Biography

Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science - Nursing

Associate Vice President for Community Affairs in Health at National University
Gloria
McNeal
San Diego, California
Dr Gloria J. McNeal, after serving six years as Dean of the School of Health and Human Services at National University (NU), has been promoted to Associate Vice President for Community Affairs in Health. In this new role she will be responsible for providing vision and dynamic leadership for NU's community and global outreach strategies. Her academic career spans nearly 40 years in the field of higher education. She is a Fellow of the prestigious American Academy of Nursing and former fellow of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellows Program. A prolific writer she has authored over 160 book and book chapters, articles, editorials and abstracts, and is Editor Emeritus for The ABNF Journal, the official publication of the Association of Black Nursing Faculty. A well-funded grant writer she has been approved for extramural funding exceeding $20 million awarded by federal, state, and foundation/corporate agencies, and has been continuously funded for the past 19 years. Her research work focuses on the use of telecommunication technologies in care delivered in the community, and her mobile nurse-led clinics have been well recognized as an innovative approach to improving access to care for at-risk urban communities. She earned a BSN at the Villanova University College of Nursing, and a MSN at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Nursing. Her PhD in Higher Education Administration was awarded with meritorious distinction at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education. She served as a Commissioned Navy Nurse Corps Officer earning two medals of commendation. At National University she established the Center of Excellence for Health Sciences Education and Research, the Vets2BSN Project, a nurse-led clinic, and led the School in achieving the coveted Planetree Silver Recognition. She was named a 2018 Well-Being Champion awarded by AARP, a 2019 Featured Nurse Leader honored by the American Academy of Nursing, and a 2019 Planetree International Scholar