Grossman, Divina Dean and Professor Office: HLS-II 446 Tel: 305-348-7726 Email: grossman@fiu.edu

Education
PhD Nursing, University of Pennsylvania
MS Nursing, University of Miami
BS Nursing, University of Santo Tomas (Manila, Philippines)

Background
Dr. Divina Grossman is the Dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Florida International University (FIU). Prior to this position, she was the Director and then Dean of the School of Nursing at FIU from 2000 to 2006, Department Chairperson for Chronic Nursing Care at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio from 1999-2000, and Department Chairperson for Adult and Gerontological Nursing at FIU from 1995 to 1998. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing cum laude from the University of Santo Tomas (Philippines), a Master of Science in Nursing at the University of Miami, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania. She is a Clinical Specialist in Medical Surgical Nursing and is a licensed Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner in Florida.

Dr. Grossman completed a three-year term on the Board of the American Academy of Nursing. She currently chairs the Academy’s Health Disparities Task Force and co-chairs the Academy’s national health disparities project that is funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. She is the Chairman of the Board at Kendall Regional Medical Center in Miami and also serves on the Board of Directors of the Health Foundation of South Florida. She was featured in Miami Today’s Book of Leaders 2006.

Dr. Grossman was the past President of the Florida League for Nursing from 1996-98 and was Chairperson of the Florida Nurses Association Task Force on Cultural Diversity from 1993-98. She served as the Chairperson of the American Nurses Association Council on Medical-Surgical Nursing Practice from 1992-94 and was the Representative of the American Nurses Association to the United States Pharmacopeia. In Texas, she was on the Advisory Board of the Center for Rural Health Initiatives. She is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the American Red Cross Women’s Spectrum Award for Health Care, Nursing Spectrum Teaching Excellence Award, the Jessie Trice Heroes Award for Health Care Leadership from Health Choice Network, the Mary Cash Award for Outstanding Contributions to Cultural Diversity from the Florida Nurses Association, the Nurse Educator of the Year Award from the Florida Nurses Association, the Ada Sue Hinshaw Award from the Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.

Dr. Grossman has authored over 50 journal articles and textbook chapters and has conducted research in the areas of biological rhythms and fever management. She is a popular speaker and has made over 200 presentations in local, regional, national, and international conferences. In the Division of Nursing at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Dr. Grossman has been Chairperson and reviewer for Nurse Practitioner and Nurse Midwife training grant panels from 1998 to 2006. She serves on the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Nursing.

Courses
Dr. Grossman has taught Culture and Advanced Nursing Practice, Role Synthesis in Advanced Nursing Practice, Nursing Research, Research Consumer, Thesis I and Thesis II, Adult/Gerontological Physiologic Nursing, and Pharmacology.

Research
Dr. Grossman’s areas of research are blood pressure circadian rhythms, fever management, cultural diversity, cultural competence, and health disparities.

Interests
Travel, reading biographies, movies, classical music, poetry of William Butler Yeats

Quote
“Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world.” – Louis Pasteur