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Jonathan Gust
Director of Media Relations
(610) 519-6508
jonathan.gust@villanova.edu

Kathleen Scavello
Assistant Director of Media Relations
(610) 519-6733
kathleen.scavello@villanova.edu

Kate Johnston
Assistant Director of Media Relations (Villanova School of Law)
(610) 519-8333
kate.johnston@villanova.edu

Kiera Daly
Media Relations Specialist (610) 519-7357
kiera.daly@villanova.edu

Emily Walsh
Media Relations Coordinator
(610) 519-5152
emily.walsh@villanova.edu

Media Relations E-mail
media.relations@villanova.edu

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Faculty Experts - Ruth McDermott-Levy, PhD, RN

Ruth McDermott-Levy, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor

Area of Expertise:

Environmental and Global Health
Community Health Workers to promote health in vulnerable populations (Arab immigrants in Philadelphia & Waslala, Nicaragua)
Ethno-Cultural Groups' Experience in Higher Education and Health Care

Summary

An expert in international nursing students and community health nursing with a global perspective, Dr. McDermott-Levy advises nurses from Oman and has conducted research about their experience in the U.S. She has traveled to Nicaragua and Peru to promote health through education about water-borne illness. She led a group of Villanova nursing students in teaching residents of rural Latin American communities about the connection between environmental factors and health and how to counteract respiratory illnesses and other infectious diseases. She also teaches nursing students in clinical settings that focus on environmental health and Arab-Muslim populations in the Philadelphia region. A member of the Pennsylvania State Nurses' Association Environmental Health Task Force, she can also discuss integrating environmental health into the nursing curriculum and the needs of Arab-Muslim women in the U.S.

Education

Ph.D., Villanova University
M.S.N., Villanova University
B.S.N., Wilkes University

Selected Publications

McDermott-Levy, R. (2009). Acculturation: A concept analysis for immigrant health. Holistic Nursing Practice, 23 (4), 1-7.
McDermott-Levy, R. (2009). Education: Nurses tool for advocacy in environmental health. Pennsylvania Nurse, 64 (2), 10-13.
McDermott-Levy, R. (2008). "Green Meetings: Hosting Environmentally Friendly Events." The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 39 (9), 388-389.

Selected Professional Experience

Villanova University College of Nursing Omani Undergraduate Advisor

Selected Research

"Integrating Environmental Health into Community Health Nursing Education", Health Care Without Harm Minigrant

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Since 1842, Villanova University’s Augustinian Catholic intellectual tradition has been the cornerstone of an academic community in which students learn to think critically, act compassionately and succeed while serving others. There are more than 10,000 undergraduate, graduate and law students in the University's five colleges – the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Villanova School of Business, the College of Engineering, the College of Nursing and the Villanova University School of Law. As students grow intellectually, Villanova prepares them to become ethical leaders who create positive change everywhere life takes them.

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