Marianne Baernholdt, MPH, PhD, RN, FAAN

Marianne Baernholdt, MPH, PhD, RN, FAAN, is co-principal investigator for the Carolina Center research project Rural and Urban Clinician Well-being and Targeted Improvement Interventions during COVID-19. In this role, she assists in data collection and implementation, with a special focus on rural hospitals. She co-supervises all aspects of the project, including coordinating research activities for data collection, analysis, and dissemination. Dr. Baernholdt is the Dean and Sadie Heath Cabaniss Professor at the University of Virginia School of Nursing. She previously served as the Associate Dean for Global Initiatives and Director of the PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center in Quality and Safety Education in Nursing and Midwifery at the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Nursing. She is a recognized expert in rural health and studying factors that hinder or promote quality improvement efforts among healthcare teams. Dr. Baernholdt has a broad background in clinical nursing and extensive health services research experience focused on quality and safety across the care continuum.