Elizabeth Morse

Biography

Dr. Morse earned her Master of Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 2004 and credits her humanistic approach to patient care and population health to her public health training and years as a health services researcher. She was board certified by the ANCC as a Family Nurse Practitioner in 2011 and completed her Doctor of Nursing Practice at Vanderbilt University in 2014.

Dr. Morse is a tenured member of the Graduate Nursing Faculty and teaches the public health, epidemiology and health equity content across the DNP curriculum. In the DNP project series, Dr. Morse supports students to find, focus and channel their individual passion into practice inquiry, healthcare quality improvement and social change. She actively collaborates with colleagues across the health sciences to create dynamic interprofessional learning experiences---engaging students in the sociocultural context of healthcare where they may experience the diversity and beauty of the human condition as they explore a vocational call to the healing arts. She wants her students to enter practice as change agents, patient advocates, team leaders and compassionate, sensitive clinicians.

To extend her faculty role, she also serves the University as a Nurse Practitioner and clinical preceptor in University Health Services, blending research, teaching and practice to improve community health on campus and in local and global communities beyond Belmont.

Research Interests

Health Equity, Special Populations, Patient-Centered Care, Trauma-Informed Care, Experiential Education, Interprofessional Education, Collaborative Practice, Service Learning