PhD Program Faculty
Our PhD program faculty includes both research active faculty and faculty who are experts in a particular content area(s).
Research Faculty
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DIRECTOR
Ann Minnick
Julia Eleanor Chenault Professor of Nursing
Senior Associate Dean for Research
415 Godchaux Hall
Phone: 615.343.2998
Fax: 615.343.5898
Email: ann.minnick@vanderbilt.edu
Linda D. Norman
Professor of Nursing
Senior Associate Dean for Academics
215 Godchaux Hall
Phone: 615.322.3804
Fax: 615.322.1708
Email: linda.norman@vanderbilt.edu
SUPPORT STAFF
Irene M. McKirgan
Administrative Manager
603C Godchaux Hall
Phone: 615.322.7410
Fax: 615.343.7505
Email: irene.mckirgan@vanderbilt.edu
Darlene Smith
Administrative Assistant
603 Godchaux Hall
Phone: 615.343.8977
Fax: 615.343.7505
Email: darlene.smith@vanderbilt.edu
FACULTY
Peter I. Buerhaus
Valere Potter Distinguished Professor of Nursing
Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies
Institute for Medicine and Public Health
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Sixth Floor, Suite 600
2525 West End Ave.
Phone: 615.936.8312
Email: peter.buerhaus@vanderbilt.edu
Mary Jo Gilmer
Professor of Nursing
417 Godchaux Hall
Phone: 615.343.0980
Fax: 615.343.5898
Email: maryjo.gilmer@vanderbilt.edu
Lynda L. LaMontagne
Professor of Nursing
516 Godchaux Hall
Phone: 615.343.3321
Fax: 615.343.3998
Email: lynda.lamontagne@vanderbilt.edu
Melanie Lutenbacher
Associate Professor of Nursing
603D Godchaux Hall
Phone: 615.343.3314
Fax: 615.343.7505
Email: melanie.lutenbacher@vanderbilt.edu
Shelagh A. Mulvaney
Assistant Professor of Nursing
425 Godchaux Hall
Phone: 615.322.1198
Fax: 615.343.5898
Email: shelagh.mulvaney@vanderbilt.edu
Sheila Ridner
Assistant Professor of Nursing
525 Godchaux Hall
Phone: 615.322.0831
Fax: 615.343.3998
Email: sheila.ridner@vanderbilt.edu
Vaughn G. Sinclair
Professor of Nursing
519 Frist Hall
Phone: 615.343.2253
Fax: 615.936.0228
Email: vaughn.sinclair@vanderbilt.edu
Michael W. Vollman
Assistant Professor of Nursing
418 Godchaux Hall
Phone: 615.343.4370
Fax: 615.936.0228
Email: michael.vollman@vanderbilt.edu
Ken Wallston
Professor of Psychology in Nursing
421 Godchaux Hall
Phone: 615.343.3317
Fax: 615.343.3998
Email: ken.wallston@vanderbilt.edu
Betsy Weiner
Professor of Informatics
Senior Associate Dean for Informatics
Associate Director, International Nursing Coalition for
Mass Casualty Education
260 Frist Hall
Phone: 615.322.4639
Fax: 615.936.2549
Email: betsy.weiner@vanderbilt.edu
Nancy Wells
Research Professor of Nursing
Director VUMC Nursing Research
TT-0102 MCN
Phone: 615.322.6184
Fax: 615.322.3490
Email: nancy.wells@vanderbilt.edu