School Leadership
The Duke University School of Nursing is led by Dean Michael V. Relf, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN. Dean Relf is the Mary T. Champagne Distinguished Professor of Nursing at the Duke University School of Nursing and Associate Chief Nurse Executive for Academic Partnerships and Innovation at Duke University Health System.
He works with a leadership team of vice deans, department chairs, center and institute directors, and associate and assistant deans.
Michael V. Relf, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN
- Dean - Duke University School of Nursing
- Associate Chief Nurse Executive for Academic Partnerships and Innovation - Duke University Health System
- Mary T. Champagne Distinguished Professor of Nursing
Office: 4142 Pearson Building
Phone: (919) 684-9444
Email: michael.relf@duke.edu
Anne L. Derouin, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, PMHS, FAANP, ANEF
- Vice Dean for Academic and Student Affairs
- Specialty Director, Pediatric Behavioral and Mental Health
- Professor
Office: 2019 Pearson Building
Phone: (919) 668-5375
Email: anne.derouin@duke.edu
Sharron L. Docherty, PhD, PNP, FAAN
- Vice Dean for Research
- Associate Professor
Office: 4273 Interprofessional Education Building
Phone: (919) 668-3836
Email: sharron.docherty@duke.edu
Barbara S. Turner, PhD, RN, FAAN
- Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs and Development
- Interim Chair, Clinical Health Systems & Analytics Division
- Elizabeth P. Hanes Distinguished Professor of Nursing
Office: 3116 Pearson Building
Phone: (919) 684-9251
Email: barbara.turner@duke.edu
Eleanor L. Stevenson, PhD, RN, FAAN
- Interim Vice Dean for Global and Community Health Affairs (VD, GCHA)
- Professor
Office: 4287 Interprofessional Education Building
Phone: (919) 660-3003
Email: eleanor.stevenson@duke.edu
Angie Keith, MBA
- Vice Dean, Finance and Administration
Office: 3020A Pearson Building
Phone: (919) 684-9323
Email: angie.house@duke.edu
Ernest Grant, PhD, RN, FAAN
- Vice Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB)
Office: 4110B Pearson Building
Phone: (919) 668-5103
Email: ernest.grant@duke.edu
Terry McDonnell, DNP, RN, ACNP-BC
- Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs
- Senior Vice President & Chief Nurse Executive, Duke University Health System
Office: 40 Duke Medicine Circle - Suite 1117
Phone: (919) 681-2345
Email: theresa.mcdonnell@duke.edu
Donald (Chip) E. Bailey Jr., PhD, RN, FAAN
- Chair, Healthcare in Adult Populations Division
- Associate Professor
Office: 2059 Pearson Building
Phone: (919) 681-3003
Email: chip.bailey@duke.edu
Debra H. Brandon, PhD, RN, CNS, FAAN
- Chair, Health of Women, Children & Families Division
- Professor
Office: 3077A Interprofessional Education Building
Phone: (919) 681-3813
Email: debra.brandon@duke.edu
Mary Lou Affronti, DNP, MHSc, RN, ANP, FAAN
- Assistant Dean, Doctor of Nursing Practice
- Professor
Office: 3055 Pearson Building
Phone: (919) 684-9365
Email: mary.affronti@duke.edu
Stephanie Gedzyk-Nieman, DNP, MSN, RNC-MNN, CNE
- Assistant Dean, Pre-Licensure Programs
- Faculty Associate in the Trent Center for Bioethics
- Associate Professor
Office: 2116 Pearson Building
Phone: (919) 684-9364
Mitchell R Knisely PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, PMGT-BC, FAAN
- Assistant Dean, PhD and Post-Doctoral Programs
- Associate Professor
Office: 3117 Pearson Building
Phone: (919) 613-3699
Email: mitchell.knisely@duke.edu
Benjamin Smallheer, PhD, ACNP-BC, FNP-BC, CCRN, CNE, FAANP
- Assistant Dean, Master of Science in Nursing Program
- Provost Faculty Fellow
- Associate Professor
Office: 2025 Pearson Building
Phone: (919) 613-9787
Email: benjamin.smallheer@duke.edu
Jessica Szydlowski, DNP, CRNA, MSN, ACNP
- Assistant Dean, Nurse Anesthesia Program
- Assistant Professor
Office: 3027A Pearson Building
Phone: (919) 613-9767
Email: jessica.szydlowski@duke.edu
Sara Aghajanian, MPH
- Associate Dean, Marketing and Communications
Office: 4133 Pearson Building
Phone: (919) 684-3219
Email: sara.aghajanian@duke.edu
Kate Gray
- Associate Dean, Development and Alumni Affairs
Office: 4151 Pearson Building
Phone: (919) 681-9641
Email: kate.gray@duke.edu
Mitchell T. Heflin, MD, MHS
- Associate Dean, Interprofessional Education and Care
- Associate Professor of Medicine
Office: 4242 Interprofessional Education Building
Phone: (919) 660-7561
Email: mitchell.heflin@duke.edu
Jacquelyn M McMillian-Bohler, PhD, CNM, CNE
- Associate Dean, Academic Innovation and Evaluation
- Director of Educational Excellence
- Associate Professor
- Duke Ivy+ Provost Leadership Fellow
Office: 2043 Pearson Building
Phone: (919) 684-9541
Devon Noonan, PhD, MPH, FNP-BC, CARN, FAAN
- Associate Dean, Community Engaged Science
- Director of Rural Health Equity, Center for Nursing Research
- Associate Professor
Office: 3069 Pearson Building
Phone: (919) 613-9130
Email: devon.noonan@duke.edu