Directory
Endowed Chairs and Professorships
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Associate Professor; Doreen C. Harper, PhD, RN, FAAN Endowed Professorship in Nursing
James Odom
PhD, MSN, MA, RN, ACHPN, FPCN, FAAN
(205) 934-7597
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Professor; Rachel Z. Booth Endowed Chair in Nursing
Patricia Patrician
PhD, RN, FAAN
(205) 996-5211
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Dean; Professor; Fay B. Ireland Endowed Chair in Nursing; Director, PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centre for International Nursing
Maria Shirey
PhD, MBA, RN, NEA‐BC, ANEF, FACHE, FNAP, FAAN
(205) 934-5360
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Professor; Assistant Dean, Research & Scholarship; Marie O’Koren Endowed Chair in Nursing
Ellen Smith
PhD, MSN, RN, AOCN, FAAN
(205) 996-1812