Nancy A. Barsamian, DNP, MPH, BSN, is an Assistant Professor at the Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing at UMass Chan School of Medicine, where she also earned her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree. She is a founding member of the Nursing Global Health Pathway, contributing to the development of globally focused nursing education and training.

Dr. Barsamian serves as adjunct faculty at the American University of Armenia's Bachelor of Science in Nursing program, where she teaches healthcare quality and safety and provides leadership development training for senior nursing students in the United States. She holds a Master of Public Health from Boston University and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Ursuline College. Her scholarly and professional work centers on global health education, nursing workforce development, and interdisciplinary palliative care, with a particular focus on improving care for individuals with dementia in Armenia. With over a decade of clinical experience in acute care nursing specializing in neurosurgery and cardiology she brings a strong practice foundation to her academic and global health initiatives.

Dr. Barsamian has held roles in healthcare quality improvement at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and in elder abuse prevention with the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office. Since initiating her work in Armenia through USAID in 1993, she has remained actively engaged in advancing nursing education, leading trainings, and organizing professional conferences. She serves on the board of the Armenian American Medical Association and advises Alzheimer's Care Armenia, the Women's Support Center and Fund for Armenia's Recovery.

Pamela Grace's is an Associate Professor Emerita in Nursing and Ethics at the William F. Connell School of Nursing, Boston College. An experienced ICU nurse and former Nurse Practitioner with a PhD in philosophy/medical ethics, she is an internationally recognized expert in nursing and healthcare ethics. She has written and presented extensively on issues of advocacy, professional responsibility and social justice. Her award-winning book - Nursing Ethics and Professional Responsibility in Advanced Practice is in its 4th edition and, along with her former PhD student Aimee Milliken, she published the Clinical Ethics Handbook for Nurses (2022) that is international in scope and aimed at helping point-of care nurses with their ethical decision-making. For the past two years she has worked with colleagues in Armenia who developed that country's first BSN degree, teaching nursing ethics and supervising groups as they complete their capstone project. Most recently she served as an expert panel member for 2025 revision of the Code of Ethics for Nurses.

American Nurses Association's Code of Ethics for Nurses