As dean of Emory University’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing since 2009, Linda A. McCauley has launched a comprehensive strategic plan to position the school at the forefront of nursing research and policy. Under her leadership, the school has risen from number 26 to number four in U.S. News & World Report’s ranking of graduate nursing schools. In 2015, McCauley secured a $5 million research grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop the Children’s Environmental Health Center at Emory. An advocate for workers’ rights, occupational health, and environmental protections, McCauley has testified on these issues on Capitol Hill. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing (MSN), University of Cincinnati (PhD)