Atlantic University
Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing

Oluwamuyiwa “Winnie” Adebayo, MD (c),
PhD '17, RN, BSN

David Zambrana, PhD '17, DNP, MBA, RN

President & Chief Operating Officer
Jackson Health System

Natalie Leblanc, PhD '16, MPH, MSN, RN, BSN

Associate Professor of Nursing with tenure
Harriet J. Kitzman Endowed Fellow in Health Disparities
Affiliated Faculty, Qualitative & Mixed Methods Research Center, URMC
University of Rochester School of Nursing

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Lori Marie Schirle
PhD '16, CRNA

Assistant Professor, Research Division
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Giovanna Cecilia De Oliveira
PhD '15, MSN, RN, ANP-C, PMHNP-BC, FAAN

Professor of Clinical
University of Miami

Shayne Doran Hauglum, PhD '15, CRNA, ARNP

Chief Science and Practice Officer
American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

Shakira Henderson, PhD '15, DNP, MS, MPH, EMBA, IBCLC, RNC-NIC

Dean, College of Nursing – Chief Administrative Officer, University of Florida College of Nursing Associate Vice President for Nursing Education, Practice, and Research – System Chief Nurse Executive, University of Florida Health

Natasha Schaefer Solle, PhD’ 15, RN, FAAN

Research Associate Professor
Assistant Director, Behavioral and Community-based Research
Co-Deputy Director, Sylvester Firefighter Cancer Initiative
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Debbie Anglade
PhD '14, MSN, RN, LHRM, CPHQ, CCM

Associate Professor of Clinical
University of Miami

Dan Li
PhD '13, RN

Assistant Professor
Health & Community Systems
University of Pittsburg School of Nursing

Christopher Paul Weidlich
PhD '13, ARNP, PMHNP-BC

Assoc. Professor of Clinical
University of Miami

Adriana Arcia
PhD '11, RN, FAAN

Professor
Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science
University of San Diego

Kimberly Alecia Hires, PhD '12, BSN, BS

CEO
The Nightingale Firm, LLC

Natalia Andrea Villegas Rodriguez
PhD '12, MSN, RN, IBCLC, FAAN

Associate Professor
Deputy Director of the PAHO Collaborating Center for Quality and Safety in Nursing and Midwifery
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
School of Nursing

Shirley Elizabeth Curtis
PhD '11, RN, BSN

Associate Professor of Nursing
University of the Bahamas

Johis Ortega, PhD '11, APRN, ACNP-BC, ENP-BC, FNP-BC, FAAN, FAANP

Associate Dean for Hemispheric & Global Initiatives
Professor of Clinical
University of Miami,
School of Nursing and Health Studies

Amber Lee Vermeesch, PhD '11, PhD, MSN, FNP-C, RN, CNE, FACSM, FNAP, ANEF, FAANP

Distinguished Scholar and Associate Professor
Western Carolina University

Mary Hooshmand
PhD '10, MS, RN

Lucie Dlugasch
PhD '09, CNS, MSN, BSN

Assistant Chair and Clinical Professor
Graduate Nursing
Florida International University

Jazmin Ramirez BSN, RN

Sophia O. Thomas, MSN, MBA, M.M