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Audra Noble Rankin, DNP, APRN, CPNP

Associate Professor and Director, DNP Program

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
School of Nursing
Campus Box #7460
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7460

Audra Rankin is a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. In this role, she serves as program director for the Doctor of Nursing Practice program. She is the Associate Faculty Director-Nursing for the UNC Center for the Business of Health at the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School. She holds a doctoral degree in nursing practice from Duke University and a master’s degree in nursing from Vanderbilt University. She completed a post master’s certificate in nursing education from Johns Hopkins University. In addition, she holds masters’ degrees in education from Harvard University and business administration from UNC Chapel Hill.

Dr. Rankin maintains active certifications as a Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Mental Health Specialist, Certified Lactation Counselor and Certified Nurse Educator. She has served as faculty at the Harvard Macy Program for Educators in Health Professions at Harvard University, was named an American Association of Colleges of Nursing Faculty Health Policy Fellow and is a 2025 Distinguished Fellow in the National Academies of Practice. She currently serves as the National Health Policy Chair for the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, a federal liaison for the National Committee on Federal Government Affairs for the American Academy of Pediatrics, and a dissemination and implementation partner liaison for the United States Preventive Services Task Force.

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