Faculty

 

Awards/Honors
The faculty of Penn's Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence are acknowledged leaders in their fields. They promote a spirit of inquiry, commitment to excellence, and a diffusion of the boundaries that so often separate practice, research and education.
 
 

CORE FACULTY
EMAIL
   
Chris Bradway, PhD, RN, CS
Assistant Professor of Gerontological Nursing
cwb@nursing.upenn.edu


 
   
Valerie Cotter, MSN, CRNP, FAANP
Director, Adult Health & Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Programs;
Nurse Practitioner, Memory Disorders and Dementia Care Program, Marlton, NJ
cottervt@nursing.upenn.edu


 
   

Lois Evans, DNSc, FAAN
Viola MacInnes/Independence Professor in Nursing, Associate Director, Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence; Division Chair, Family and Community Health

evans@nursing.upenn.edu


 
   

Sarah H. Kagan, PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Professor of Gerontological Nursing and Doris R. Schwartz Term Professor in Gerontological Nursing

skagan@nursing.upenn.edu


 
   
Lenore H. Kurlowicz, PhD, RN, C
Assistant Professor (CE) of Geropsychiatric Nursing
lenorek@nursing.upenn.edu


 
   
Therese Richmond, PhD, FAAN, CRNP
Associate Professor (CE) of Trauma & Critical Care Nursing; Director, Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program
terryr@nursing.upenn.edu


 
     
Neville Strumpf, PhD, C, FAAN
Edith Clemmer Steinbright Professor in Gerontology, Director, Center for Gerontologic Nursing Science; Director, Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence
strumpf@nursing.upenn.edu


 
     
Eileen Sullivan-Marx, PhD, FAAN
Associate Professor of Nursing, Shearer Endowed Term Chair for Healthy Community Practices, and Associate Dean for Practice and Community Affairs

marx@nursing.upenn.edu

 

     
SECONDARY FACULTY
EMAIL
Joseph I Boullata, Pharm D, RPh, BCNSP
Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics - Clinician Educator
 
boullata@nursing.upenn.edu
     
Kathryn Bowles, PhD, RN
Associate Professor
bowles@nursing.upenn.edu


 
     
Christopher L Coleman, PhD, MPH, APRN-BC, ACRN
Assistant Professor of Nursing
colemanc@nursing.upenn.edu


 
     
Charlene Compher, PhD, RD, FADA
Assistant Professor (CE) of Nutrition

compherc@nursing.upenn.edu


 
     
Norma Cuellar, DSN, RN
Assistant Professor of Nursing
ncuellar@nursing.upenn.edu


 
     
Arlene Houldin, PhD, RN
Associate Professor (CE) of Psychosocial Nursing; Director, Adult Oncology Nurse Practitioner Program
houldin@nursing.upenn.edu


 
     
Norma M Lang, PhD, FAAN, FRCN, RN
Professor Emeritus

nlang@nursing.upenn.edu


 

     
Kathy McCauley, PhD, FAAN
Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Nursing, and Interim Associate Dean and Director of Undergraduate Studies
kmccaule@nursing.upenn.edu


 
     
Salimah Meghani,  PhD, MBE, CRNP
Assistant Professor
 

meghanis@nursing.upenn.edu

 
     
Mary Naylor, PhD, FAAN
Marian S. Ware Professor in Gerontology, McCann Scholar, Director, RAND/Hartford Center for Interdisciplinary Geriatric Health Care Research, Associate Director, HCGNE

naylor@nursing.upenn.edu


 

     
Rosemary C Polomano, PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Professor of Pain Practice

polomanr@nursing.upenn.edu

 
     
Barbara J Riegel, DNSc, RN, CS, FAAN
Associate Professor of Nursing
briegel@nursing.upenn.edu


 
     
Cynthia Scalzi, PhD, FAAN
Associate Professor and Director of the Nursing and Health Care Administration Program
     
Julie Sochalski, PhD, FAAN
Associate Professor, Associate Director of Center for Health Outcomes & Policy Research
julieas@nursing.upenn.edu


 
     

Stella L Volpe, PhD, RD, LD/N, FACSM
Miriam Stirl Term Associate Professor of Nutrition


svolpe@nursing.upenn.edu


 
     
Terri Weaver, PhD, FAAN
Associate Professor of Nursing;
Chair, Biobehavioral and Health Sciences Division

tew@nursing.upenn.edu



ASSOCIATED FACULTY
EMAIL
     
Ivo L. Abraham, PhD
Adjunct Professor, UPenn SoN

iabraham@nursing.upenn.edu


 
     

Fran Barg, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor Oncology
Adjunct Associate Professor, UPenn SoN

fbarg@nursing.upenn.edu


 
     
Meg Bourbonniere, PhD, GNP
Assistant Professor, Yale University SoN
Adjunct Assistant Professor, UPenn SoN
meg.bourbonniere@yale.edu


 
     
Kathleen Burke, RN, PhD

Program Director Nursing and Healthcare Administration and Health Leadership Programs
Director, Center of Professional Development, UPenn, SoN

 burkekg@nursing.upenn.edu
     
Elizabeth Capezuti, PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Professor, Division of Nursing
The Steinhardt School of Education
New York University, and Adjunct Associate Professor, UPenn SoN >>> more
ec65@nyu.edu



 
     
Linda Carrick, PhD, RN
Practice Assistant Professor,
Nursing Administration Program
carrickk@aol.com


 
     
Joan K. Davitt, PhD
Assistant Professor,
University of Pennsylvania
School of Social Work
jdavitt@ssw.upenn.edu


 
     
Kathleen L. Egan, PhD
Director, Geriatrics Education
Division of Geriatric Medicine
University of Pennsylvania

klegan@mail.med.upenn.edu
     
Janice Foust, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing
School of Health & Human Services
University of New Hampshire
Adjunct Assistant Professor, UPenn SoN
janice.foust@unh.edu



 
     
Allen Glicksman, PhD
Director of Research & Evaluation Planning
Philadelphia Corporation for Aging (PCA)
Philadelphia, PA 19130-3409

aglicksm@pcaphl.org



 
     
Mary Beth Happ, PhD, RN
Associate Professor, Dept. of Acute & Tertiary Care
School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh
Adjunct Associate Professor, UPenn SoN
mhapp@pitt.edu


 
     
Karen B. Hirschman, PhD, MSW
Research Assistant Professor, UPenn SoN
hirschk@nursing.upenn.edu


 
     
Nancy Hodgson, PhD, RN, CS
Associate, Senior Research Scientist
Polisher Research Institute
- Horsham Campus

Adjunct Associate Professor, UPenn SoN
nhodgson@abramsoncenter.org


 
     
Ann Kolanowski, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN
Elouise Ross Eberly Professor of Nursing
School of Nursing
Penn State University

 
amk20@psu.edu
     
Joanne Reifsnyder, PhD, APRN, BC-PCM  
Adjunct Assistant Professor, UPenn SoN
Partner, Ethos Consulting Group, LLC,
Mt. Laurel, NJ
jreifsny@nursing.upenn.edu


 
     
Ann Slaughter, DDS, MPH
Assistant Professor of Dental Care Systems
School of Dental Medicine
University of Pennsylvania

yas@pobox.upenn.edu

 

     
Beth Ann Swan, PhD, RN
Associate Professor and Program Coordinator,
Adult Nurse Practitioner Program,
Thomas Jefferson University and
Adjunct Associate Professor, UPenn SoN
beth.swan@jefferson.edu


 
     

Kimberly Van Haitsma, PhD
Associate, Senior Research Scientist
Polisher Research Institute - Horsham Campus
Director, Harry Stern Center for Innovations in Alzheimer's Care
Adjunct Assistant Professor, UPenn SoN

kvanh@aol.com



 
     

Tamara Zurakowski, PhD, CRNP
Lecturer/Clinical Specialist
Geriatric Nurse Practitioner at LIFE
Division of Family and Community Health
zurakows@nursing.upenn.edu


 
PRACTICE AFFILIATES
EMAIL
     
Rita Adeniran, MSN, RN, CMAC
Global Nurse Ambassador, Department of Nursing Development, Education and Life Long Learning, School of Nursing
ritaka@nursing.upenn.edu
     
  Patricia Johnson, RN, CRNP

Gerontologic Nurse Pactitioner, In-Home Primary Care Program, Ralston-Penn Center and Penn Center for Rehabilitation and Care

Patricia.Johnson@uphs.upenn.edu
     
  Anne McGinley, PhD, CRNP
Director, Undergraduate Program, Thomas Jefferson University College of Health Professions Department of Nursing.
anne.mcginley@mail.tju.edu
     
Therese DeVries Narzikul, MBA, MSN, CRNP
Project Manager
University of Pennsylvania
School of Nursing
narzikul@nursing.upenn.edu
     
  Carole Somers, MSN, RN
Director of Clinical Services, LIFE
csomers@nursing.upenn.edu
     



Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence
University of Pennsylvania - School of Nursing - 420 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6096

TEL: (215) 573-3296 - FAX: (215) 573-6464
Last updated November 1, 2005