The Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
Susan Bauer-Wu
Ph.D., R.N., Associate Professor of Nursing
Susan Bauer-Wu earned an M.S. in Oncology/Adult Health Nursing from the University of New Hampshire (1990) and a Ph.D. from Rush University, College of Nursing, with a focus in psychoneuroimmunology (1997). She joined the Emory faculty as an untenured Associate Professor in 2007. Prior to that, she was Instructor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Phyllis F. Cantor Center for Research in Nursing and Patient Care Services at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston (2001-2007). Her research focuses on the science of the mind-body connection and the enhancement of quality of life for individuals affected by cancer. She has received numerous professional honors and awards and currently is a distinguished scholar with the Georgia Cancer Coalition. Dr. Bauer-Wu's teaching interests include the use of contemplative and self-care practices for nursing students to foster resiliency and enhance patient-provider dynamics.
Linda A. McCauley
Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, FAAOHN, Professor of Nursing
Linda McCauley earned a Master's in Nursing from Emory (1979) and a Ph.D. in Environmental Health and Epidemiology from the University of Cincinnati (1988). She comes to Emory from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, where she was Nightingale Professor of Nursing and Associate Dean for Research from 2004-2009. She began her tenure as Dean of the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing in May 2009. A member of the Institute of Medicine, Dr. McCauley is a leader in studying pesticide exposure and its impact on vulnerable populations. She works to identify culturally appropriate interventions to decrease the impact of such health hazards. A major goal of her research is to disseminate findings in ways that are understandable and meaningful to clinicians and migrant farm workers. Dr. McCauley is a fellow of the American Academy of Occupational Health Nurses and recently was a Fellow of Harvard University Kennedy School of Government's Women and Power in the New World.
