Health Promotion & Development

Department includes:

  • Undergraduate Courses
  • Anatomy and Physiology
  • Children and Families
  • Genetics
  • Mothers, Newborns and Families
  • Nutrition
  • Master's and Doctor of Nursing Practice Areas of Concentration
  • Adult-Gerontology Primary Care
  • Family (Individual Across the Lifespan) Nurse Practitioner
  • Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
  • Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

Administration

Department Chair Susan W. Wesmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN 412-383-7270 swe100@pitt.edu
Interim Vice Chair for Administration Cynthia Chew, DNP, CPNP-PC, IBCLC, CHSE 412-624-3832 chewc@pitt.edu
Vice Chair for Research & Scholarship Teresa Thomas, PhD, BA, RN 412-624-3799 t.thomas@pitt.edu
Department Administrator Michelle Heller 412-624-2059 mbergman@pitt.edu

3500 Victoria Street
440 Victoria Building
Phone: 412-624-3827
fax: 412-624-8521

Undergraduate Courses

Anatomy and Physiology
Children and Families
Genetics
Mothers, Newborns and Families
Nutrition

Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) - Area of Concentration

Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Coordinator Tracey Robertson Bell, DNP, NNP   trb139@pitt.edu

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) - Areas of Concentration

Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Coordinator Joshua Palmer, DNP, PMHNP-BC, RN 412-383-9913 jop74@pitt.edu
Family (Individual Across The Lifespan) Nurse Practitioner Coordinator Amanda Ringold, DNP, FNP-BC, CRNP, SANE-A, CHSE 412-624-3827 ringolda@pitt.edu
Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Coordinator Cynthia Chew, DNP, CPNP-PC, IBCLC 412-624-3832 chewc@pitt.edu
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Coordinator Tracey Robertson Bell, DNP, NNP   trb139@pitt.edu

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Major

Nurse-Midwife (no longer accepting applications) Nancy A. Niemczyk, PhD, CNM 412-624-3835 nan37@pitt.edu