
Holistic health and wellness
Health equity and social justice is a cross-cutting philosophy that underpins research within the Elaine Marieb College of Nursing. Within this, faculty have three broad areas of research. Research focuses on approaches to treating the whole mind, body, and spirit.
Related faculty
Gabrielle P. Abelard
Director of Graduate Programs
Clinical Associate Professor
Gabrielle Abelard is a clinical associate professor and graduate program director at the Elaine Marieb College of Nursing.

Pamela Aselton
Clinical Associate Professor
Pamela Aselton, PhD, teaches in the DNP and master's programs. She has clinical experience in college health, homecare, primary care, and hospice.

Ann Becker
Director, Public Health Nurse Consultant Program
Clinical Associate Professor
Director of Public Health, UMass Amherst
Ann Becker is a UMass Amherst clinical associate professor, international programs nursing advisor, and director of the Public Health Nurse Consultant Program.

Carrie-Ellen Briere
Associate Professor
Carrie-Ellen Briere is an associate professor at the Elaine Marieb College of Nursing.

Constance Flynn
Clinical Associate Professor
Lead Faculty, FNP-DNP Program
Constance Flynn DNP, MS, APRN-BC, ANP-BC, FNP-BC, CARN-AP, is a clinical associate professor at the UMass Amherst Elaine Marieb College of Nursing.

Katharine Green
Clinical Associate Professor
Katharine Green, PhD, FACNM, is a clinical associate professor at the Elaine Marieb College of Nursing.

Favorite Iradukunda
Assistant Professor
Dr. Iradukunda's research focuses on multiculturalism, immigration, and health outcomes for African diasporic women, addressing maternal health disparities.

Karen A. Kalmakis
Professor Emerita
Karen Kalmakis is a Professor Emerita at the UMass Amherst Elaine Marieb College of Nursing.

Lori Anne Lyne
Lecturer
Lori Anne Lyne is a Lecturer at the UMass Amherst Elaine Marieb College of Nursing.

Sheila Pennell
Clinical Assistant Professor
Sheila Pennell is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the UMass Amherst Elaine Marieb College of Nursing and a practicing Hospice care nurse.

Kristy Pereira
Clinical Assistant Professor
Kristy Pereira PhD, MSN, RN, CPN is a full-time Clinical Assistant Professor at the UMass Amherst Elaine Marieb College of Nursing.

Kalpana Poudel-Tandukar
Professor
Dr. Poudel-Tandukar teaches in the graduate program. Her research focuses on intervention design and evaluation of mental health, nutrition, and HIV infection.
