The international and national nursing leader, educator, clinician, and public servant will begin her new role July 17.
University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) President Bruce E. Jarrell, MD, FACS, has announced the appointment of Yolanda Ogbolu, PhD ’11, MS ’05, BSN ’04, CRNP-Neonatal, FNAP, FAAN, as the next Bill and Joanne Conway Dean of the University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON).
An experienced researcher at international and national levels, educator, clinician, and public servant, Ogbolu is an associate professor (tenured) and has served as chair of UMSON’s Department of Partnerships, Professional Education, and Practice and co-director of its Center for Health Equity and Outcomes Research.
Ogbolu’s work in community health embodies the University’s mission of improving the human condition, Jarrell said.
“Through her research and scholarship focus on health equity, improving the social determinants of health, dissemination and implementation of health equity research and policy into clinical practice, and improving the lives of vulnerable newborns and their families. Dr. Ogbolu is the perfect choice to lead the School of Nursing into its next chapter,” Jarrell said.
Ogbolu was chosen for the Bill and Joanne Conway Dean position from a talented pool of candidates after a national search. The committee was chaired by Mark A. Reynolds, DDS ’86, PhD ’99, MA, dean of the University of Maryland School of Dentistry, and Lisa Rowen, DNSc, RN, CENP, FAAN, chief nurse executive for the University of Maryland Medical System and professor and alumna of UMSON.