Janet D. Allan, PhD, RN, FAAN
Dr. Janet Allan is currently Dean and Professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. She received her BS degree from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York; her Master’s degree and certification as an Adult Nurse Practitioner form the University of California, San Francisco; and her PhD in Medical Anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley and San Francisco. She came to the University of Maryland from the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio where she was Dean of the School of Nursing. Previously, she was a Full Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Texas at Austin. In her national role, Dr. Allan represents the American Association of Colleges of Nursing on the Healthy People Curriculum Task Force (2004-2010) and serves as the AACN Maryland Grassroots liaison. She is currently a member of RWJ Advisory Council on the five-year project, “Prescription for Health.” She was recently appointed to the Advisory Board of the Institute for Health Protection and serves on Congressman Ben Cardin’s Health Advisory Committee.
Dr. Allan was Vice-Chair of the 15-member U.S. Preventive Services Task Force from 1998 to 2004. She served as the spokesperson for the Task Force when Tommy Thompson, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, announced new federal recommendations on breast cancer screening and more recently was the major spokesperson for the Task Force’s obesity recommendations.
Dr. Allan is a past member of the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Nursing. Dr. Allan has been president of the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties and the Southern Nursing Research Society (SNRS). In 1996, she had a USPHS Primary Care Policy Fellowship. She has received numerous awards including the Nursing Excellence Award for Service to the profession from Nurseweek magazine, the NONPF Lifetime Achievement Award and the SNRS Researcher Award.
Dr. Allan is a nationally recognized scholar in the area of women’s health, specifically weight management among multi-ethnic populations of women. She has published more than 150 articles, book chapters and abstracts and currently serves on various editorial boards and panels.
