Dr. Jenna Thate is an Assistant Professor at Siena College in Albany, New York, where she teaches Public Health, Research, and Informatics. She has been a nurse for 18 years and a nurse educator for over 10 years. While most of her professional nursing practice has been in the area of critical care, she has significant experience in the medical-surgical setting, and has also worked and volunteered in the community as a home health nurse and as a research nurse.