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.

Amy A. Nichols, Ed.D., R.N. C.N.S., C.H.S.E., Director of Clinical Simulation and Clinical Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing 

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.N., 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

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