Leadership & Staff
Anisha Rao, MPP
Program Coordinator
Center for Global Nursing, Institute for Global Health Sciences
Core Faculty and Facilitators
David Alfon, MSN, FNP-BC, NEA-BC
Unit Director, Intensive Care Unit | UCSF Health, Mount Zion Campus
Amada Apacible, DNP, RN, FNP-BC
Adult Critical Care Nurse Practitioner | UCSF Health; Assistant Clinical Professor | UCSF School of Nursing
Kimberly Baltzell, PhD, MS, RN
Professor | UCSF School of Nursing; Director | Global Action in. Nursing; Director of Partnerships | UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences
Erin Carrera, BS, RN, MBA
Clinical Coordinator | Roving Community Health Initiative, UCSF Health
Mitchel Erickson, DNP, ACNP-C
UCSF Geriatric Age-Friendly Emergency Department Consultant; Acute Care Nurse Practitioner | UCSF Division of Geriatrics; Clinical Professor | UCSF School of Nursing
Jennifer Huggans-Zapeta, MSN, RN, FNP-C
Assistant Clinical Professor | UCSF School of Nursing
Cana Jenkins, MSN, NP
Nurse Practitioner | UCSF Health; Assistant Professor | UCSF School of Nursing
Andrea Kuster, DNP, RN, FNP
Associate Professor | UCSF School of Nursing
Adam Leonard, PhD(c), MPH, PNP
Assistant Adjunct Professor | UCSF School of Nursing
Jennifer Leos, MSN, RN, NI-BC
Registered Nurse Informaticist | UCSF Health
Abbey Roepke, MSN, MPH
Assistant Clinical Professor | UCSF School of Nursing
Miranda Rouse, MPH
Program Coordinator | Global Action in Nursing, Institute for Global Health Sciences
Mardochee Val, MSN, CRNA
Nurse Anesthetist Supervisor | UCSF Health
Global Nursing Advisory Council
Maly Chittaphai, RN
Nursing Director | Lao Friends Hospital for Children
Joe P. Davies, BSN, RN
NCD Nurse Coordinator | Partners in Health Liberia
MaryJoy Kaimuri, PhD, MSc, BSN
Dean of the School of Nursing | Meru University of Science and Technology
Edna Tallam-Kimaiyo, PhD, RN, MPH
Head of Community Health; Senior Lecturer | AMREF International University
Josephine Nabulime, MSN, RN
Registered Nurse | Mulago National Referral Hospital
Bhawana Regmi, MSc, RN
Assistant Professor in Nursing | Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences
Josué Valdez, BSN, RN
Registered Nurse | Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital
Marilia Diaz, MSN, RN, FCCM
Unit Manager | Hospital Auxilio Mutuo
Executive Sponsors
Carol Dawson-Rose, PhD, RN, FAAN
Dean of the UCSF School of Nursing, Associate Vice Chancellor for Nursing Affairs
Payam Nahid, MD, MPH
Executive Director, Institute for Global Health Sciences
Maddy Pearson, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
Chief Nursing Executive and Vice President of Patient Care Services | UCSF Health; Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs | UCSF School of Nursing
