University Of Mobile: University Of Mobile Starts New Semester With New Faculty And Staff

Press release from the University of Mobile:

Zac Douglas

August 19, 2021

MOBILE, Ala.

The new employees were announced at the university’s annual Ignite Conference for faculty and staff to kick off the new semester.  They are:

Dr. Todd Hicks, Professor of Nurse Anesthesiology and Director of the School of Nurse Anesthesia.

Dr. Hicks leads the new DNAP program, the first and only Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice program in a four-state region. Most recently, Hicks served as assistant professor and associate pathway coordinator of the BSN-DNP Nurse Anesthesia Pathway at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. In addition to his work at UAB, he is the Expert Clinical Sciences Lecturer for Valley Anesthesia Review, which is a nurse anesthesia board review course given multiple times per year across the country. He earned a Bachelor of Science in education from Auburn University and worked as a middle and high school teacher for three years, then returned to Auburn and earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. He worked as a critical care registered nurse, then earned a Master of Nurse Anesthesia from UAB and has worked as a clinical CRNA since completion of his anesthesia training. In 2015, he earned a Doctor of Nursing Practice from UAB.

Dr. Hunter Speeg, Assistant Professor of Nurse Anesthesiology and Associate Director of the School of Nurse Anesthesia

Dr. Hunter Speeg has more than 10 years of clinical experience, most recently as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, with previous experience as a critical care and medical-surgical nurse, in addition to case management and health education experience with Blue Cross Blue Shield. Speeg most recently served as an adjunct assistant professor within the BSN-DNP Nurse Anesthesia Pathway at the University of Alabama at Birmingham while maintaining a clinical anesthesia practice at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Birmingham.

Dr. Ashley Lindsey, Assistant Professor of Biology

Dr. Ashley Lindsey earned her Bachelor of Science from Spring Hill College and her doctorate in basic medical sciences from the University of South Alabama, concentrating on pulmonary infectious disease and vascular repair. She completed two postdoctoral fellowships: one at the USA Mitchell Cancer Institute focusing on lung cancer therapeutic development and one at the USA Laboratory for Infectious Diseases, focusing on viral vaccine and therapeutic development. She previously served as the licensing and market associate for the USA Department of Research and an adjunct professor of biology and chemistry at Spring Hill College. Lindsey currently serves as a board member for BIO Alabama and a member of the regional NSF I-Corps teaching team.

Susan Ling, Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Susan Ling earned her Bachelor of Science in mathematics from Lipscomb University and was awarded a Master of Science in applied mathematics from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Ling has served as an assistant professor of mathematics for the Mobile campus of Faulkner University for the past 10 years. She also taught dual enrollment classes at Mobile Christian School and previously taught courses for Coastal Alabama Community College.

Beverly Collier, Instructor of Nursing

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