Evangeline Fangonil-Gagalang

Dr. Evangeline Fangonil-Gagalang is an assistant professor and the undergraduate nursing program director at the California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) in San Bernardino, California. Prior to this position, Dr. Gagalang was a full-time lecturer at CSUSB. Dr. Gagalang has over 24-year experience as a Registered Nurse, 19 of those years are in nursing education. Her background is in medical-surgical and emergency nursing. She received her Ph.D. in Nursing at Azusa Pacific University in Azusa, California. Her area of research and interest includes student readiness for practice, curriculum development, and Precision Health. Recently, Dr. Gagalang authored the Integration of Precision Health in a Baccalaureate Curriculum wherein she along with a co-author described the process of incorporating concepts of Precision Health in six identified courses. Dr. Gagalang belongs to the Precision Health and Genomics workgroup convened by the American Nurses Association in their efforts to develop basic competencies for Precision Health and update the advanced competencies for Genomics Nursing. Dr. Gagalang was the co-primary investigator and awardee of the All of Us research grant from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, a collaborative effort with the National Institute of Health in their goal to achieve 1 million human samples to represent “all of us” in health research. Dr. Gagalang presented much of her work in Precision Health at multiple regional and national conferences. Recently, Dr. Gagalang was the recipient of the Excellence in Professional Education award from the Association of California Nurse Leaders, recognizing her work and achievements in academic nursing.