School of Health Sciences

Faculty and Staff

Leadership

Janet Blum, Sc.D., Interim Dean
Sonal Desai, Assistant Dean of Administration and Finance
Lindsey Carbone, MS’16, Assistant Dean of Graduate Programs

Full-Time Faculty

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Janet Blum
Interim Dean and Professor, School of Health Sciences
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Traci Alberti
Interim Director, Campus Health Services
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Sarah Benes
Associate Clinical Professor, School of Health Sciences
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Leena Bharath
Assistant Professor, Health Sciences
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April Bowling
Assistant Professor, Health Sciences
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Andrew Cannon
Associate Clinical Professor, Health Sciences
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Susan Carroccino
Assistant Clinical Professor, Nursing
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Juliana F.W. Cohen
Associate Professor, Health Sciences
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Nicola Contreras
Simulation Lab Director
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Michael Corcoran
Associate Professor, Nutrition
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Jillian Costa
Clinical Coordinator, Nursing
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Cynthia M. Ferrara
Associate Professor, Health Sciences
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Kathleen A. FitzPatrick
Professor Emeritus, Health Sciences
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Dennis Fontaine
Associate Clinical Professor, Health Sciences and Clinical Coordinator, Athletic Training
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Carol Glod
Professor, Health Sciences
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Allison Higgins
Lecturer
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Birgid Hopkins
Associate Clinical Professor, Health Sciences and Director, Athletic Training
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Janet Ierardi
Associate Clinical Professor, Nursing
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Meredith Parry
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Exercise and Rehab Sciences
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Jessica Peacock ’12
Assistant Professor, Health Science
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Leah Poloskey
Assistant Clinical Professor, Health Sciences
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Lynne Sheppard
Executive Director and Associate Clinical Professor of Nursing
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Eleanor Shonkoff
Assistant Clinical Professor
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Tunde Szivak
Assistant Professor, Health Sciences
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Zi Yan
Associate Professor, Health Sciences

Staff

Lindsey Carbone, MS’16
Assistant Dean of Graduate Programs, Health Sciences
Sonal Desai
Assistant Dean of Administration & Finance
Jacquelyn Rudis MacDonald
Experiential Education Manager
Cheryl Marcus
Administrative Assistant, Nursing
Ed Martin
Graduate Fellowship Manager
Sarah O’Connell, MEd’13
Assistant Director of Academic Programs
Christina Soto
Academic Program Manager

<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/21758_rickey-caldwell.rev.1599077275.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><a class="hover-yellow" href="/live/news/4947-merrimack-college-awarded-nsf-grant-for-machs" title="Merrimack College Awarded NSF Grant for MACHS Scholars Program" aria-label="Merrimack College Awarded NSF Grant for MACHS Scholars Program"><h3>Merrimack College Awarded NSF Grant for MACHS Scholars Program</h3></a> <p>Merrimack secures NSF grant for new STEM program to support high-achieving, low-income students. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><img src="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/21758_rickey-caldwell.rev.1599077275.jpg" alt="Principal Investigator Dr. Rickey Caldwell, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering"/></div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/21951_MerrimackVotes.rev.1603303801.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><a class="hover-yellow" href="/live/news/4977-merrimack-students-learn-about-the-electoral" title="Merrimack Students Learn About the Electoral Process" aria-label="Merrimack Students Learn About the Electoral Process"><h3>Merrimack Students Learn About the Electoral Process</h3></a> <p>The Office of Civic and Community Engagement at Merrimack is teaching students about the United States electoral process by providing them with the tools they need to make informed decisions this election season. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><img src="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/21951_MerrimackVotes.rev.1603303801.jpg" alt=""Many of Merrimack’s students will be voting in their first election,” said Mary McHugh, executive director of civic and community engagement. "/></div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1920,1080/ignore_cropper/1/21260_MC_Church1.rev.1587317585.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><a class="hover-yellow" href="https://www.merrimack.edu/covid-19/addressing-financial-hardships/index.php" title="Merrimack Establishes Student Emergency Fund" aria-label="Merrimack Establishes Student Emergency Fund"><h3>Merrimack Establishes Student Emergency Fund</h3></a> <p>As a testament to our Augustinian value of service to others and in the wake of this ongoing health crisis, Merrimack has established the Student Emergency Fund to assist those students who are facing additional financial hurdles due to COVID-19. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><img src="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1920,1080/ignore_cropper/1/21260_MC_Church1.rev.1587317585.jpg" alt="Merrimack church"/></div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2071/ignore_cropper/1/21746_DSC_6585.rev.1598540033.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><a class="hover-yellow" href="/live/news/4948-merrimack-offers-new-global-pandemics-course-about" title="Merrimack Offers New Global Pandemics Course About COVID-19" aria-label="Merrimack Offers New Global Pandemics Course About COVID-19"><h3>Merrimack Offers New Global Pandemics Course About COVID-19</h3></a> <p>Merrimack’s new course Global Pandemics: Challenges and Opportunities in the Context of COVID-19 offers students the opportunity to examine COVID-19 through the lens of multiple fields of study and practice. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><img src="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2071/ignore_cropper/1/21746_DSC_6585.rev.1598540033.jpg" alt="Students in Global Pandemics: Challenges and Opportunities in the Context of COVID-19 will learn about the economics of pandemics, post-pandemic recoveries and more. "/></div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/21380_F5_Janet_Ierardi_Twitter.rev.1588791908.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><a class="hover-yellow" href="/live/news/4921-faculty-fast-five-with-janet-ierardi" title="Faculty Fast Five with Janet Ierardi" aria-label="Faculty Fast Five with Janet Ierardi"><h3>Faculty Fast Five with Janet Ierardi</h3></a> <p>In this week’s edition of “Fast Five: Quick Q&As with Members of the Merrimack Community,” we talk to obstetrics nurse and associate clinical professor of nursing Janet Ierardi who teaches in the <a href="/nursing">nursing program at Merrimack</a>. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><img src="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/21380_F5_Janet_Ierardi_Twitter.rev.1588791908.jpg" alt="The first in her family to attend college, Janet Ierardi has been teaching nursing for more than 15 years and tells her students to "squeeze every drop out of learning.""/></div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/22086_winstonfamily1.rev.1605813843.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><a class="hover-yellow" href="/live/news/4999-merrimack-college-names-the-winston-school-of" title="Merrimack College Names the Winston School of Education and Social Policy" aria-label="Merrimack College Names the Winston School of Education and Social Policy"><h3>Merrimack College Names the Winston School of Education and Social Policy</h3></a> <p>Nov. 19, 2020 Merrimack College Press Release </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><img src="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/22086_winstonfamily1.rev.1605813843.jpg" alt="Thanks to the support of the Winstons, programs within the Winston School of Education and Social Policy will advance to the next level and focus on additional support for early career teachers."/></div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/21675_LM-FF.rev.1594916487.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><a class="hover-yellow" href="/live/news/4940-alumni-fast-five-with-nurse-lauren-maher-16" title="Alumni Fast Five with Nurse Lauren Maher ’16" aria-label="Alumni Fast Five with Nurse Lauren Maher ’16"><h3>Alumni Fast Five with Nurse Lauren Maher ’16</h3></a> <p>In this week’s edition of “Fast Five: Quick Q&As with Members of the Merrimack Community,” we talk to alumnus Lauren Maher ’16. Lauren shares her path to becoming a nurse, how Merrimack influenced her career choice and how she’d like to come back and share her knowledge with current nursing students. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><img src="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/21675_LM-FF.rev.1594916487.jpg" alt="Merrimack alumnus and nurse Lauren Maher '16 advises students to know they don't have to have it all figured out while they are in college."/></div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3600,4800/ignore_cropper/1/21902_Special_Olympics_.rev.1602687712.png'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><a class="hover-yellow" href="/live/news/4973-special-olympics-recognizes-merrimack-college-as-a" title="Special Olympics Recognizes Merrimack College as a Unified Champion School" aria-label="Special Olympics Recognizes Merrimack College as a Unified Champion School"><h3>Special Olympics Recognizes Merrimack College as a Unified Champion School</h3></a> <p>Merrimack’s Young Athletes and Developmental Sports program has been awarded the Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools® designation for the 2019-2020 school year. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><img src="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3600,4800/ignore_cropper/1/21902_Special_Olympics_.rev.1602687712.png" alt="Merrimack’s Young Athletes and Developmental Sports program is one of the fastest growing student groups on campus."/></div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/21864_New_Faculty_-_News_Story_Thumbnail.rev.1602092434.png'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><a class="hover-yellow" href="/live/news/4972-new-faculty-join-the-ranks-at-merrimack-college" title="New Faculty Join the Ranks at Merrimack College" aria-label="New Faculty Join the Ranks at Merrimack College"><h3>New Faculty Join the Ranks at Merrimack College</h3></a> <p>Continuing its commitment to provide an enriched academic experience for students, Merrimack welcomed 13 new faculty members to its ranks this Fall. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><img src="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/21864_New_Faculty_-_News_Story_Thumbnail.rev.1602092434.png" alt="New Faculty Join the Ranks at Merrimack College"/></div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/22014_merri4.rev.1604071347.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><a class="hover-yellow" href="/live/news/4991-merrimack-celebrates-comfort-dog-merris-1st" title="Merrimack Celebrates Comfort Dog Merri’s 1st Birthday" aria-label="Merrimack Celebrates Comfort Dog Merri’s 1st Birthday"><h3>Merrimack Celebrates Comfort Dog Merri’s 1st Birthday</h3></a> <p>Faculty, staff and students wished a happy first birthday to Merrimack’s comfort dog Merri at a socially distanced outdoor celebration in her honor. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><img src="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/22014_merri4.rev.1604071347.jpg" alt="Merrimack's comfort dog Merri just turned one and enjoyed a birthday celebration outside of the Sakowich Campus Center. Follow Merri on Instagram."/></div></div></div></div></div></section>
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