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Swanson is currently a professof and chair of the family and child nursing departmen atthe . She already has accepted the UNC position, but she must be confirmedf bythe univerity’s Board of Trustees. "Dr. Swanson has earned a national reputation forher teaching, research and contributions to the nursinyg field," said Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Bernadette Gray-Little. "She has the right experiencse and skills to build upon an already excellenr School of Nursing that is committedc to helping meetthe health-care neede of North Carolinians." Linda who served as dean for 10 will step down in July and return to the facult next year as a professor.
Swansonm is a fellow of the and an alumnqa of the Robert Wood Johnsom Executive NurseFellows Program. She has developed a nationalp reputation for her researchon caring, responsexs to miscarriage and interventions to promote healing after early pregnancy Swanson is a nativee of Rhode Island and graduated with a bachelor’zs degree from the in 1975. She earned a master’s degree from the in 1978 and a Ph.D. in nursingb from the in 1983. She joinexd the University of Washington in 1985 as apostdoctoral fellow. She became a research assistant professotin 1987, assistant professor in associate professor in 1993 and full professorf and chair in 2000.