Directory
PhD Program Faculty
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Associate Professor; Director, PhD Program; Director, Dual DNP-PhD Pathway
Edwin Aroke
PhD, CRNA, FAAN, FAANA
(205) 975-5700
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Professor; Director, Statistics
Andres Azuero
PhD, MBA
(205) 996-9441
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University Professor; Associate Dean, Research & Scholarship
Marie Bakitas
DNSc, CRNP, NP‐C, AOCN, FPCN, FAAN
(205) 934-5277
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Associate Professor
Crystal Chapman Lambert
PhD, CRNP, NP‐C, FNP‐BC, AAHIVS, ACRN, FAAN
(205) 934-3481
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Associate Professor; Associate Dean, Undergraduate & Prelicensure Education
Gwendolyn Childs Sims
PhD, RN, FAAN
(205) 996-4687
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Assistant Professor
Deborah Ejem
PhD
(205) 996-1671
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Assistant Professor
Shena Gazaway
PhD
(205) 975-5304
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Professor
Karen Heaton
PhD, CRNP, FNP‐BC, FAAOHN, FAAN
(205) 996-9467
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Professor
Rita Jablonski
PhD, CRNP, FGSA, FAAN
(205) 975-9019
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University Professor
Mirjam-Colette Kempf
PhD, MPH
(205) 934-9333
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Associate Professor; Chair, Department of Family, Community and Health Systems
Sigrid Ladores
PhD, RN, PNP, CNE, FAAN
(205) 934-6835
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Professor
Wendy Landier
PhD, CRNP, CPNP-C, PNP-BC, FAAN
(205) 638-2120
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Professor; Director, Global Partnerships; Co-Director, PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for International Nursing
Ada Markaki
PhD, RN, CNS, PHCNS‐BC, FAAN
(205) 996-6136
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Professor; Senior Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
Linda Moneyham
PhD, RN, FAAN
(205) 934-0610
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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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Assistant Professor; Coordinator, Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program
Frank Puga
PhD
(205) 934-6487
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Professor
Marti Rice
PhD, RN, FAAN
(205) 975-7802
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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
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University Professor
David Vance
PhD, MGS, MS
(205) 934-7589
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Professor
Hsiao-Lan Wang
PhD, RN, CMSRN, ACSM EP‐C, FAAN
(205) 996-7813
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Assistant Professor
Rachel Wells
PhD, RN
(205) 934-0962
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Associate Professor; Assistant Director, PhD Program
Pariya Wheeler
PhD
(205) 996-0330
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Assistant Professor
Jenni Wise
PhD, RN
(205) 996-9459