Faculty Directory

Lin Zhan, PhD, RN, FAAN

Dean and Professor

Dong Sung An, MD, PhD

Associate Dean of Research and Innovation; Professor

Judith Anugom, MSN, PMHNP-BC

Adjunct Lecturer

Barbara M. Bates-Jensen, PhD, RN, FAAN

Associate Dean of Academic Affairs; Professor

Quanna Batiste-Brown, DNP, RN, NEA-BC

Adjunct Associate Professor; Chief Nursing Officer, UCLA Health

Dana Beck, PhD, MS, MSN, FNP-BC

Assistant Professor

Nancy Blake, PhD, RN, CCRN-K, NHDP-BC, NEA-BC, FACHE, FAONL, FAAN

Associate Adjunct Professor

Anita Bralock, PhD, RN, CNM

Program Director, Prelicensure Programs; Adjunct Associate Professor

Eden Brauer, PhD, RN

Assistant Professor

Mary-Lynn Brecht, PhD

Adjunct Professor

Theresa Brown, DNP, ACNP-BC, AACC, FAANP

Assistant Adjunct Professor; Program Director, APRN

Nancy Jo Bush, DNP, RN, MA, AOCN, FAAN

Director, Doctor of Nursing Practice Program; Adjunct Professor

Mary M Canobbio, MN, RN, FAAN

Recall Lecturer

Catherine Carpenter, PhD

Adjunct Professor

Jihan Ceyhan, MSN, RN, AGPCNP-BC, HNP

Director, Skills and Simulation Lab

Wei-Ti Chen, RN, CNM, PhD, FAAN

Associate Professor

Kristen R. Choi, PhD, PMHNP-BC, FAAN

Assistant Professor

Sarah E. Choi, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, FAAN

Professor

Lauren Clark, PhD, RN, FAAN

Shapiro Family Endowed Chair in Developmental Disabilities Studies; Professor

Emma Cuenca, DNP, RN, CCRN, CSC, CNS

Program Director, Prelicensure Programs; Adjunct Assistant Professor

Carol L. Cunningham, DNP, MSN, RNFA, FNP-C

Continuing Lecturer

Barbara Demman, MSN, RN, ACNP, CNS

Continuing Lecturer

Holli DeVon, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN

Audrienne H. Moseley Endowed Chair in Community Research; Professor

Elizabeth Dixon, PhD, MSN/MPH, RN

Recall Lecturer

Denice Economou

Associate Adjunct Professor

Nkoli "Grace" Ezenwa, DNP, AG-ACNP, CCRN

Lecturer

Rodney Fox, PhD, AG-ACNP, FNP, PMHNP

Lecturer

Stacey Green, DNP, AOCNP, GNP-BC, PMHNP-BC

Lecturer; Assistant Clinical Professor

Karen Grimley, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN, FACHE, NEA-BC

Chief Nursing Executive, UCLA Health; Assistant Dean

Karen H. Gylys, PhD, RN

Adjunct Professor

Nalo Hamilton, PhD, MSN, APRN-BC

Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion; Associate Professor

MarySue V. Heilemann, PhD, RN, FAAN

Professor; FEC Chair

Felicia Hodge, DrPH

Professor

Kari Jackson, RN, MSN, CNL

Lecturer

Rosario B. Jaime-Lara, PhD, FNP, RN

Assistant Professor

Su Yon Jung, PhD

Associate Professor

Colleen Keenan, PhD, RNC

Adjunct Associate Professor

Zarenna Khan, DNP, MSN, BSN, MED-SURG BC, PHN

Clinical Faculty; Lecturer

Jian Li, MD, PhD

Professor

Amy Lohmann, DNP, RN, CRN, CNS, MSN, PNP

Continuing Lecturer

Laurie Love, DNP, RN, FNP-BC

Continuing Lecturer

Robert Lucero, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN

Professor; Inaugural Audrienne H. Moseley Endowed Chair in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Paul M. Macey, PhD

Professor

Linda Mahjoub, RN, DNP, MSN, PCCN, GERO-BC, PHN

Lecturer

Young Kee Markham, MSN, FNP, GNP-BC

Continuing Lecturer

Kathleen McDermott, DNP, RN, MSN, APRN, PMHNP

Adjunct Associate Professor

Nancy McGrath, MN, RN, CPNP-AC/PC

Continuing Lecturer

Silvia Mieure

Continuing Lecturer

Thye Peng Ngo, RN, MSN, FNP, CNE, CHSE

Lecturer

Charlene Niemi, PhD, MSN, RN, PHN

Associate Adjunct Professor

Rachel O. Okah, DNP, RN, CNS-BC, PCCN, PHN, CPPS, CCM

Lecturer

Nancy Pike, PhD, RN, CPNP-AC/PC, FAHA, FAAN

Professor; Director of Research

Mary Rezk-Hanna, PhD, FAAN, FAHA

Assistant Professor

Wendie Robbins, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAAOHN

Professor; Director, PhD Program

Benissa E. Salem, PhD, RN, MSN, PHN, CNL

Associate Adjunct Professor

Christine Samuel-Nakamura, PhD, RN, FNP-BC

Assistant Professor

Beleda Saziru, DNP, RNC-MNN,CLEC

Lecturer

Kristen Schulz, RN, MSN, AGACNP-BC

Lecturer

Beth K. Schwartz, MSN, RN, PHN, MAT

Lecturer

Rita Secola, PhD, RN, CPON, NEA-BC, FAAN

Associate Adjunct Professor

Manpreet Sidhu, DNP, MSN, RN, ACNP-BC

Lecturer

Kia Skrine Jeffers, PhD, RN, PHN

Assistant Professor

Sophie Sokolow, PhD, MPharm

Associate Professor

Yeonsu Song, PhD, RN, FNP-C

Assistant Professor

Marci Spruill, MSN, RN, PHN, CNS, CPNP-PC

Lecturer

Sade N. Stephenson, RN, MSN, AGACNP-BC, CCRN

Lecturer

Ali R. Tayyeb, PhD, RN, NPD-BC, PHN

Director, Educational Technology and Innovation; Adjunct Associate Professor

Elizabeth Anne Thomas, PhD, ANP-BC, COHN-S, FAAOHN

APRN Asst Program Director; Adjunct Associate Professor

Dante Anthony Tolentino, PhD, MS, RN-BC

Assistant Professor

Glenda Totten, MSN, RN, CNS, PHN

Lecturer

Vanessa Trebelhorn, DNP, CRNP, FNP-BC

Lecturer

Inese Verzemnieks, PhD, RN

Recall Lecturer

Kristi K. Westphaln, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC

Assistant Professor

Dorothy Wiley, PhD, RN, FAAN

Professor