Eileen T Breslin PhD, RN, FAANP
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Dr. Breslin received her bachelor's degree from Northern Arizona University, and began her career as a registered nurse in the obstetrics and gynecology unit at Flagstaff Community Hospital. She obtained her Master's degree from the University of Arizona in Tucson, and her Ph.D. from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver. Dr. Breslin rose through the ranks at Northern Arizona University becoming a full-tenured Professor and Chair of the Department of Nursing before moving to the University of Massachusetts –Amherst to serve as Dean of the School of Nursing and also holding the position of interim Dean for the School of Public Health & Health Sciences.
Dr. Breslin is a fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners as of 2003 and served on the board of directors of the Association of American Colleges of Nursing.
Dr. Breslin has been recognized as a Distinguished Practitioner in Nursing by the National Academies of Practice in 2000, inducted into the American Academy of Nursing in 2009, recipient of Sigma Theta Tau International, Delta Alpha Chapter-at-Large, South Texas Nurse Imagemaker Award in 2010, and received the National Association of Hispanic Nurses Presidential Award in 2010. She has served on the National Advisory Council for Nursing Education and Practice, on the Boards of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing and the Massachusetts Organization of Nurse Executives.