Claire Regan, DNP, CRNP is a fourth-year PhD student at the University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing. Her current research focuses on the engagement of older adults experiencing health care transitions and how patient engagement impacts health outcomes.
Regan has served on the editorial board of Geriatric Nursing, participated in multiple committees within the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, and held the position of Treasurer for the Maryland chapter of the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association. She was recently appointed to the Leadership Council of the Graduate Nursing Student Academy, an initiative of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. In addition to her academic and professional leadership roles, she remains actively engaged in clinical practice within long-term care and hospice settings.
She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario, in 2012 and her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from the University of Maryland in 2020. During her doctoral studies, she was recognized with the Excellence in Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nursing Award and the Geriatrics and Gerontology Education and Research Award. Upon completing her DNP, she pursued a one-year residency at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, with a focus on geriatrics. She subsequently served as an Assistant Professor in the University of Maryland’s Doctor of Nursing Practice program prior to undertaking doctoral studies at the PhD level.