PhD Alumni

Oluwamuyiwa “Winnie” Adebayo
PhD '17, RN

Assistant Professor
The Pennsylvania State University
Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing

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

Associate Professor of Clinical
University of Miami

Adriana Arcia
PhD '11, RN

Associate Professor of Nursing
Columbia School of Nursing  

María José Baeza Robba
PhD’23, BSN

Adjunct Instructor at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile while conducting her postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Global Health Equity at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Shirley Elizabeth Curtis
PhD '11, BSc, MSc

Associate Professor of Nursing
University of the Bahamas

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

Associate Professor of Clinical
University of Miami

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

Assistant Professor of Nursing
Jacksonville University
Keigwin School of Nursing

Lucie Dlugasch
PhD '09, MSN, APRN, ANP-BC, CNE, FAANP

Clinical Associate Professor
Florida International University

Madeline Fernandez
PhD '19, MSN, APRN, WHNP-BC

Assistant Professor of Nursing
East Carolina University

Summer DeBastiani Hartley
PhD '18, MPH, RN

Assistant Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
Office of Health Affairs
West Virginia University

Shayne Doran Hauglum
PhD '15, CRNA, ARNP

Associate Professor of Clinical
University of the Miami
School of Nursing and Health Studies

Shakira Henderson
PhD '15, RN

Research Professor
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Kimberly Alecia Hires
PhD '12, BSN, BS

CEO
The Nightingale Firm, LLC

Mary Hooshmand
PhD '10, MS, RN

Associate Dean for Graduate Clinical Programs|
Associate Professor of Clinical
University of Miami
School of Nursing and Health Studies

Evelyn S. Iriarte Parra
MSN, BSNB, RN

Research Interest: Geriatric care, geriatric syndromes, multidimensional frailty, HIV prevention, HIV self-management, Hispanic/Latinx populations

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Roberto Roman Laporte
PhD ‘23, DNP, RN, CMSRN, EBP-C

Chief Innovation Officer
VitalBridge Health
Boynton Beach, Florida

Natalie Leblanc
PhD '16, MSN, RN, BSN

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

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

Assistant Professor
Indiana University School of Nursing

Research Assistant Scientist
Center for Aging Research at Regenstrief Institute
Indiana University

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
New Courtland Center for Transitions and Health
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

Dan Li
PhD '13, RN

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

Jacob Martinez
PhD '19, BSN

Assistant Professor of Nursing
The University of Texas at El Paso

Emmanuela Ojukwu
PhD '19, BSN

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

Johis Ortega
PhD '10, 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

Narciso Quidley-Rodriguez Jr.
PhD '19, BSN, RN

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

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

Associate Professor
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
School of Nursing

Lori Marie Schirle
PhD '16, CRNA

Assistant Professor
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Sameena F. Sheikh-Wu
BA, BSN, RN-BC

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

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Ariel Smith
PhD '19, RN

Assistant Professor
University of Illinois Chicago

Natasha Schaefer Solle
PhD '15, RN

Research Assistant Professor
University of Miami
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center,
Don Soffer Clinical Research Center

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

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

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

Associate Professor of Nursing
University of Portland

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

Assistant Professor of Clinical
University of Miami

David Zambrana
DNP, MBA, RN, PhD '17

Executive Vice President of Hospital Operations &
Chief Operating Officer
Jackson Health System

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