Appointed in August 2007 to Queen’s University, School of Nursing, Dana previously taught nursing at the University of Calgary, the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) and Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN). She practiced nursing in Minnesota, Colorado, Alaska and North Carolina before moving to Newfoundland in 1986. In Canada, she has practiced in nursing stations in Labrador and a rural northern British Columbia hospital. Dana received her BSN from University of Iowa, her MSN from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and her doctorate in epidemiology from University of Toronto. Dana grew up on a grain/cattle farm in north central Iowa where her family continues to be involved in agriculture. Her interests include, rural and remote nursing, population health, occupational epidemiology, primary care, and Aboriginal health.