Marie-Eileen Onieal PhD, MMHS, RN, CPNP, FAANP
Dr. Onieal, a full Professor and the former Graduate Program Director of the DNP program at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions in Provo, Utah, holds a PhD in Nursing and Health Policy from the University of Massachusetts Boston. Her dissertation "Hospital Closures in Massachusetts: A Case Study of the Waltham Hospital Closure" examined governmental, community, and employee perspectives about the 2003 Waltham Hospital closure in order to understand the impact of hospital closings and the perception of access to health care services resulting from the closure.
She holds Master in Management of Human Services degree from The Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University; the focus of her Master's project was after school services for middle school children. Dr. Onieal earned a BS in Nursing at Pace University, and her Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Certificate at Northeastern University.
One of the founding members of the Academy, she served on the Board of Directors from 1985-1991, and was the President from 1998-2000. Dr. Onieal has been instrumental in introducing and implementing the NP role in a variety of settings. She continues to be actively involved in policy issues related to the NP role. In 1997 she was selected as a US Public Health Service Primary Care Policy Fellow, representing the AANP.