Pace University Launches PhD in Nursing Program on Pleasantville Campus

Pace University’s College of Health Professions is launching a new PhD in Nursing program on their Pleasantville, NY campus starting in the Fall semester. Students and faculty will work to overcome the root causes of health problems, which they’ve termed “social determinants of health.”

The PhD program will be following objectives of the World Health Organization including an emphasis on reducing social disparities in health; organizing health services around individual needs and expectations; integrating health into all sectors; pursuing collaborative models of policy dialogue; and increasing stakeholder participation.

Once open, Pace will be the only PhD in Nursing program from New York City to Binghamton. Keville Frederickson, EdD, RN, FAAN, PhD program project leader and professor in the Lienhard School of Nursing tells Pace.edu,

“This is an exceptional milestone for the College of Health Professions as the first PhD. The program will be the only PhD in Nursing in the Hudson Valley. Our graduates will be prepared as nurse leaders, scientists, policy makers, and innovators in health care. Their research will focus on primary health care, a people centered approach to health that makes prevention as important as cure.”

As the only PhD nursing program in the Hudson Valley, Pace administrators hope to make a difference in their region by enabling more nurses in the area to further their education and research capabilities. These advanced nurses will be able to prepare future nurses to tackle complex problems facing the health care system in New York State and beyond.