Denise Link PhD, RN, WHNP-BC, FAAN, FAANP
Dr. Link has been a Women's Health NP since 1979 and is a Clinical Professor Emerita at Arizona State University College of Nursing and Health Innovation. She retired in 2020 from her position as the Specialty Coordinator for the Women's Health DNP program at ASU. Dr. Link has been awarded over $2 million in grant funding to support healthcare for low income, uninsured adults and adolescents. Dr. Link is a graduate of the UCLA/Johnson & Johnson Healthcare Executive Leadership Program. She has held various elected offices on the Arizona NP Council (Chapter 9 Arizona Nurses Association) board of directors. Dr. Link was a member of the AzNA Public Policy Committee while residing in Arizona and served two terms on the AzNA Board of Directors as Governmental Affairs Officer. She is a past member of the AANP Public Policy Committee, served two terms as a Member at Large on the AANP Fellows Executive Committee. She is currently a member of the Fellows Selection Committee. She was inducted to the AANP Fellows in 2013 and to the American Academy of Nursing in 2011. A two time recipient of the AANP State Award for Excellence (NP Excellence and NP Advocate), Dr. Link has been honored by her state March of Dimes chapter as Nurse of the Year, and by Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health as an Inspirational WHNP. She is an inaugural member of the Duke/Johnson and Johnson Nurse Leadership Program (NLP) Advisory Board. A Department Co-Editor for the Journal for Nurse Practitioners, Dr. Link has numerous publications in peer reviewed journals and text books, and has presented at state, regional, national, and international conferences on women's health, NP education, and health policy. While enjoying retirement from full time practice and teaching, Dr. Link is a contract Clinical Practice Consultant for the Office of Population Affairs Title X (ten) family planning grant program where she participates in on site or virtual reviews for grant recipients and sub-recipients on an as needed basis. She is available for consultation on policy, clinical services, and advancing the NP role.