SHS graduates have exceptional pass rates on professional licensing exams — and a high level of success in obtaining the jobs of their choice in a wide range of public, nonprofit, and private health care organizations. They work as dietitians and sports nutritionists, physical therapists and personal trainers, program directors and CEOs, community health counselors, researchers, consultants, senior health care administrators, and specialists in primary health care nursing. Our graduates rank as some of the finest practitioners in their fields, frequently honored for their expertise and dedication. We take great pride in the way they succeed, often surpassing traditional disciplinary boundaries in their innovative approaches to managing and delivering quality health care.
The following profiles highlight just a few of our exceptional students, alumni, and faculty, listed by program.
A practicing family and geriatric nurse practitioner, she brings real-world experience to the classroom.
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Her recent research has focused on the causes and effects of childhood obesity.
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When you're the daughter of a mental health worker and a junior high guidance counselor, you tend to grow up with an interest in people. "My parents were socially conscious," says Rachel Forbess, Simmons graduate nursing alumna Rachel Forbess. "They taught me to respect others' viewpoints, and that if you have advantages in life, you need to give back."
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Educated and influenced by the Sisters of Mercy and Sisters of St. Francis in Philadelphia, Andrea Vettori is, like her mentors, passionate about serving others, especially those who are economically poor, marginal, and oppressed.
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Autumn leaf Spears says growing up one of 12 children in the Spears household meant often going without material things. But she's quick to point out that she never went without the important things. "We never lacked for love. I always had a sense of family and belonging."
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David Smith is a physical therapist. He's also a captain in the United States Army Reserves. He says he's just a regular guy, but in 2005 he was the first physical therapist ever to be assigned with a combat unit in Afghanistan. As if that weren't special enough, he continued his doctoral studies in PT online while serving there.
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Growing up as a young girl in Greenwich, Conn., Clare Safran-Norton witnessed first-hand the benefits of good physical therapy. "My grandmother had a stroke and came to live with us," she explains. "I would watch the visiting physical therapist work with her and see the results of their efforts. By the time I reached high school, I was volunteering in the PT department at the local hospital. I just loved the notion of working with people to help them get better."
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Angela Patterson is a three-time graduate of Simmons; a lecturer and adjunct clinical instructor at the college; a nurse practitioner; and co-owner, administrator, and clinical director of Atreva Health Care Inc., in Jamaica Plain — deemed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a 2006 "best practice" for exceeding national benchmark statistics in all areas of quality health care control measurements tested.
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Falguni Patel was born and lived in Mumbai, India, until the age of 10 when her father moved her family to America. "Dad wanted my sister and me to attend school. Higher education was not encouraged for women back in India. I'm proud to be the first woman in my family to graduate from college."
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"With an undergraduate degree in finance and management and 15 year's work experience as a systems analyst and consultant, I knew I would need something to bridge the gap to my desired career goal of a management position in the health care industry," says Helen Gee. "The School of Health Sciences' Health Care Administration program was my answer"
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As a clinical nutrition specialist at Yale-New Haven Hospital in the mid-90s, Teresa Fung developed nutritional care plans for patients suffering from chronic illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Although she knew prescribing a proper diet helped to treat the diseases, she wasn't satisfied with that. She wanted to do more. She wanted to prevent the diseases.
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Robert Coulam rarely sees simple policy problems. "These problems may be simple on the surface, but once you take them apart and try to understand how the pieces fit together, they become complicated. That's when the fun begins."
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"Simmons is a great school with a great reputation. It offers the only didactic program in dietetics in town; the most comprehensive master's program in nutrition; and the best internship around. The excellent training and encouragement I received gave me the skills and confidence to open my own practice."
Dianne Scheinberg, '04 M.S., '05 Dietetic Internship Program, Nutrition Coach and Director, Dianne B. Scheinberg and Associates
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