Hi, I’m DENISE G. LINK, Phd, RN, whnp-bc, cne, faan, faanp.
I am passionate about educating policy makers and helping health care providers remove barriers to quality health care for women.
I write grants to help facilities obtain funding and I help practitioners and health care clinics identify and overcome obstacles to providing quality health care for women.
I look forward to working with you to make access to health care easy and desirable in the service of women.
My Approach
Let’s discuss your project or the obstacle you wish to overcome and consider what is possible and the best approach.
Dream it
Consider what a perfect world of women’s health would look like. Woman focused, transparent, accessible, comfortable, fearless.
Build it
Put plans into action. Write grants and meaningful policy papers and campaigns to direct resources and attention where its needed most - women.
My credentials
Education and Experience
Clinical Professor Emerita at Arizona State University (ASU) - Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation; previously Specialty Coordinator and Faculty for Women’s Health Doctor of Nursing Practice Program (DNP).
PhD in Nursing Education from Widener University
MSN from University of Pennsylvania with a minor in Healthcare Administration from The Wharton School of Business
BSN from Gwynedd Mercy University (formerly Gwynedd Mercy College)
As Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner (WHNP) & Clinical Preceptor at Crossroads 360, I served women patients of one of the largest residential and outpatient substance abuse treatment programs in the United States. With ASU Health Service, I directed and provided high accessible, affordable and compassionate high quality healthcare. As Clinical Director, faculty, and practicing WHNP at Grace Clinic at Grace Lutheran Church in Phoenix, AZ, I mentored and supervised students in graduate nursing and various health professions in clinical experiential learning and community outreach.
Principal Investigator for numerous grants, with a focus on Title X
Principal Investigator with project oversight for numerous industry sponsored investigations (FDA pre-market trials)
Author of peer-reviewed publications in the Journal for Nurse Practitioners, Nursing Outlook, Nursing Clinics of North America, Nursing Administration Quarterly, Journal of Neonatal and Perinatal Nursing, Annual Review of Nursing Education, Nurse Educator
Contributing author to Core Curriculum for Maternal-Newborn Nursing (3rd ed.), Maternity and Women’s Health Care (19th ed.) (2022 AJN Book of the Year Award), and Mosby comprehensive review of nursing (16th ed.)
March of Dimes Arizona Nurse of the Year
Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health Inspirational WHNP
Frequent speaker, guest lecturer, recipient of numerous industry awards, community service
professional involvement
American Academy of Nursing Fellow
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Fellow
Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health
American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Federal Policy Subcommittee
Appointed to Boards of Nursing in New Jersey and Arizona
Certified Family Planning Clinical Trainer - Clinical Training Center for Sexual & Reproductive Health
American Nurses’ Association
Arizona Nurses’ Association (AzNA)
AzNA Public Policy Committee
Sigma Theta Tau