Description: "In September 2020, I was handed the reins of an advanced pathophysiology course with an average enrollment of 200 students per term, amounting to more than 800 students per year. Conventional wisdom is that the pathophysiology professor can rest on their laurels because the human body and the disease processes that undermine normal function change slowly or not at all. Timely course updates concern the pharmacology professor or the disease management course faculty. The pathophysiology professor must only awaken from their slumber....should a global pandemic occur"--
Brief description:
Linda L. Herrmann, PhD, RN, AGACNP-BC, GNP-BC, ACHPN, FAANP, earned her BSN, MSN, and PhD from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing under the mentoring of Neville E. Strumpf, PhD, RN. Dr. Herrmann's clinical and research interests are neuroscience, aging, caregiving, palliative and supportive care and end of life care, use of mixed reality platforms to enhance engagement with clinical content, and health policy related to transitions in care of older adults. She has experience teaching graduate level advanced pathophysiology and pathopharmacology in both in-person and virtual platforms. She is a nationally and internationally recognized expert in neuroscience and aging. She was a John A. Hartford predoctoral scholar, a Faculty Nurse Scholar through the Harford Faculty Scholars Program Policy Leadership Institute in Washington DC, and is an Advisor with the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing and a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.