About Iris Mamier, PhD

Dr. Iris Mamier is a faculty member at the Loma Linda University School of Nursing, where she has been teaching across graduate programs (MS, DNP, and PhD) since 2009. She currently coordinates the global track of the online PhD in Nursing, launched in 2023 to expand access to doctoral education for nurse leaders at Adventist universities and hospitals worldwide.

Dr. Mamier has been deeply involved in the PhD program since its inception and teaches courses such as Philosophy of Science, research methods, and dissertation research. She has also contributed to the development and teaching of multiple graduate programs at LLUSN.

Her scholarship focuses on whole-person care and nursing spiritual care, particularly in the context of health–illness transitions. She has contributed to interdisciplinary work developing LLU’s wholeness framework, the SOUL spiritual history tool, and the CLEAR Whole Person Care Model.

Dr. Mamier is actively engaged in university and global service, including past leadership in the University Faculty Council and the local Gamma Alpha chapter of the Honor Society of Nursing, membership on University Rank & Tenure Committee, the administrative committee of the Center for Understanding World Religions at LLU, and participation in international accreditation efforts with the Office of Global Nursing.