Rebekah J. Hamilton, PhD, RN, CNL, FAAN

Dr. Hamilton is an internationally recognized researcher. Her research has focused on young adults who choose to have genetic tests for adult-onset diseases, and she has completed grounded theory studies with individuals who have tested for the BRCA mutation associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer or the mutation associated with Huntington disease.

As the Assistant Dean of the Generalist Education, her research focus will be on outcome studies in health care settings where the role of the Clinical Nurse Leader is operationalized, and on describing how the CNL is being used in a variety of health care settings. Her teaching has crossed the generalist masters, post-licensure CNL, DNP, and PhD programs and she will continue teaching and mentoring students in her current role.

Dr. Hamilton received a PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and completed a
post-doctoral fellowship in genetics at the University of Iowa College of Nursing.