SEARCH COMPLETE: PAMELA JEFFRIES NAMED SCHOOL OF NURSING DEAN
Summary
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan R. Wente has appointed a committee to conduct a national search for the next dean of the School of Nursing.
The committee will be charged with finding a leader to build off of the strong foundation provided by current Dean Linda Norman. The committee will be seeking an outstanding candidate who will uphold the spirit of continual reinvention that keeps the school at the cutting edge of educating nursing leaders, and who will continue to advance the art and science of nursing in academics, faculty practice, research and informatics.
Search Committee members:
- Larry Marnett (chair), dean of Basic Sciences, Mary Geddes Stahlman Chair in Cancer Research and University Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry
- Ronald Alvarez, Betty and Lonnie S. Burnett Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Camilla Benbow, Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human Development at Vanderbilt Peabody College and professor of psychology
- Donald Brady, senior associate dean for health sciences education, executive vice president for educational affairs at VUMC and professor of medicine
- Edward Fischer, Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair, professor of anthropology and director of the Center for Latin American Studies
- Michele Hasselblad, vice president of adult ambulatory nursing at VUMC
- Alexis Huckleberry, master’s student, School of Nursing
- Rolanda Johnson, professor of nursing and assistant dean for diversity and inclusion, School of Nursing
- Cindy Kent, Vanderbilt trustee and executive vice president and president of senior living at Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.
- Ruth Kleinpell, Independence Foundation Professor of Nursing Education and associate dean for clinical scholarship, School of Nursing
- Ranga Ramanujam, Richard M. and Betty Ruth Miller Professor of Healthcare Management and professor of organizational studies
- Bethany Rhoten, assistant professor of nursing
- Piera Robson, Ph.D. student, School of Nursing
- Karen Schumaker, BSN’71, VUSN Dean’s Advisory Board and professor of physiological nursing, University of California–San Francisco
- Brian Widmar, associate professor of nursing; assistant dean for academics, Advanced Nursing Practice; and director, Adult-Gero Care NP Specialty, School of Nursing