Annie J. Rohan

Annie J. Rohan, PhD, RN, FAANP, FAAN

Dean and Endowed Professor
College of Nursing and Allied Health

CONTACT INFORMATION

Courses

• Translational Research
• Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety
• Survey Methodology
• Intermediate Statistical Methods
• Evidence Based Practice I, II, III

Research

• Healthcare Workforce Development
• Interventions for High Risk Maternal-Child Populations
• Meaningful Use Informatics
• Practical Innovation in Healthcare

Education

• PhD, Columbia University
• MSN/MPhil, Columbia University
• BS, State University of New York at Binghamton
• Post-Graduate Certificate, Stony Brook University
• Diploma, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center

Academic Profile

Dr. Annie Rohan is a dual-certified Nurse Practitioner whose academic achievements build on a 25-year clinical career caring for critically and chronically ill infants, children, and high-risk families.

Since joining Fairleigh Dickinson University in 2022, Rohan has closely collaborated with the university president and other academic affairs leaders to transform programming within the College of Nursing and Allied Health (CoNAH) and position it as a regional leader in healthcare workforce education. Under her leadership, CoNAH has strengthened its curricular infrastructure, financial management, and accreditation processes; launched new high-demand academic programs and tracks such as the MSN Entry-to-RN Practice, BS in Respiratory Therapy, MSN/PGC in Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Lab Assistant Certificate, and Phlebotomy Certificate; and introduced the Doctor of Medical Science (DMSc) degree program with novel interprofessional collaboration opportunities for Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant professionals. She is also championing the integration of EPIC electronic medical record experiential learning for all pre-licensure CoNAH students.

During her tenure, CoNAH enrollment has more than doubled, with student persistence, retention, and graduation rates among the highest in New Jersey for these types of programs. Students across CoNAH’s healthcare and health-adjacent programs also now share a common goal of providing humanistic care – where technology enables or enhances, rather than replaces, the human experience.

Dr. Rohan has secured more than $10 million in federal grant funding to build scalable, sustainable programs that address shortages of primary care providers in medically underserved regions. These initiatives have supported dozens of students from disadvantaged or remote communities through graduate education and back into practice, where they collectively impact thousands of families as clinicians, mentors, and role models. Her scholarly work examines evidence-based practice, writing competencies in healthcare students, and the mentorship of educationally or environmentally disadvantaged learners (partial list available on NIH My Bibliography).

A recognized leader in nursing education, Dr. Rohan serves in multiple national and editorial capacities. She is a member (in perpetuity) of the March of Dimes National Nurse Advisory Council, a member of the American Academy of Nursing’s Expert Panels on Maternal and Infant Health and on Global Nursing and Health, and a former co-chair of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners’ Pediatric Special Interest Group. She also serves as alumni advisor for Jonas Philanthropies. Additionally, she is Associate Editor of MCN: The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, coordinating its bi-monthly national practice column, and co-editor of AWHONN’s Perinatal Nursing (5th ed.), with numerous peer-reviewed publications to her credit.

As a researcher, Dr. Rohan has been recently focusing on building FDU’s institutional innovation capacity. She is Principal Investigator for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Enabling Partnerships to Increase Innovation Capacity (NSF-EPIIC) Program (NSF 2433183), a National Institutes of Health (NIH) K-Award mentor, and has served as PI or co-PI on multiple other federal awards. She is also a health-sector mentor for emerging technology developers with the Long Island Center for Biomedical Innovation Incubator, where she combines her clinical insights with a passion for advancing translational innovation.