POPULATION-BASED
NURSING
Concepts and Competencies
for Advanced Practice
ANN L. CUPP CURLEY
E D I TO R
,POP ULATION -B AS ED N URSIN G
, Ann L. Cupp Curley, PhD, RN, recently retired from her position as the Nurse Research
Specialist at Capital Health in Trenton, New Jersey, where she was responsible for pro-
moting and guiding the development of nursing research and evidence-based practice.
She has an extensive background in nursing education at the undergraduate, graduate,
and doctoral levels, and more than 10 years’ experience in community and public health
nursing. Dr. Curley has been principal or co-principal investigator of many research proj-
ects and continues to serve as an advisor on DNP project committees and a research con-
sultant. She received a BSN from Boston College, an MSN in community health/clinical
nurse specialist track from the University of Pennsylvania, and a PhD in urban planning
and policy development from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Dr. Curley has
received many honors, including the Nurse.com Nursing Spectrum Excellence Award
for Education and Mentorship.