Directory
Clinical & Global Partnerships








Professional Development Specialist
Ja-Lin Chen
Office of Clinical & Global Partnerships
(205) 996-3486
















Associate Professor; Assistant Dean, Clinical and Community Programs
Christian Ketel
DNP, RN, FNAP
(205) 934-6569

Associate Professor; Director, Nurse Family Partnership of Central Alabama
Candace Knight
PhD, RN, FAAN
(205) 996-7625


Professor; Director, Global Partnerships; Co-Director, PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for International Nursing
Ada Markaki
PhD, RN, CNS, PHCNS‐BC, FAAN
(205) 996-6136










Professor; Assistant Dean, Clinical Innovation
Shea Polancich
PhD, RN, FAAN
(205) 996-9825

Associate Professor; Interim Assistant Dean, Graduate Clinical Education - DNP
Tedra Smith
DNP, CRNP, CPNP‐PC, CNE, CHSE
(205) 996-4193


Professor; Associate Dean, Clinical & Global Partnerships; Director, PATH Clinic
Michele Talley
PhD, CRNP, ACNP‐BC, FAANP, FAAN, FNAP
(205) 934-6569


Instructor; Director, Care Delivery
Anne Thompson
MHA
(205) 975-9074




Instructor; Director, Office of Clinical and Global Partnerships Operations and Finance; SON HIPAA Privacy Officer
Rebecca Wakefield
MBA, CRA
(205) 975-2481


