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Health & Community Systems

  • 3500 Victoria Street
  • 415 Victoria Building
  • Phone: 412-624-2469
  • fax: 412-373-7293

The Department of Health and Community Systems includes faculty who have expertise in both in-patient and community settings. This department provides courses in nursing care of older adults, psychiatric-mental health nursing, and community health nursing in the undergraduate program, as well as oversees the RN Options and Accelerated 2nd Degree Tracks in the BSN program. Additionally, this department includes several master’s program advanced specialty role areas of concentration and the master’s and DNP area of concentration in psychiatric-mental health nursing.

Administration

Department Chair Judith Erlen,
PhD, RN, FAAN
412-624-1905 jae001@pitt.edu
Vice Chair Carol Stilley,
PhD, RN
412-383-7284 css100@pitt.edu
Department
Administrator
Ruth Inkpen 412-624-6706 ink@pitt.edu

 

Undergraduate

Accelerated 2nd Degree Track Michael Beach,
APRN
412-624-9654 beachm@pitt.edu
Community Health Nursing      
Gerontological Nursing      
RN Completion Track Irene Kane,
PhD, MSN, RN CNAA,HFI,
412-624-9908 irk1@pitt.edu
Psychiatric/Mental Health      

 

Master's and Doctor of Nursing Practice Areas of Concentration

Clinical Nurse Specialist - Psychiatric Mental Health Kathryn Puskar,
DrPH, FAAN
412-624-6933 krp12@pitt.edu
Psychiatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Heeyoung Lee,
PhD, PMHNP-BC
412-624-5073 leehee@pitt.edu

 

Master's Nurse Specialty Role Areas of Concentration

Nurse Education Scott Weber,
EdD, PhD(c), MSN
412-624-2990 webersjm@pitt.edu
Nursing Informatics Karen Courtney,
PhD,RN
412-624-9647 courtk@pitt.edu
Nursing Research Elizabeth A. Schlenk,
PhD, RN
412-624-4103 els100@pitt.edu

 

PhD Judith Erlen,
PhD, RN, FAAN
412-624-1905 jae001@pitt.edu

 

Faculty

Albrecht Susan
412-624-2403
saa01@pitt.edu
Bartos Christa
412-383-9913
ceb2@pitt.edu
Bender Catherine
412-624-3594
cbe100@pitt.edu
Bernardo Lisa
412-624-7637
lbe100@pitt.edu
Bonenberger Barbara
412-624-1915
bab89@pitt.edu
Burke Lora
412-624-2305
lbu100@pitt.edu
Burns Helen
412-624-6616
burnsh@pitt.edu
Callen Judith
412-383-5321
callanja@pitt.edu
Caruthers Donna
412-624-9935
caru@pitt.edu
Cassesse Christine
412-624-1904
cbc@pitt.edu
Chasens Eileen
412-624-9380
chasense@pitt.edu
Constantino Rose
412-624-2063
rco100@pitt.edu
Courtney Karen
412-624-9647
courtk@pitt.edu
Davies Marilyn
412-624-9552
daviesm@pitt.edu
Erlen Judith
412-624-1905
jae001@pitt.edu
El Saadawi Gilan
412-624-6058
gis2@pitt.edu
Garand Linda
412-383-7946
ligst4@pitt.edu
Havill Allyson
412-624-0965
havilla@pitt.edu
Kane Irene
412-624-9908
irk1@pitt.edu
LaRue Elizabeth
412-624-3801
eml17@pitt.edu
Lee Heeyoung
412-624-5073
leehee@pitt.edu
Lingler Jennifer
412-383-5214
linglerj@pitt.edu
Matthews Judith
412-624-8149
jtmatt@pitt.edu
Mitchell Ann
412-624-9005
ammi@pitt.edu
Puskar Kathryn
412-624-6933
krp12@pitt.edu
Ren Dianxu
412-624-4141
dir8@pitt.edu
Schlenk Elizabeth
412-624-4103
els100@pitt.edu
Sereika Susan
412-624-0799
ssereika@pitt.edu
Stilley Carol
412-383-7284
css100@pitt.edu
Styn Mindi
412-624-0966
mimst31@pitt.edu
Terhorst Lauren
412-624-6954
lat15@pitt.edu
Weber Scott
412-624-2990
webersjm@pitt.edu
Woomer V. Gail Ratliff
412-624-9570
gwoomer@pitt.edu
Yang Kyeongra
412-624-6943
yangk@pitt.edu