UMSON's PhD program was among the first nursing PhD programs in the nation.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) has named Eun-Shim Nahm, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA, professor, as associate dean for the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) program. UMSON’s PhD program prepares students as researchers and scholars to generate new knowledge and tackle some of the greatest issues facing health care, such as aging populations, pain and symptom management, and women’s health and birth outcomes.
Nahm will be responsible for ensuring that graduates of the PhD program are well prepared to engage in research and scholarship that enhance and influence health care and spark new approaches to scientific questions. She will oversee the recruitment, retention, and advancement of doctoral students; develop and implement new initiatives to advance their research capacity; and facilitate interprofessional interactions and learning.
“Dr. Nahm brings a distinguished record of service to the School and to the University of Maryland, Baltimore and is highly regarded as a researcher, teacher, and mentor,” said Jane Kirschling, PhD, RN, FAAN, the Bill and Joanne Conway Dean of the University of Maryland School of Nursing. “The School has a rich legacy of developing nurse researchers, and our doctoral program was one of very few nursing PhD programs when it launched in 1970. It has continually evolved and today is the most diverse R1 or R1-equivalent nursing PhD program in the United States. I am confident that given Dr. Nahm’s deep commitment to doctoral education and to nursing research and scholarship that she will ably guide the future development of our program.”