Director at Large
Megan Lippe, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN
Associate Professor
University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas
United States
Educational Biography
PhD, University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, Austin, TX, 2016
MSN in Nursing Education, University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, Austin, TX, 2011
BSN, University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, Austin, TX, 2009
Professional Biography
Dr. Megan Lippe is an Associate Professor with tenure, and a palliative care expert. She has been recognized as an emerging national leader for palliative nursing care education with published works in areas related to palliative care education, simulation, interprofessional education, and social justice. She is the co-lead of a research team evaluating implementation and outcomes for the End of Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) Undergraduate Curriculum. Dr. Lippe has been a registered nurse since 2009, and earned her BSN, MSN, and PhD degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. She taught at the UT Austin from 2011-2016 and the University of Alabama from 2016-2021. Dr. Lippe joined the faculty at UT Health San Antonio in the fall 2021.
In collaboration with colleagues, Dr. Lippe has conducted multiple studies that have resulted in the creation of new quantitative measures to assess primary palliative care curricula, self-competence, knowledge and competence for nursing students and entry-to-practice nurses. She has developed and tested multiple, high-fidelity, palliative care simulations and has worked as a simulation consultant and specialist. Dr. Lippe is a 2019 Cambia Sojourns Scholar, the recipient of the 2017 ELNEC Award, and received the 2019 Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association New Investigator Award. Dr. Lippe was inducted as a fellow in the Academy of Nursing Education and the American Academy of Nursing.