College of Health Sciences

Make a Difference with Us.

In today’s health care industry, the needs of patients are evolving and changing and the amount of technological advancements impacting health care is increasing. More than ever, we need people in health management and administration positions who know how to apply knowledge to rapidly changing situations and establish themselves as valuable, innovative leaders in the industry. Through Lipscomb’s pioneering interdisciplinary programs and experiential education, we’ll teach you the valuable skills to get there, including creative problem-solving, quick and efficient priority-setting and compassionate care.

Questions? HealthSciences [at] lipscomb.edu (Contact Us) to learn more.

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Undergraduate Programs

You will leave our program prepared to make a difference for the patients and community you serve, and equipped to lead with innovation, compassion and deep knowledge in a growing health care industry.

Undergraduate Programs

Graduate Programs

A graduate degree earned in Nashville, the nation’s health care capital, holds a tremendous amount of value. At Lipscomb, you won’t just study the current health care landscape, you’ll be in the heart of it.

Graduate Programs

98%

First-time PANCE Pass Rate for the Class of 2022

Become a Physician Assistant

Lipscomb’s interdisciplinary, year-round PA program can be completed in seven semesters across 28 months. Through our graduate program, you will strengthen your knowledge in basic medical science and clinical medicine courses, and engage in hands-on industry training through eight six-week clinical rotations in pediatrics, behavioral and mental health, women’s health, emergency medicine, surgery, internal medicine, family medicine as well as a clinical elective of your choice.

About Lipscomb's PA Program

Become a Lipscomb Nurse

As a nurse, your care of patients is the foundation for any thriving health care system. You are attentive to the physical and spiritual needs of those who are hurting. Here at Lipscomb, you learn from a Christian community of professionals focused on healing and nurturing both body and soul. As a Lipscomb Nursing student you will experience extensive study in the humanities and social sciences as well as 32 credit hours of clinical placements during your course of study. This partnership of foundational study along with hands-on training in five foundational areas of the nursing field, obstetrics, pediatrics, mental health, critical care and medical/surgical, means you will graduate both experienced and well-rounded.

About the School of Nursing

96%

2022 May Cohort First Time NCLEX Pass Rate

Health Care Industry Capital

People

Meet the key people that make up the College of Health Sciences

Lynette Austin

Dean, College of Health Sciences

Austin has served as chair of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Abilene Christian University (ACU), in Abilene, Texas for over seven years. A licensed bilingual speech language...
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Jaimie Beth Colvin

Health Sciences Librarian

Miss Colvin brings over nine years of research and instruction experience to Lipscomb from Pepperdine University. As a librarian she strives to better connect people to the information they seek;...
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Jeff Bennie

Medical Director

Dr. Jeff Bennie is a 1983 graduate of Lipscomb University ( B.S. Physics). He attended medical school at Washington University St. Louis class of 1987. He completed an anesthesia residency...
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Ed Evans

Clinical Liaison

Ed Evans has 35 years of clinical and education experience in Perfusion and is certified by the American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion (inactive). He is an Associate Professor and Clinical...
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Christy Martin

Operations Manager and Executive Assistant to the Dean, Health Sciences

Christy Martin is currently working as the Operations Manager and Executive Assistant to the Vice Provost/Dean of the College of Health Sciences. She has worked in various industries including consulting,...
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Nicole Smith

Director of Operations, Cardiovascular Perfusion

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Holly Beth Singleton

Assistant Director of Graduate Enrollment

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David Webb

Program Director

David Webb has over 20 years experience in perfusion education and cardiovascular experience, including serving as chief perfusionist and program director of the Vanderbilt University Perfusion School where he also...
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Randy Bostic

Assistant Professor

Randy is founder of Bostic Law, PLLC. A firm that helps protects assets for families and small business. Randy focuses his practice on Estate Planning through wills, trusts, and probate,...
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Zachary Forest Droll

Assistant Professor

Zach is from Peru, Indiana. He has a wife of six years and is a new father to his first daughter. He met his wife of six years at Huntington...
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Rebecca Claypool

Assistant Professor

Dr. Rebecca Claypool brings more than twenty years of interdisciplinary industry experience in recreation, fitness, and health professions to her role as a faculty member at Lipscomb University. Her professional...
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Ruth Henry

Adjunct Faculty

Long-tenured Lipscomb faculty member in exercise science, she teaches the statistics and research courses.
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Kent Johnson

Professor, Exercise Science Program Director

Cofounder of EXNS program Long-tenured Lipscomb faculty member in exercise physiology, leads the cardiovascular laboratory, and is a fellow in the ACSM.
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Laurel Littlefield

Associate Professor

Laurel and her husband Brad are originally from West Texas, and moved to Nashville with their three sons in 2018. Laurel and Brad met while attending Lubbock Christian University (LCU)...
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Andrew Mauldin

Assistant Professor

Andrew was born in northeast Ohio and has lived in many states over his lifetime. Andrew attended Harding University where he received his B.A. in Kinesiology. After graduating from Harding...
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Linda Price

Program Coordinator, Kinesiology

Linda Price first came to Lipscomb in the fall of 1969 to attend college and graduated in 1973 with a B.S. teaching degree in Health and Physical Education. She taught...
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Matthew Ruiz

Department Chair - Kinesiology

Professional expertise in sport, exercise and performance psychology.
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Christine Deere

Professor of Practice Nursing

Christine Deere grew up in a Chicago and moved to Nashville, TN to attend Lipscomb University in 2012. She earned her bachelor of science in nursing degree from Lipscomb University...
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Jenny Gardner

Program Coordinator

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Chelsia Harris

Executive Director, Nursing

Chelsia Harris is originally from Hartman, Arkansas. She earned her bachelor of science in nursing degree from Arkansas Tech University in 2004, her master of science in nursing degree as...
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Mary Hesselrode

Associate Executive Director for Academics

Mary Hesselrode grew up in a military family and lived in several locations nationally and internationally. She earned her bachelor of science in nursing degree from Harding University in Searcy,...
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Jennifer Hicks

Instructor

Jennifer Hicks is originally from New Jersey. She earned her bachelor of science degree from Harding University in 1981, and her master of science in nursing degree from Vanderbilt University...
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Lori Kelly

Assistant Professor

With research interests that include medication administration error reduction and reporting in nursing simulation, Lori comes to Lipscomb with years of experience from all over the country. She was born...
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Kathryn Mick

Administrative Assistant

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Roletha Pillow

Associate Professor

Roletha Pillow is a native of Nashville. After her academia appointment, Pillow earned her Doctorate of Nursing Practice from Union University. She holds several nursing licensures, certifications and professional nursing...
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Jenna Sissom

Assistant Professor

Jenna Sissom is originally from Nashville, Tennessee. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Middle Tennessee State University and her Master Science of Nursing in Nursing Education...
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Kim Smith

Coordinator of Operations

Smith is originally from Knoxville. She earned her bachelor of science degree in marketing in 1990 from Lipscomb University and a master's degree in business with an emphasis in human...
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Jill Stafford

Assistant Professor

Jill grew up in Tuscumbia, Alabama. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of North Alabama. After graduation, Jill married her husband, Mark, and they moved...
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Beth Twomey

Assistant Professor

Beth Twomey is originally from Smyrna, Tennessee. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Belmont University and her Master Science of Nursing in Nursing Education from Middle...
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Katie Watson

Adjunct Faculty

Katie Watson is a Nashville native who graduated from Lipscomb University with a bachelor of science in nursing in 2007. She spent her career as a registered nurse working at Monroe...
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Kathy Williams

Assistant Professor

Kathy Williams brings over 35 years of nursing experience into the nursing program here at Lipscomb University. She grew up in Henderson, Tennessee where she attended Freed-Hardeman College and earned...
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Carlie Woodroof

Non-Teaching Instructor in Nursing

Carlie Woodroof is originally from San Jose, California. She earned her bachelor of science in nursing degree from Oklahoma City University in 2016 and her master of science in nursing...
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Nancy Hunt

Associate Professor

Nancy Hunt came to Lipscomb in 1986. She completed her BS degree and dietetic internship at the University of Tennessee Knoxville. Hunt holds a master's degree in education with an...
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Anne Lowery

Associate Professor

Lowery is a Registered and Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist in the state of Tennessee who gained her bachelor's degree in Dietetics from Lipscomb; she completed her dietetic internship at National HealthCorp;...
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Autumn Marshall

Professor and Chair, Department of Nutrition

Long-tenured Lipscomb faculty member in nutrition, extremely well-connected throughout the region in all things nutrition and dietetics.
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Tracy Noerper

Associate Professor

Noerper is a Registered and Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist in the state of Tennessee. She comes to Lipscomb with five years teaching nutrition at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU). She received her...
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Ann Toy

Assistant Professor

Toy is a Registered and Licensed Dietitian and is a Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics (CSSD). She came to Lipscomb in 2013 as a member of the athletic department...
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Wade Denney

Medical Director

Dr. Denney returned to Lipscomb to join the faculty of the School of Physician Assistant Studies as Medical Director in 2020. He obtained his undergraduate degree in biochemistry from Lipscomb...
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Linda Elrod

Associate Professor

Elrod ('77), assistant professor of physician assistant studies, holds a Master of Science in Medicine from Trevecca Nazarene University and is a Physician Assistant-Certified (PA-C). She has eight years of...
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Jason Huddleston

Associate Dean

Jason H. Huddleston is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Physician Assistant Studies program. Dr. Huddleston holds a Doctor of Medical Science degree from the University of Lynchburg...
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Aven Humphreys

Director of Student Affairs

Aven Humphreys serves as the Director of Student Affairs for the Lipscomb University School of Physician Assistant Studies. She has more than 12 years of graduate health care education experience...
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Lizzie Monroe

Principal Faculty

Dr. Monroe joined the faculty of the School of Physician Assistant Studies in 2023. She obtained her medical degree from Quillen College of Medicine at East Tennessee State University. She...
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Casie Sanders-Ramirez

Assistant Professor

An Alabama native, Casie comes to us with nine years of experience as a physician assistant in various clinical settings. She obtained her MS in Physician Assistant Studies from the...
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Matt Steidl

Associate Professor

Matt ('00) met his wife Erin (Tews '99) at Lipscomb as an undergraduate. He and Erin have three daughters. He worked as a software engineer for Lockheed Martin on the...
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Nancy Stephen

Manager of Operations - Physician Assistant Studies

Nancy Stephen received her Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Nicholls State University in Louisiana. After moving to Nashville and raising a family, Nancy worked as the Project Manager for...
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Cindy Wingert

Associate Professor

With over 17 years of teaching experience, Cindy comes to Lipscomb UniversityÂ from The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Cindy's primary area of interest is teaching human gross anatomy; however,...
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