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Dean
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Renee Pozza, PhD, RN, CNS, FNP-BC
Dean and Professor, School of Nursing
Associate Dean
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Teresa Dodd-Butera, PhD, RN/DABAT
Associate Dean of Research and Professor
Phone: (626) 815-2120
Alternative Phone: (619) 995-4057
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #301
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Ruth Mielke, PhD, RN, CNM, FACNM, WHNP-BC
Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Professor
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Grace Moorefield, PhD, APRN-BC
Associate Dean of Student Affairs and Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5377
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Building One, Office #313
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Lynda Reed, DNP, RN, FNP-C
Associate Dean of Evaluation, Accreditation, & Assessment and Associate Professor, School of Nursing
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Lori Silao, PhD, RN, MN NNP-BC
Associate Dean, Undergraduate Division and Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6352
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #222
Professor
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Vicky Bowden, DNSc, RN
Professor
Phone: (626) 815-2034
Fax: (626) 815-3807
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Building One, Room 302
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Marie N. Fongwa, PhD, MPH, MSN, RN
Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5380
Fax: (626) 815-5414
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #234
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Nabil Hanna, MB BCh
Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5411
Fax: (626) 815-5414
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Building One, Room #357
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Marcella Hardy-Peterson, DNP, RN, WHNP
Program Director, Professor School of Nursing
Phone: (909) 894-6148
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, IE 208 Q
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Christine Joy Phongdara
Program Director, Entry Level Master's Program at Inland Empire Regional Campus and Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2872
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, 208 H
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Lowell Renold, PhD
Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5593
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #302
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Kathleen Ruccione, PhD
Professor, Program Director, SON PhD Program (Interim)
Phone: (626) 815-6000
Email: [email protected]
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Ebere Ume, PhD
Professor, School of Nursing
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Monrovia Room #201
Associate Professor
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Najood Ghazi Azar-Chaaya, PhD, MSN, MSN-Ed, RN
Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6314
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room #216
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Marissa Brash, DrPH, EdD, MPH, CPH
Department Chair, Master of Public Health and Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6186
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Suite 604B, Office #306
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Eurina Yujin Cha, PhD, MSN, RN, CRRN, PHNA-BC, CHES
Department Chair, Upper-Division BSN Transfer and Associate Professor
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Karen French, DNP, FNP-C, RN
Department Chair, MSN Family Nurse Practitioner Program at Azusa and Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-5075
Fax: (909) 383-6892
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Building One, Room #317
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Sabrina Friedman, EdD, DNP, PMHCNS, FNP
Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2265
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Inland Empire Regional Campus, IERC, Suite 208G
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Anna Marie Hefner, PhD, MAEd, CPNP, RN
Associate Professor
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Mary Lynne Knighten, DNP
Associate Professor and DNP Clinical Residency Coordinator
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Hong Li, PhD
Director, APU Institute of Health Research and Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6324
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room 235
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Sanggon Nam, PhD, MS
Associate Professor, School of Nursing
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Patricia Quinn, PhD, ANP-BC
Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2159
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room #119
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Jenna Reyes, EdD, RN, PHN, CHSE
Department Chair, Nursing Education and Associate Professor
Phone: (760) 807-0904
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Suite 300, Room #117
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Regina Rico, PhD
Director of Skills Labs and Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5272
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: West Campus, Building One, Room 315
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Nancy Sabin, DNP
Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2159
Email: [email protected]
Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Room #315
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Linda Searle-Leach, PhD
Associate Professor