Who We Are

LaRon E. Nelson, PhD, RN, FNP, FNAP, FNYAM, FAAN

Associate Dean for Global Affairs & Planetary Health
Independence Foundation Associate Professor and Associate Professor of Nursing 

Yale School of Nursing - Room 31102 

email: laron.nelson@yale.edu
phone: 203-785-5797   fax: 203-737-2685

Zhao Ni

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

Sohani Sirdeshmukh

phone: 203-737-2193   fax: 203-737-2685

Mary Ann Fuentes Marshak

 
Yale School of Nursing - Room 31101
phone: 203-785-5797   fax: 203-737-2685

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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  • Kai Chen, PhD 
    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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  • Daihnia Dunkley, PhD, RN 
    Senior Lecturer in Nursing 
    School of Nursing
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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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  • Claudia Valeggia, PhD 
    Professor of Anthropology 
    Department of Anthropology 
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