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Dr Gloria J. McNeal is the Dean of the School of Health and Human Services at National University, and currently serves as Principal Investigator for Health Resources and Services Administation (HRSA)  NEPQR-IPCP and NEPQR-VBSN project initiatives totaling over $2.5 million.  Over the course of her academic career she has served in a number of deanship and directorship positions at the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral level of programs of study in nursing She is the recipient of significant extramural funding totaling over $12 million Most recently, after serving a three-year Fellowship with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), she was appointed by RWJF to the Executive Committee of the California Action Coalition, charged to implement the 8 recommendations of the Institute of Medicine Report on The Future of Nursing, a landmark publication for which she served as an invited contributor. She has authored over 120 articles, abstracts, books, book chapters and editorials. She is the immediate past Editor of The ABNF Journal, the official publications of the Association of Black Nursing Faculty, Inc, Her research work has investigated the clinical application of telecommunication technologies and telehealth monitoring in the home environment. Developing the protocols of care, she led in the transitioning of critical care nursing practice beyond the traditional walls of the ICU, and was among the first to publish work on the remote monitoring and electronic transmission of ambulatory electrocardiographic data, revolutionizing the manner by which critical care nurses could remotely monitor their patients She holds an undergraduate degree in nursing from the Villanova University College of Nursing, and a master’s degree at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Nursing. Her doctor of philosophy degree in Higher Education Administration was awarded with meritorious distinction at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education. A former officer of the US Navy Nurse Corps, she served with distinction earning two medals of commendation. She is a current Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing