Elizabeth Morse

Biography

Dr. Elizabeth Morse is a family nurse practitioner, public health advocate, and nurse educator whose work bridges health equity, systems innovation, and human flourishing. She began her career moving between frontline public health fieldwork and health systems research, ultimately finding a home in advanced practice nursing—a role that allowed her to integrate her commitment to high-quality, compassionate care for individual patients with efforts to improve health systems and community outcomes. 

As a tenured member of the graduate nursing faculty, Dr. Morse teaches the epidemiology and health equity content in the DNP curriculum. In her scholarship, Dr. Morse brings her experience in global health and health services research to the urgent challenge of building a sustainable nursing workforce. As Director of Flourishing Research and Interprofessional Integration, she is leading interprofessional initiatives that align the science of flourishing with nursing education standards, advancing a vision of healthcare in which the flourishing nurse is recognized as foundational to patient safety, quality care, and the future of the profession.