Amanda Ringold

Dr. Amanda Ringold is an Assistant Professor of Nursing in the Department of Health Promotion and Development. She teaches in both the undergraduate and graduate programs and her teaching responsibilities include courses within the Family Nurse Practitioner Program and undergraduate OB Clinical.

Dr. Ringold maintains clinical practice as a nurse practitioner at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital in the Emergency Department where she is coordinates the Forensic Nursing Program.

Her scholarly interests include women’s health, emergency medicine, emergent care of victims of sexual assault, and HIV post-exposure prophylaxis medication access and adherence after a sexual assault.

Amanda is passionate about improving care for victims of sexual assault and is active in the International Association of Forensic Nursing. She is also a member of the AANP, American Academy of Emergency Nurse Practitioners, and the Pennsylvania Coalition of Nurse Practitioners.

Dr. Ringold earned her diploma in nursing at UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing in 2009. She completed the RN to BSN program at the University of Pittsburgh in 2012. After that, she earned her DNP (area of concentration: Family Nurse Practitioner) at the University of Pittsburgh in 2015. She became a certified Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Adult/Adolescent in 2012.

Research Areas & Scholarly Emphasis

Women’s Health, Emergency Medicine, Sexual Assault, Forensic Nursing, HIV post-exposure prophylaxis medication access and adherence in the setting of acute sexual assault

Teaching

Dr. Ringgold teaches NUR1057: Undergraduate OB Clinical, NUR1135: Undergraduate Transitions into Professional Nursing Clinical, NUR2031: Diagnostic Physical Exam Across the Lifespan, NURNP2523:Women’s Health I, NUR2078: Clinical Diagnostics, NURNP2505: Mgt: Adult Acute/Chronic Clinical, and NURNP3038: DNP Role Practicum,

Service

Dr. Ringgold serves as Regional Representative for the Pennsylvania Coalition of Nurse Practitioners, Education Coordinator for the PA International Association of Forensic Nursing, and is on the UPMC LGBTQ/DEI Committee.

Clinical Emphasis

Dr. Ringgold's clinical focus is in Women’s Health, Emergency Medicine, and Forensic Nursing.