Dr. Marian Leary
Ph.D., MPH, RN
Director of Innovation, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Season 08 - Episode 03
Dr. Marion Leary
PhD, MPH, RN
Marion Leary PhD, MPH, RN, is the Director of Innovation at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Nursing. As the Director of Innovation at Penn Nursing she works to amplify and educate nurses as leaders in health and healthcare innovation. Ms. Leary is a member of the American Nurses Association’s Innovation Advisory Committee, a member of the University Science Center’s Advisory Committee, The Nurse Beat Advisory Board member, and a Founding member of the Society of Nurse Scientists, Innovators, Entrepreneurs and Leaders (SONSIEL). She is a host of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing podcast, Amplify Nursing, and is a contributor to the American Nurses Association’s official journal, the American Nurse as part of the My Nurse Influencer’s column and the Philadelphia Inquirer.
In March 2023 she was named one of five female nurses who will go down in herstory by The Nursing Beat. In May 2022 and 2023, she was selected as one of the most powerful LGBTQIA+ people in Pennsylvania by City & State PA and in 2023 was named an LGBTQ+ Power Player by Metro Philly. In August 2019 she was named as an Influencer of Healthcare winner in the category of Excellence in Innovation by the Philadelphia Inquirer. In 2017, she was named Geek of the Year for her outstanding achievements in Philadelphia’s vibrant geek community in the areas of innovation, technology, and activism.
