Vanessa Loyd

Vanessa Loyd is a Teaching Professor and Interim Executive Director of Strategic Priorities at the University of Missouri–St. Louis College of Nursing, where she has taught since 2008. She instructs across undergraduate and graduate programs in evidence-based practice, cultural diversity, health assessment, and social determinants of health.

Research focuses on African-American women in nursing academia, health disparities, racism in nursing education, nursing workforce development, and community-academic partnerships. She secured funding for projects including the 'African American Nursing History: Health Disparities Conference' (Missouri Health Foundation, 2014).

Professional service includes advising the Minority Student Nurses Association, serving as Vice-President of Missouri NADOHE, and board membership with the Missouri Nurses Association and Washington University Patient Research Advisory Board.