Jennie is IN! Jennie has been working as a psychiatric nurse practitioner since completing her doctoral degree in nursing practice with UAB in 2017. Jennie has been working in healthcare since age 19 as a nurse while continuing her education to learn more about how to help others gain health.
Krista Niedermeier is IN! Krista is a three-time graduate from UAB who earned her BSN in 1998, her MNA in 2006, and her DNP in 2013. This caring and gifted alum is now a certified registered nurse anesthetist for Children’s Hospital.
Cori Johnson is IN! She graduated from UAB in 2010 with a B.S., 2014 with an M.S., and 2017 with a DNP! Cori is now a board-certified nurse practitioner and is passing along her education to future nurses as an assistant professor of nursing here at UAB.
Tanja Gavrilovic is IN! In 2019, she earned a MSN in UAB’s Family Nurse Practitioner specialty track program. In 2022, she earned her DNP and completed UAB’s Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and Advanced Forensic Nurse subspecialty programs.
Douglas Stephens is IN! Dr. Stephens is an Assistant Professor in the Graduate Program at Jacksonville State University (JSU). He is nationally certified as Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) through American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and licensed through the Alabama Board of Nursing. Dr. Douglas J. Stephens received a Doctorate of Nursing Practice from the University of Alabama Birmingham in 2017. Dr. Stephens is a highly committed and compassionate healthcare professional, offering broad-based leadership and teaching experience within acute and critical care settings. Actively engages in mentorship and preceptorship of aspiring advanced practice providers.
Lindsey Harris is IN! Lindsey began her nursing journey as a student-athlete at Samford University where she received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a minor in Business. Her passion for helping others stemmed from her loving and giving family who always provided for and helped others in need. The desire to give and help was innate. The profession of nursing seemingly was the natural progression to fuel her passion. After earning a BSN, Harris received her MSN with a concentration in family practice and her Doctorate in Nursing Practice from the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing. Dr. Lindsey Harris is a family nurse practitioner at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Medicine and faculty at the UAB School of Nursing. Harris is the first person of color to serve as president of the Alabama State Nurses Association in 107 years. Harris advances the organization’s mission to promote nursing excellence and the vision of being the professional voice of registered nurses. Harris was named an Alabama Influencer and was featured on billboards, media spots, and mailers statewide. She has presented extensively on healthcare disparities, access to care, mentorship, mental health, and nursing advocacy issues. Harris continues to address healthcare inequities that have been highlighted by COVID-19. Proficient in Spanish, she helped to manage COVID-19 vaccine sites improving access in Hispanic communities. Lindsey is actively involved in working within the community as in the past President of the Birmingham Black Nurses Association Inc. She is also a member of the Hispanic Nurses Association, Philippine Nurses of Association, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. Dr. Harris remains an advocate for nursing as she held office in the Nurse Practitioner Alliance of Alabama and lobbied for advancing nursing practice within Alabama. As past president of the Birmingham Black Nurses Association, Harris leveraged partnerships with the state’s minority nursing associations, local city officials, hospital and pharmacy associations, and district church leaders in efforts to increase healthcare access and education in Alabama’s underrepresented communities. The National Black Nurses Association awarded her the Advanced Practice Nurse and Staff Nurse of the Year awards. She received the Living Legacy and Young Alumnus of the Year awards from Samford University. UAB School of Nursing awarded her the Joann Barnett Compassionate Care Award, and in 2021 recognized her with the Visionary Leader Award. Dr. Harris is now completing a fellowship with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in Health Policy. As a public servant in the House of Representatives, Harris serves as a Legislative Fellow in Representative Lauren Underwoods’ office working towards advancing women’s health equity worldwide.
