Faculty & Staff
Meet faculty & staff from Merrimack College’s School of Nursing and Health Sciences.
Dean’s Office
Full-Time Faculty
Douglas
Pisano
Traci
Alberti,
Ph.D., FNP-BC
Associate Dean of Nursing, School of Nursing & Health Sciences
Mark
Adelung,
Ph.D., RN
Associate Clinical Professor, Nursing
Laurie
Baker,
MSN, RN, CCRN
Coordinator, Nursing Lab & Simulation
Leena
Bharath
Assistant Professor, Nutrition and Public Health
April
Bowling
Vice President, Research & Associate Professor, Nutrition & Public Health
Andrew
Cannon
Clinical Professor, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
Jessica
Cellucci,
’12
Assistant Professor, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
Juliana FW
Cohen
Professor, Nutrition and Public Health
Philip
Cole,
DNP, MBA, MSN, RN, FP-C
Sarah
Comora,
MSN, RN, CNL
Assistant Clinical Professor, Nursing
Michael
Corcoran
Associate Professor, Nutrition and Public Health
Inyene
Essien-Aleksi,
Ph.D, NP-C, RN
Assistant Professor, Nursing
Dennis
Fontaine
Associate Clinical Professor, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
Karen
Fotino,
DNP, RN
Associate Clinical Professor, Nursing
Carol
Glod,
RN
Chair, Nutrition and Public Health & Professor, Nutrition and Public Health
Allison
Higgins
Assistant Clinical Professor, Nutrition and Public Health
Birgid
Hopkins
Chair, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences & Associate Clinical Professor, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
Janet
Ierardi,
Ph.D., RNC, CNE, CNE-CL
Clinical Professor, Nursing
Mee Kyung
Lee,
Ph.D., RN
Assistant Professor, Nursing
Danielle
Leone-Sheehan,
Ph.D., RN
Assistant Professor, Nursing
Elizabeth
Natale
Assistant Clinical Professor, Nutrition and Public Health
Leah
Poloskey
Assistant Clinical Professor, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
Nicholas
Santa-Barbara
Assistant Clinical Professor, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
Lynne
Sheppard,
DNP, RN
Clinical Professor & Undergraduate Nursing Program Director
Eleanor
Shonkoff
Associate Clinical Professor, Nutrition and Public Health
Tunde
Szivak
Associate Professor, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
Vanessa
Vath,
Ph.D, RN
Associate Clinical Professor, Nursing
Zi
Yan
Chair & Professor, Nutrition and Public Health
Instructors
Elizabeth
Natale
Assistant Clinical Professor, Nutrition and Public Health
Deanna
Pomfret
Staff
Gayle
Ardito,
RN
Registered Nurse, Hamel Health Center
Laurie
Baker,
MSN, RN, CCRN
Coordinator, Nursing Lab & Simulation
Jillian
Costa,
MSN, cPNP
Clinical Placement Coordinator
M. Cristina
Fernandez
Joseph
Ruggiero
Academic Advisor, Center for Advising and Student Support
Christina
Soto
Professor Emeriti
Kathleen A. FitzPatrick fitzpatrickk@merrimack.edu
Alumni Class Year Designations
Faculty and staff members who are alumni of Merrimack College have their year of graduation listed after their name. Bachelor's degree is denoted by the year (i.e. '01). Master's degree is denoted by an "M" and the year of graduation (i.e. M'04).Â