Faculty Members

The Center for Global Nursing welcomes faculty from all three campuses. Participation in the CGN is voluntary and cost for taking part in travel and other activities is personally funded by each participating faculty member. 

Joan E. Edwards
Joan E. Edwards, PhD, RNC, CNS, FAAN

Director Emeritus
jedwards3@twu.edu
713-794-2125

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Juan M. Leyva-Moral
Juan M. Leyva-Moral, PhD, RN

Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona
juanmanuel.leyva@uab.cat 

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Patrick A. Palmieri
Patrick A. Palmieri, DHSc, DPhil(Hon.), EdS, PGDip(Oxon), MBA, ACNP, CPHRM, CPHQ, FISQua, FAAN
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Irene Tamí-Maury
Irene Tamí-Maury, DMD, MSc, DrPH

Assistant Professor, Department of Behavioral Science
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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Lynda A. Tyer-Viola
Lynda A. Tyer-Viola, RNC, PhD, FAAN

Assistant Vice President, Women’s Services and Nursing Research
Pavilion for Women and Nursing Research at Texas Children’s Hospital 

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