Health and Community Systems

Health and Community Systems

Department of Health and Community Systems faculty have expertise in health promotion, disease prevention and data science, including health informatics. The department provides undergraduate courses in community health, gerontology and psychiatric/mental health. It also encompasses two Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) areas of concentration: the psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner program and the adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioner program.

Administration

Department Chair	Heeyoung Lee, PhD, PMHNP-BC, FAAN	412-624-5073	leehee@pitt.edu
Vice Chair for Administration	Young Ji Lee, PhD, MSN, RN	412-624-7886	leeyoung@pitt.edu
Vice Chair for Research & Scholarship	Faith Luyster, PhD	412-624-7910	fsl3@pitt.edu
Department Coordinator	Kyonghwa Ryu, MS	412-383-1742	kkr18@pitt.edu

3500 Victoria Street
415 Victoria Building
Phone: 412-624-2469
Fax: 412-383-7293

Undergraduate Programs

Accelerated 2nd Degree BSN	Megan Kazakoff, DNP, AGNP-C, RN, CNE	412-624-3469	mak1097@pitt.edu
Community Health Nursing	Jonna L. Morris, PhD, RN Na-Jin Park, PhD, MSN, RN	412-624-6058 412-383-9913	jlm356@pitt.edu parknj1@pitt.edu
Gerontological Nursing	Yurun Cai, PhD, RN	412-383-0766	yuc199@pitt.edu
Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing	Jamie Zelazny, PhD, MPH, RN Joshua Palmer, DNP, PMHNP-BC, RN	412-624-9647 412-383-9913	jmz22@pitt.edu jop74@pitt.edu

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) - Areas of Concentration

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner	Joshua Palmer, DNP, PMHNP-BC, RN	412-383-9913	jop74@pitt.edu
Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner	Megan Kazakoff, DNP, AGNP-C, RN, CNE	412-624-3469	mak1097@pitt.edu