{"id":7452,"date":"2017-11-15T14:17:27","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T14:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/?p=7452"},"modified":"2025-08-12T12:02:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T19:02:44","slug":"leadership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/nhs\/people\/leadership","title":{"rendered":"School Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vanessa Lopez-Littleton, PhD, RN<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professor and Dean, Director of Nursing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/nhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/11\/vanessa-lopez-littleton-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"vanessa lopez-littleton\" class=\"wp-image-29408\" style=\"width:200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/nhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/11\/vanessa-lopez-littleton-1024x683.jpg 1024w, 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loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/nhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/05\/nhs-faculty-chris-wade-770x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Christopher H Wade\" class=\"wp-image-24778\" style=\"width:200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/nhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/05\/nhs-faculty-chris-wade-770x1024.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/nhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/05\/nhs-faculty-chris-wade-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/nhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/05\/nhs-faculty-chris-wade-768x1022.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/nhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/05\/nhs-faculty-chris-wade-1155x1536.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/nhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/05\/nhs-faculty-chris-wade-1540x2048.jpg 1540w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/nhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/05\/nhs-faculty-chris-wade-1920x2554.jpg 1920w, 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