The University of Virginia has named international scholar and nursing leader Marianne Baernholdt as the new dean of the School of Nursing.
Baernholdt is an experienced educator who has devoted her career to mentoring students and junior faculty in safety, quality, innovation and leadership. She comes to UVA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Nursing, where she is the associate dean of global initiatives. She also serves as the interim dean of research and is a founding director of its Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization Collaborating Center in Quality and Safety Education in Nursing and Midwifery.
Baernholdt’s hiring marks her return to UVA, where she had previously been a faculty member at the School of Nursing and in the School of Medicine’s Department of Public Health Sciences. During her time at UVA, her leadership roles included serving as director of global initiatives for the School of Nursing and director of its Rural and Global Health Care Center.
“Dr. Baernholdt will provide the School of Nursing a holistic, global perspective on the most important issues in nursing,” said Dr. K. Craig Kent, chief executive officer of UVA Health and executive vice president for health affairs at UVA. “She is a scholar, a thought leader, an exceptional educator and an innovator in patient care and safety. She is everything we could ask for in a dean.”
UVA Executive Vice President and Provost Ian Baucom, the University’s chief academic officer, noted that Baernholdt is an award-winning educator who has mentored countless students and junior faculty members.
“Dr. Baernholdt’s excellence in teaching and research has been well-recognized,” he said. “She is a best-in-class educator and mentor, and we are delighted she is bringing her wisdom and experience back to UVA.”
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