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GAPH Committee Members: 2024-25

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.

• Bridget Basile-Ibrahim, PhD, MA, RN, FNP-BC 
  Assistant Professor in Nursing 
  School of Nursing
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• 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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• Lei Chen, MD, MHS, BS 
  Associate 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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• Ophelia Empleo-Frazier, MSN, GNP-BC, CDP 
  Lecturer in Nursing, Adult/Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practioner 
  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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• Amber Garrard, MA 
  Director, Office of Sustainability 
  Yale University
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• Linda Ghampson, DNP, MSN, RN, CHSE 
  Lecturer, Director of the Simulation Unit
  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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• Henry Kwan, ‘05 MA 
  Director for Shared Interest Groups
  Yale Alumni Association
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• Ami Marshall, EdD, MSN, APRN, ANP-C 
  Senior Lecturer in Nursing; Specialty Director for Adult/Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP)
  School of Nursing
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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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• Tracy Rabin, MS, SM 
  Associate Professor of Medicine; Clinical Professor of Nursing; Assistant Director for Yale Office of Global Health
  School of Medicine
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• Christine Rodrigues, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, MDiv, MA, FNYAM 
  Assistant Professor, Assistant Dean for Simulation and Clinical Innovation
  School of Nursing
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• Stephanie Smerglinole, APRN, FNP-BC
  Part time lecturer
  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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• David Vlahov, PhD, RN, FAAN
  Professor 
  School of Nursing & School of Public Health
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• Bonnie Weir, PhD
  Senior Lecturer of Global Affairs; Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Education; Founding co-director of the Program on Peace Development at Yale University
  Jackson School of Global Affairs
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