Dean and Distinguished University Health Professor at the University of South Florida College of Nursing, and Senior Associate Vice President at USF Health. Previously the Associate Dean of Research and Global Advances in the College of Nursing and co-PI of the NIH-funded All Of Us Research Program at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. A major emphasis of her research is culturally sensitive health promotion and illness prevention behaviors among under-represented populations focusing on cancer and diabetes with a strong emphasis on transdisciplinary implementation science. She has garnered over $60 million in total research funding with her team. Her leadership focus is on diversity of thought and scholarship in nursing as well as equity across faculty advancement. She received her BS in Nursing from Lander University (1992), her MSN (Adult Primary Care Nurse Practitioner; 1996), and her PhD in Nursing Science from Indiana University (2001).