Nursing Science and Health-Care Leadership Graduate Group
All five School of Nursing graduate programs are led by the Nursing Science and Health-Care Leadership Graduate Group, an interprofessional team of more than 60 faculty members from disciplines including nursing, medicine, health informatics, nutrition, biostatistics, pharmacy, sociology and public health. Click here to learn more about graduate groups.
Graduate group chair
Amy A. Nichols, Ed.D., R.N. C.N.S., C.H.S.E., Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Clinical Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Graduate group members
Kupiri Ackerman-Barger, Ph.D., R.N., Associate Dean for Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion; Associate Clinical Professor and Co-Director for the Interprofessional Teaching Scholars Program
Jason Adams, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine
Susan L. Adams, Ph.D., R.N., N.P., C.N.S., Associate Clinical Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Nick Anderson, M.S., Ph.D., Robert D. Cardiff Professor of Informatics, UC Davis; Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine; Director of Informatics, Clinical Translational Science Center, UC Davis
Ester Carolina Apesoa-Varano, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Deb Bakerjian, Ph.D., A.P.R.N., F.A.A.N., F.A.A.N.P., F.G.S.A., Clinical Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Janice F. Bell, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.N., F.A.A.N., Associate Dean for Research, Doctor of Philosophy Program Director and Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Julie T. Bidwell, Ph.D., R.N., Assistant Professor in the Family Caregiving Institute, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Shelley Blozis, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Sheryl L. Catz, Ph.D., Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Stephen Cavanagh, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., Dignity Health Dean’s Chair for Nursing Leadership, Dean and Professor
Fawn A. Cothran, Ph.D., R.N., G.C.N.S.-B.C., Assistant Professor in the Family Caregiving Institute, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Timothy W. Cutler, Pharm. D., Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, UC San Francisco; Director, Sacramento Experimental Pharmacy Program, UC Davis
Christine de Belen-Wilson, M.S.N., R.N., F.N.P.-B.C., Clinician Educator: Assistant Clinical Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Madan Dharmar, Ph.D., Associate Professor, General Pediatrics, School of Medicine
Christiana Drake, Ph.D., Admissions Chair, Biostatistics Graduate Group; Professor, Department of Statistics
Felix D. Emond, Jr., M.S., P.A.-C., D.F.A.A.P.A., Assistant Clinical Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Mark Fedyk, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Bioethics Program, School of Medicine, and Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Erik Fernandez y Garcia, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine
Scott Fishman, M.D., Chief of Pain Medicine, Vice Chair for Pain Medicine and Faculty Development, and Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, School of Medicine
Philippe R. Goldin, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
David S. Grega, P.A.-C., M.P.A.S., D.F.A.A.P.A., Assistant Clinical Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Theresa A. Harvath, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., F.G.S.A., Senior Director for Strategic Initiatives, Family Caregiving Institute Director and Clinical Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Shelly Henderson, Ph.D., Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine
Ladson Hinton, M.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine
Victoria Jackson, M.S., M.H.S., N.P.-C., P.A.-C., Assistant Clinical Professor
Jill Joseph, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., Professor Emeritus (retired annuitant), Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Katherine Kim, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., Associate Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis; Associate Professor, UC Davis School of Medicine, Department of Public Health
Tae Youn Kim, Ph.D., R.N., Associate Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Nancy E. Lane, M.D., Director, UC Davis Center for Healthy Aging; Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine
Brent Luu, Pharm.D., B.C.P.S., B.C.A.C.P. , Assistant Clinical Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Janet Meda, D.N.P., F.N.P.-C, P.H.N., R.N., Clinician Educator: Assistant Clinical Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Frederick J. Meyers, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Pathology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine; Executive Director Medical Education and Academic Planning, UC Merced
Lisa Soederberg Miller, Ph.D., Director of Adult Development Lab, Vice Chair and Professor, Department of Human Ecology
Jessica Draughon Moret, Ph.D., R.N., S.A.N.E.-A., Assistant Director of the Master's Entry Program in Nursing and Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Jann Murray-Garcia, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Clinical Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
JoAnne E. Natale, M.D., Ph.D., Medical Director, UC Davis Children’s Hospital Pediatric Intensive Care Unit; Professor, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine
Thomas S. Nesbitt, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Vice Chancellor for Strategic Technologies and Alliances; Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine
Ricky Norwood, D.N.P., M.S.N., R.N., F.N.P.-B.C., Assistant Clinical Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Ron Ordona, D.N.P., F.N.P.-B.C., Assistant Clinical Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Eileen Partridge, D.N.P., R.N., A.G.P.C.N.P.-B.C., Assistant Clinical Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Jeffrey M. Pearl, M.D., Director for the Physician Assistant Program and Clinical Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Amber Ramage, M.S.N., Ed.M, F.N.P.-BC, Clinician Educator: Assistant Clinical Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Elizabeth Rice, Ph.D., P.M.H.N.P.-B.C., R.N. Associate Dean for Studentand Faculty Success, Director for the Master of Science — Family Nurse Practitioner Degree Program and Clinical Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Patrick S. Romano, M.D., M.P.H., Professor of General Medicine and Pediatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine
Shana Ruggenberg, Ed.D, RNC, Director for the Master’s Entry Program in Nursing and Associate Clinical Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Jill Saberman, R.N., M.S.N., W.H.N.P.-B.C., Clinician Educator: Assistant Clinical Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Cara M. Sandholdt, Ph.D., Assistant Adjunct Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Sumathi Sankaran-Walters, Ph.D., Associate Adjunct Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Kathryn Sexson, Ph.D., A.P.R.N., F.N.P.-B.C., Director for the Family Nurse Practitioner Program; Assistant Clinical Professor in the Family Caregiving Institute, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Mary Lou de Leon Siantz, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., Professor Emeritus (retired annuitant), Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Elena O. Siegel, Ph.D., R.N., Professor Emeritus (retired annuitant), Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Charleen Singh, Ph.D., F.N.P.-B.C., CWOCN, R.N., Assistant Clinical Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Hannah Spero, M.S.N., R.N., N.P.-C, Clinician Educator: Assistant Clinical Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Daniel Tancredi, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine
Teresa Thetford, DHSc, M.S., PA-C, N.P., Assistant Director for the Physician Assistant Program and Associate Clinical Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Hendry Ton, M.D. M.S., Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine
Laura L. Van Auker, D.N.P., R.N., F.N.P.-B.C., S.N.-C., Assistant Clinical Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Gordon H. Worley, M.S.N., R.N., F.N.P.-C., E.N.P.-C., F.A.W.M. Assistant Clinical Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Heather M. Young, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., Professor, dean emerita and national director for the Betty Irene Moore Fellowship Program for Nurse Leaders and Innovators