Rosalind de Lisser

Rosalind de Lisser, PhD, PMHNP-BC, FNP-BC, is a professor and psychiatric and family nurse practitioner with more than 25 years of clinical experience. She earned her PhD from Vanderbilt University and her Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Virginia.

Her expertise includes competency-based curriculum design, doctoral nursing education, postgraduate training development, and academic leadership. Her teaching philosophy centers on curiosity, relationships, and creating psychologically safe learning environments where students can question assumptions and develop confidence. Through design thinking and active learning, she connects evidence with practice, preparing nurses to lead change and advance equitable care.

Her research examines workforce development, psychological safety, clinician well-being, and geriatric mental health, connecting education, practice, and policy. As Lead for Psychiatry and Addiction Treatment in the UCSF Women’s HIV Program, she provides integrated, trauma-informed care. Her clinical practice grounds her teaching and scholarship in the experiences of patients, families, and healthcare teams.

• Psychiatric and addiction care
• Trauma-informed, integrated behavioral health
• Competency-based nursing education and curriculum design
• Health workforce research and program evaluation
• Relationship-centered communication and team development

• Health workforce development and policy
• Workforce well-being and psychological safety
• Trauma-informed mental health care
• Geriatric mental health
• Nursing education and curriculum design

• 2000 Virginia Commonwealth University BSN Nursing
• 1997 Pontificio Universidade Catholica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Certificate Portuguese, Social Service
• 2002 University of Virginia MSN Nursing
• 2016 University of California, San Francisco Certificate Health Professions Education
• 2024 Vanderbilt University PhD Nursing Science

• Lead for Psychiatry and Addiction Treatment, UCSF Women's HIV Clinic, UCSF Health (2017-present)
• Health Sciences Clinical Professor (Volunteer), Social and Behavioral Sciences- Institute for Health and Aging, UCSF School of Nursing (Volunteer 2024-present)
• Associate Health Sciences Clinical Professor, Betty and Irene Moore School of Nursing at the University of California Davis, Davis, CA (2021-2023)
• Associate Health Sciences Clinical Professor, Community Health Systems,  UCSF School of Nursing (2017-2021)
• Assistant Health Sciences Clinical Professor, Community Health Systems,  UCSF School of Nursing (2013-201

• 2026 UCSF Academic Senate Clinical Excellence Award, 2026
• Recognizing and Eliminating Disparities in Addiction through Culturally Informed Healthcare Award of Recognition, 2023
• Vanderbilt School of Nursing Student Achievement Research Award, 2022 & 2023
• American Psychiatric Nurses Association National Award for Excellence in Education, 2020

• Rogers, T. B., de Lisser, R., & Mertz, E. (2026). Reflection-driven, equity-oriented approach to change the health workforce: An antiracist framework for transforming health workforce policy and practice. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. Advance online publication.
• Spetz J, Dau KQ, Quan A, Bates T, de Lisser R, Muench U. Direct-Entry Midwife Education, Practice, and Patients in California. Med Care Res Rev. 2025 Aug 13:10775587251355573.
• Muench, U, Quan, A, de Lisser, R, Bates T, Spetz, J. Nurse Practitioner Race and Ethnicity and Interest in Independent Primary Care Practice and Serving Medicaid Enrollees. Health Affairs Scholar, 2024;, qxae153.
• de Lisser, R, Lauderdale, J, Spetz, J, Dietrich, M.S, Ramanujam, R, Stolldorf, D. “My voice does not matter…” A qualitative analysis of clinician experiences with psychological safety, the work environment, and burnout. Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health, 2024 11 27.
• de Lisser R, Dietrich MS, Spetz J, Ramanujam R, Lauderdale J, Stolldorf DP. Psychological safety is associated with better work environment and lower levels of clinician burnout. Health Affairs Scholar, Volume 2, Issue 7, July 2024, qxae091.
• de Lisser R, Lauderdale J, Dietrich MS, Ramanujam R, Stolldorf DP. The Social Ecology of Burnout: A framework for research on nurse practitioner burnout. Nurs Outlook. 2024 May 23; 72(4):102188. PMID: 38788272.