Faculty & Staff
Meet faculty & staff from Merrimack College’s School of Nursing and Health Sciences.
Dean’s Office
See Dean’s Office Faculty & Staff
Full-Time Faculty
Janet Blum
- Interim Dean and Professor, School of Nursing and Health Sciences
Mark Adelung, Ph.D., RN
- Associate Clinical Professor, Nursing
Traci Alberti, Ph.D., FNP-BC
- Associate Dean of Nursing, School of Nursing and Health Sciences
Leena Bharath
- Assistant Professor, Nutrition and Public Health
April Bowling
- Associate Professor, Nutrition and Public Health
Andrew Cannon
- Associate Clinical Professor, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
- Sports Physical Therapy Consultant, Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital Network
Juliana F.W. Cohen
- Associate Professor, Nutrition and Public Health
Sarah Comora, MSN, RN, CNL
- Assistant Clinical Professor, Nursing
Michael Corcoran
- Associate Professor, Nutrition and Public Health
Mary Lynn Davis-Ajami Ph.D, MBA, MSN, FNP, RN
- Professor & Chair, Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences
Inyene Essien-Aleksi, Ph.D, NP-C, RN
- Assistant Professor, Nursing
Dennis Fontaine
- Associate Clinical Professor, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
- Clinical Coordinator, Athletic Training
Karen Fotino, DNP, RN
- Associate Clinical Professor, Nursing
Carol Glod, RN
- Chair, Nutrition and Public Health & Professor, Nutrition and Public Health
- Fellow, American Academy of Nursing
- Registered Nurse
Allison Higgins
- Assistant Clinical Professor, Nutrition and Public Health
- Program Director, MS in Health and Wellness Management
- Program Director, MS in Community Health Education
Birgid Hopkins
- Chair, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences & Associate Clinical Professor and Chair, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
- Director, Athletic Training
Janet Ierardi, Ph.D., RNC, CNE, CNE-CL
- Associate Clinical Professor, Nursing
Mee Kyung Lee, Ph.D., RN
- Assistant Professor, Nursing
Danielle Leone-Sheehan, Ph.D., RN
- Assistant Professor, Nursing
Sharon Milne, Ph.D., RN-BC
- Associate Clinical Professor, Nursing
Alvin Morton III
- Lecturer, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
- Graduate Fellowship Coordinator
Elizabeth Natale
- Assistant Clinical Professor, Nutrition and Public Health
- Program Director, M.S. Nutrition and Human Performance
Jessica Peacock ’12
- Assistant Professor, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
Leah Poloskey
- Assistant Clinical Professor, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
Nicholas SantaBarbara
- Assistant Clinical Professor, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
- Graduate Director
Lynne Sheppard, DNP, RN
- Associate Clinical Professor & Undergraduate Nursing Program Director
Eleanor Shonkoff
- Assistant Clinical Professor, Nutrition and Public Health
Tunde Szivak
- Associate Professor, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
- Program Director, M.S. in Exercise and Sport Science
Vanessa Vath, Ph.D, RN
- Associate Clinical Professor, Nursing
Zi Yan
- Professor, Nutrition and Public Health
Staff
Laurie Baker, MSN, RN, CCRN
- Coordinator, Nursing Lab & Simulation
Jillian Costa, MSN, cPNP
- Clinical Placement Coordinator
Tara Daly
- Research Program Manager, CHIRP
Sonal Desai
- Assistant Dean of Administration & Finance
Cheryl Marcus
- Nursing Administrator
Scott McEnelly
- Internship Coordinator
Sarah O’Connell, MEd’13
- Assistant Dean for Student Advising and Services
Joseph Ruggiero
- Academic Advisor, Center for Advising and Student Support
Christina Soto
- Assistant Dean for Student Advising & Services
Professor Emeriti
Kathleen A. FitzPatrick fitzpatrickk@merrimack.edu