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Leadership

Ranked among the top 3% of nursing schools, and still Virginia's only nursing program to be ranked in the nation's top 25 ...

Academic home to nurse scientists who lead funded investigations in aging, healthcare technology, and health disparities and social determinants of health ...

A pioneer and champion of teaching compassionate care and clinician well-being ...

Lauded for an award-winning healthy work environment, creating novel on-ramps for nursing faculty professors and clinician-educators, as well as mentoring programs for undergraduate nurse researchers, new UVA Health nurses, and RN to BSN students ...

As an academic community rooted in compassion, belonging, equity, excellence, and respect, we collectively strive to transform the health of individuals and communities, as well as the broader healthcare landscape, through exceptional care, learning, science, and influence.

Marianne Baernholdt, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN

Dean and Sadie Heath Cabaniss Professor of Nursing

mb2vy@virginia.edu

Lance Poston, PhD

lanceposton@virginia.edu

Jeanne Alhusen, PhD, CRNP, RN, FAAN

Associate Dean for Research

jla7e@virginia.edu

Shelly Smith, PhD, DNP, APRN-BC, FAAN, FNAP

Interim Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Advanced Practice Program Director, MSN

srp5k@virginia.edu

Melissa Gomes, PhD, APRN, PMHNP-BC, FNAP, FAAN

Associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion and associate professor

mg3uq@virginia.edu

Associate Dean for Partner Development and Engagement

raj9c@virginia.edu

Regina DeGennaro, DNP, CNS, RN, AOCN, CNL

Professor, Department Chair, Academic Director of Clinical Partnerships

rmd3e@virginia.edu

Barbara Reyna, PhD, RN, NNP-BC

Associate Professor, Department Chair, and Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Coordinator

bar4s@virginia.edu

John Teahan, MEd

associate dean for administration

jwt5z@virginia.edu

Executive Director of Development

eww6j@virginia.edu