 | | Gail Gilden, ScD, RN
Director of PhD Program
Associate Professor Medical University of South Carolina
College of Nursing
99 Jonathan Lucas Street
MSC 160
Charleston, SC 29425-1600 Fax: (843) 792-9258
barbosag@musc.edu | | Dr. Gail Gilden is Director of the PhD Program in the College of Nursing. She received her bachelor and master of science degrees in nursing from University of Maryland, and her doctoral degree in maternal child health at Johns Hopkins University, School of Public Health. Dr. Gilden joined the nursing faculty in 1990 and has taught undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral courses. She has served the college in the roles of faculty, department chair, associate dean and currently serves as Director of the PhD Program. | Dr. Gilden's clinical interests involve the care of well women during pregnancy, birth, and early parenting. Her primary research is focused on the effects of stress on birth outcomes. She has received federal funding to examine the relationship of domestic violence to infant birth weight and length of pregnancy in a population of pregnant, rural women. She is currently developing and implementing a program of screening and referral for all pregnant women who deliver at Medical University Hospital and chairs the Women’s Violence Advisory Board. Dr. Gilden's second scholarly interest is the use of technology in teaching. She chairs the college task force responsible for on line programs of study and oversees the activities related to distributive learning methods. |
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About the College
Lynn Shull, MHA, CPA, Assistant Dean for Finance and Administration, was awarded the first University Excellence Award at MUSC’s Leadership Development Institute (LDI) that was held on February 25, 2010. This award was created to recognize truly Excellent Performance and Leadership at MUSC and is awarded to an individual who has advanced the principles of MUSC Excellence by living its values while achieving its results. [
