Who We Are

LaRon E. Nelson, PhD, RN, FNP, FNAP, FNYAM, FAAN
Associate Dean for Global Affairs & Planetary Health
Independence Foundation Professor of Nursing
Yale School of Nursing - Room 31102
email: laron.nelson@yale.edu
phone: 203-785-5797 fax: 203-737-2685

Zhao Ni, PhD, BMedSci, RN
Lead faculty, Yale Office of Global Affairs & Planetary Health
Director of International Academic Partnerships and Programs
Yale School of Nursing - Room 20508
Email: zhao.ni@yale.edu
Phone: 203-737-3039

Patricia Ryan-Krause, MS, MSN, PCPNP-BC
Professor Emerita of Nursing & Clinical Coordinator, Office of Global Affairs and Planetary Health
Yale School of Nursing - Room 22206
email: patricia.ryan-krause@yale.edu
phone: 203-737-2553 fax: 203-785-6455

Mary Ann Fuentes Marshak
GAPH Committee Members: 2022-23
The committee members’ inputs are vital in determining the direction of global affairs and planetary health at Yale School of Nursing from year to year and over the long term. The committee meets once per quarter.
- Sandy Cayo, DNP, FNP-BC, PhD(c)
Assistant Professor in Nursing
School of Nursing
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Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Environmental Health); Director of Research, Climate Change and Health; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
School of Public Health
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Shelli Feder, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, ACHPN
Assistant Professor in Nursing
School of Nursing
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Kaveh Khoshnood, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases); Track Director, Critical Topics, Executive MPH; Faculty Director, InnovateHealth Yale; Program Co-Director, Global Health Ethics Program, Yale Institute for Global Health; Track Director, Critical Topics in Public Health, Online Executive MPH Program
School of Public Health
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Sarah Lowe, PhD
Associate Professor of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences), Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Associate Clinical Professor of Nursing; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
School of Public Health
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Jennifer McIntosh, PhD, RN, CNE, PMH-BC, NEA-BC
Lecturer in Nursing, Graduate Entry Prespecialty in Nursing and Master of Science in Nursing
School of Nursing
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Soohyun Nam, PhD, APRN, ANP-BC, FAHA, FAAN
Associate Professor of Nursing
School of Nursing
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Michelle Telfer, DNP, MPH, CNM, FACNM
Assistant Professor of Nursing; Interim Nurse-Midwifery Specialty Co-Director; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
School of Nursing
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