Faculty & Staff

Meet the individuals who are moving the field forward.

The faculty of the College of Nursing and Public Health are accomplished researchers, passionate teachers and tireless advocates for healthcare issues.

Professors

Patricia Donohue-Porter
PhD•RN
Vera Bender Professor
College of Nursing and Public Health
Director of the PhD in Nursing Program
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
donohue-porter@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4532
Location
Nexus Building 353
Marilyn Klainberg
EdD•RN
Professor
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
klainberg@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4570
Fax
516.877.4558
Location
Nexus Building 321

Associate Professors

Deborah Ambrosio-Mawhirter (She/Her)
Clinical Associate Professor
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
ambrosio@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4538
Fax
516.877.4558
Location
Nexus Building 316
Stefni Bogard
Senior Adjunct Faculty
College of Nursing and Public Health
Representative
American Association of University Professors, Adelphi Chapter
Contact
E-mail
bogard@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4548
Fax
516.877.4558
Location
Nexus Building 326
Jacqueline Brandwein
NP-C•RN•NP
Clinical Associate Professor
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
brandwei@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4574
Fax
516.877.4558
Location
Nexus Building 329
Margaret Cox
DNP•AGNP-C•AGPCNP•RN
Clinical Associate Professor, Chair
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
mmcox@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.833.8169
Fax
516.877.4558
Location
Nexus Building 367
Dorothy Ferraro
DNP•ANP-BC
Clinical Associate Professor
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
dferraro@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4561
Location
Nexus Building 354
Beth Heydemann
Clinical Associate Professor
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
heydemann@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4187
Fax
516.877.4558
Location
Nexus Building 358
William Jacobowitz
Professor
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
wjacobowitz@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4559
Location
Nexus Building 361
Shan Liu
PhD•AGNP-C•RN
Associate Professor
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
sliu@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4523
Location
Nexus Building 364
Ditsapelo Mcfarland (No Pronouns: Use My Name)
PhD
Associate Professor
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
dmcfarland@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4560
Fax
516.877.4558
Location
Nexus Building 327
Edmund J.Y. Pajarillo
Professor
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
pajarillo@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4567
Fax
516.877.4558
Location
Nexus Building 323
Janet Raman
EdD•NP-C•RN•CEN•CNE
Associate Professor
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
raman@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4529
Location
Nexus Building 363
K.C. Rondello (He/Him)
MD•MPH
Clinical Associate Professor
Public Health Program, College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
rondello@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4544
Fax
516.877.4607
Location
Nexus Building 371
Thomas Virgona
PhD
Associate Professor
Health Informatics, College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
tvirgona@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4516
Fax
516.877.4558
Location
Nexus Building 335
Susan Zori
DNP
Senior Adjunct Faculty
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
szori@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.237.8664
Fax
516.877.4558
Location
Nexus Building 336

Assistant Professors

Cheryl Best
Clinical Assistant Professor
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
cbest@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4573
Fax
516.877.4558
Location
Nexus Building 334
Charles Cal
Clinical Assistant Professor
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
ccal@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.833.8180
Fax
516.877.4558
Location
Nexus Building 365
Loriann Lomnicki Gross (She/Her)
MS•APRN•NP•RN
Clinical Assistant Professor
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
lgross@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4536
Fax
516.877.4558
Location
Nexus Building 373
Ani Jacob
DNP•RN
Clinical Associate Professor
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
ajacob@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4569
Fax
516.877.4558
Location
Nexus Building 360
Mary Jahrsdoerfer
PhD•RN
Clinical Associate Professor
Health Informatics, College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
mjahrsdoerfer@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4838
Location
Nexus Building 324
Jacqueline P. Johnston (She/Her)
PhD•ANP-BC•RN
Assistant Professor
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
jjohnston@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.3884
Location
Nexus Building 332
Edwin-Nikko Kabigting (He/Him)
PhD•RN
Assistant Professor
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
ekabigting@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4565
Location
Nexus Building 375
Wei Liu
Associate Professor
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
wliu@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.833.8171
Fax
516.877.4558
Location
Nexus Building 355
Adrial Lobelo
Clinical Assistant Professor
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
alobelo@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4545
Location
Nexus Building 333
Karen Mancini (She/Her)
Assistant Professor, Chair
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
kmancini@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.237.8618
Fax
516.877.4558
Location
Nexus Building 366
Maria-Pilar Martin (She/Her)
MD
Associate Professor
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
mpmartin@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4528
Location
Nexus Building 359
Daniel Mcweeney
DNP•FNP-BC•RN
Clinical Assistant Professor
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
dmcweeney@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4571
Fax
516.877.4558
Location
Nexus Building 356
Zainab Toteh Osakwe
PhD•NP•RN
Associate Professor
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
zosakwe@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4833
Fax
516.877.4558
Location
Nexus Building 334
A. Hasan Sapci
MD
Associate Professor, Program Director
Health Informatics, College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
sapci@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.8156
Fax
516.877.4558
Location
Nexus Building 357
Debra Swenson
Clinical Associate Professor, Chair
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
dswenson@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4541
Fax
516.877.4558
Location
Nexus Building 362
Korede K. Yusuf (She/Her)
Associate Professor
Public Health Program, College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
kadegoke@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4834
Location
Nexus Building 325

Senior Adjunct Faculty

Patricia Burke
Senior Adjunct Faculty
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
pburke@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4510
Fax
516.877.4558
Location
Nexus Building 370A
Virginia Costa-Burnside (No Pronouns: Use My Name)
MS•RN
Senior Adjunct Faculty
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
costaburnside@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4510
Location
Nexus Building 370A
Anne D'Antuono
Senior Adjunct Faculty
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
dantuono@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4510
Location
Nexus Building 370A
Janet Franzese
Senior Adjunct Faculty
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
franzese@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4510
Location
Nexus Building 370A
Clarilee Hauser
PhD
Senior Adjunct Faculty
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
hauser@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4189
Fax
516.877.4558
Location
Nexus Building 363
Marianne Lawless
MSN•RN
Coordinator of Instruction and Clinical Education Simulation Lab
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
mlawless@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.6785
Fax
516.877.4558
Location
Nexus Building 262
Daisamma Mathew
EdD•RN
Senior Adjunct Faculty
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
dmathew@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4510
Fax
516.877.4558
Location
Nexus Building 370A
Lucy Mensah
Senior Adjunct Faculty
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
lmensah@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4510
Fax
516.877.4558
Location
Nexus Building 370A
Helen Murphy
Senior Adjunct Faculty
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
hmurphy@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4510
Location
Nexus Building 370A
Llynn Newman
Senior Adjunct Faculty
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
lnewman@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4510
Fax
516.877.4558
Location
Nexus Building 370A
Virginia Oates
DNP•RN
Clinical Assistant Professor
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
voates@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4510
Fax
516.877.4558
Location
Nexus Building 370A
Anne Peirce
Senior Adjunct Faculty
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
peirce@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4746
Fax
516.877.4558
Location
Nexus Building 354
Maureen Roller
DNP•ANP-BC•RN
Adjunct Faculty
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
roller@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4531
Fax
516.877.4558
Location
Nexus Building ADJUNCT OFFICE CNPH
Joy Scharfman
Assistant Professor
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
jscharfman@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4566
Location
Nexus Building 336
Nicole Truncale
Senior Adjunct Faculty
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
truncale@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4510
Fax
516.877.4558
Location
Nexus Building 370A
Joann Victor-Fassman
Senior Adjunct Faculty
College of Nursing and Public Health
Contact
E-mail
victor-fassman@adelphi.edu
Phone Number
516.877.4510
Fax
516.877.4558
Location
Alumnae Hall

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Phone Number
516.877.4510
Fax
516.877.4558
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