Faculty

Stephanie Ahmed,
DNP, FNP BC

Assistant Professor

Linda Barnard, MS, ANP-BC, GPN-BC

Clinical Instructor

Linda.barnard@umassmed.edu

Kathleen Bell, MS, ACNP-BC, CCRN

Instructor

Kathleen.bell@umassmed.edu

(508) 856-5785

Jean Boucher, PhD, RN, ANP, ACNP

Assistant Professor

Nursing and Medicine

jean.boucher@umassmed.edu

(508) 856-5755

• Psycho-social oncology
• Symptom management
• GI Oncology
• Prostate cancer patients & partner survivorship issues
• Palliative care

Carol Bova, PhD, RN, ANP

Associate Professor

Nursing and Medicine

carol.bova@umassmed.edu

(508) 856-1848

• Primary care needs of HIV-infected adults
• HIV education and prevention
• Patient-Provider trust
• Measurement
• Mixed Methods
• Research with vulnerable populations

Dawn Carpenter, DNP,ACNP-BC

Assistant Professor

Coordinator of ACNP track

Dawn.carpenter@umassmed.edu

(508) 856-3599

• Critical Care Education;
• Simulation technology in education;
• Family Communication

Sean Collins, PhD, MS, APRN-BC

Assistant Professor

Sean.collins@umassmed.edu

(508) 856-3631

Maria C. Cote,
MS, APRN-BC

Clinical Instructor

Maria.Cote@umassmed.edu

Lisa Gaimari, RNCS, ANP

Worcester State University

Director Health Services

Nurse Practitioner

lgaimari@worcester.edu

(508) 929-8875

Janet Fraser Hale, PhD, RN, FNP

UMass Correctional Health

Janet.hale@umassmed.edu

(508) 856-5769

• Health Promotion
• Disease Prevention
• Correctional Health

Johnny Isenberger
MS, RN,APRN-BC, ACNP

Clinical Instructor

Diane Hurley, MS, APRN-BC, FNP

Worcester State University

Nurse Practitioner

(508) 929-8875

Carol Jaffarian, MS, RN, ANP-BC

Instructor

Carol.Jaffarian@umassmed.edu

(508) 856-8655

• HIV primary care
• HIV education and prevention
• HIV in underserved countries
• Travel medicine

Linda Josephson, RN, MS, CCRN-CMC

Instructor

Anne Kane, PhD, RN

Assistant Professor

anne.kane@umassmed.edu

(508) 856-5739

Elizabeth Keating, MS, ANP

Instructor

KeatingE@ummhc.org

(508) 856-4674

Cheryl Killoran, MS, RNC-NIC

Instructor

Cheryl.killoran@umassmed.edu

•  Neonatal Intensive Care,
•  Maternity
•  Perinatal Bereavement

Robin Toft Klar, DNSc, RN

Assistant Professor

Robin.Klar@umassmed.edu

(508) 856-5295

• Health promotion
• Built environment
• Community/Population health
• Oral health
• Global health
• Women’s health

Michael Kneeland, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Michael.kneeland@umassmed.edu

Omanand Koul, PhD

Associate Professor

omanand.koul@umassmed.edu

(508) 856-3072

Paul MacKinnon, PhD, RN, FNP

Assistant Professor

Paul.mackinnon@umassmed.edu

Amy Mahoney, MS, ANP-BC

Worcester State University

Student Health Services

Nurse Practitioner

• Pediatrics

Jane Magner, MS, RN, CFNP

Instructor

jane.magner@umassmed.edu

(508) 856-5801

Mary Lee Mattei, RN, MS, CNS, NP

Clinical Instructor

marylee.mattei@umassmed.edu

(508) 856-3051

Theresa Mazzarelli, MS, APRN-BC, ANCP

Clinical Instructor

mazzareT@ummhc.org

Kathleen H. Miller, EdD, RN, ACNP

Associate Dean for Advanced Practice Programs and Professor

Director of the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program

Kathleen.miller@umassmed.edu

(508) 856-5768

• Transitions in Care for Older Adults

Debra McGovern, DNP, PNP-BC

Asistant Professor

Nancy Morris, PhD, ANP-BC

Associate Professor

nancy.morris@umassmed.edu

(508) 856-3661

• Health Literacy and  relationship to health and health outcomes;
  
• Health care communication;
  
• Enhancing self-care of older adults with chronic health conditions
  
• Behavioral change to optimize health

Abraham Ndiwane, EdD, RN

Assistant Professor

abraham.ndiwane@umassmed.edu

(508) 856-8682

Sheila Noone, PhD, MPH

 Assistant Vice Provost, Clinical Research

• Responsible Conduct of Research
  
• Development of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) standards
  
• Women and Children's Health and HIV/STDs
  

Nancy Pearlman MS, ACNP-BC

(508) 856-5801

Kenneth Peterson, PhD, FNP-BC

 Assistant Professor

Kenneth.peterson@umassmed.edu

(508) 856-3726

•  Primary Care of Underserved and Marginalized Families,
• Patient-& Family-Centered Care,
• Health Policy, Health Services Research,
• Social Policy, Organizational Theory,
• Health Care Delivery Systems & Quality Improvement, Obesity, Health & Fitness, Aging

Terri Reed, PhD, MS, APRN-BC

Instructor

(508) 856-5801

Tara Roy, MS, ANP, OCN

Instructor

(508) 856-5801

Paulette Seymour Route, PhD, RN, MS

Dean and Professor

paulette.seymour-route@umassmed.edu

(508) 856-5737

•  Adult cardiac population
•  Motivation and organizational development in health care environments
  

Shirley A. Shea, JD, MSN

Assistant Professor

Kathleen Sims, MS, ACNP

Instuctor

SimsK@ummhc.org

(508) 856-5801

Kimberly (Dunker) Silver, DNP, RN

Asssitant Professor

kimberly,silver@umassmed.edu

Brian Smith, PharmD

Assistant Professor

SmithB02@ummhc.org

Jeri Steele, MS, APRN, FNP-BC

Clinical Instructor

(508) 856-5801

Susan Sullivan-Bolyai, DNSc, MN, BSN

Associate Professor

GSN and

Department of Pediatrics

susan.sullivan-bolyai@umassmed.edu

(508) 856-4185

• Families with children with type 1 diabetes
• Families with children with special health care needs
• Intervention research
• Qualitative research

Jill M. Terrien, PhD, APN, BC

Assistant Professor

Director of NP Specialties

jill.terrien@umassmed.edu

(508) 856-6622

• End of life care
• Primary Care
• Women’s Health
• Gerontology

Eileen F. Terrill, PhD, ANP-BC

Assistant Professor

Director of Graduate Entry Pathway Program

Eileen.terrill@umassmed.edu

(508) 856-3952

• Chronic illness management
• Adherence to treatment
• Patient-provider relationship

Rosemary Theroux, PhD, WHNP-BC

Associate Professor

Rosemary.theroux@umassmed.edu

(508) 856-5744

• Women’s Health
• Decision-making
• Menopause
• Global Health
• Health Disparities

Mary Thompson, MS, APN-BC

Instructor

Mary.Thompson@umassmed.edu

(508) 856-5801

Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS

Instructor

Maureen E. Wassef, RN, MSN, PhD

Assistant Professor

maureen.wassef@umassmed.edu

(508) 856-3016

• Cardiac Care
• Simulation Activities
• Student reflective journaling

Lori Williams, RN, ANP

Instructor

lwilliams1@worcester.edu

Dinesh Yogaratnam, PharmD

Instructor

dinesh.yogaratnam@umassmed.edu

(508) 334-6594