7 faculty join the School of Nursing

As the University of Minnesota School of Nursing launches the 2021-2022 academic year, it is welcoming seven new full-time faculty. Their specialties vary from integrative health and survivorship to marginalized youth and precision health.

Professor Jenna Marquard, PhD, comes to the school from University of Massachusetts Amherst where she led the Health Information Visualization and Exploration (HIVE) Lab. She is PI of numerous studies that design and test technologies that support precision health, including consumer, nurse, and physician decision-making. Her work with older adults include studies on the science of symptom self-management related to sleep, fatigue, dyspnea, heart failure and rheumatoid arthritis. She earned a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering at the University of Iowa and a master's degree and PhD in industrial engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Clinical Associate Professor Lisa Martin, PhD, RN, PHN, AHN-BC, FAAN, comes to the school from St. Catherine University, where she was a tenured associate professor in the nursing department. She serves as a nursing diversity and inclusivity consultant to the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action and The Center to Champion Nursing in America. She earned an associate degree in nursing from St. Catherine University, a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Augsburg University, and master and PhD degrees from the University of Minnesota School of Nursing.

Clinical Associate Professor Megan Voss, DNP, RN, who is also an assistant professor in the Bakken Center for Spirituality and Healing, was the Integrative Therapy Program Director in Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant at University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital. She earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Fort Hays State University and a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from the University of Minnesota, specializing in integrative health and healing. She is enrolled in the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Post-Graduate Certificate program.

Assistant Professor Camille Brown, PhD, RN, PHN, LSN, is an experienced school nurse in rural and urban communities, and her program of research centers on experiences of marginalized, vulnerable groups of youth. She was a postdoctoral fellow in Interdisciplinary Research Training in Child and Adolescent Primary Care in the Medical School, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health. She earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Winona State University and a PhD from the School of Nursing with a minor in public health.

Clinical Assistant Professor Sasha Skendzel, DNP, APRN, ACNP-BC, ACRP-CP, is an advanced practice nurse with experience in interdisciplinary peri-transplant care of patients undergoing adult bone marrow transplant and cellular therapy. She was the clinical director of the Clinical Trials Office at the Masonic Cancer Center and co-director of a BMT survivorship clinic at M Health Fairview Clinics & Surgery Center. She earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Eastern Michigan University, a master’s degree in nursing from the University of Michigan and a Doctor in Nursing Practice degree from St. Catherine University, St. Paul.

Clinical Assistant Professor Natya Stroud, DNP, RN, ANP-BC, WHNP-BC, has been a teaching specialist at the School of Nursing, an instructor in Medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science and a nurse practitioner in Breast Diagnostic Clinic and Menopause and Women's Sexual Health Clinic at the Mayo Clinic. She earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Metropolitan State University and a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from the University of Minnesota with a focus on adult/women’s health.

Clinical Assistant Professor Ashley Walker, DNP, APRN, ACNP-BC, CPNP-PC, has served clinically in emergency medicine, orthopedic surgery and pediatric critical care. For the past several years, she has worked at the University of Nevada Orvis School of Nursing, assisting in the AGACNP program and launching a Pediatric Acute Care NP Post Master’s Certificate program. She earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology at St. Olaf College, and a master’s degree and Doctor of Nursing Practice degree at Vanderbilt University.