David Allen, Ph.D., is the new director of the Nursing and Health Studies Program at the University of Washington, Bothell.

Allen takes the helm as the Nursing and Health Studies Program expands its mission to include a focus on global and public health. Next fall, the program will introduce a new bachelor of arts degree in health studies.

Before joining UW-Bothell, Allen was the chair of the gender, women and sexuality studies department at the University of Washington, where he focused on the relationship among health care and political oppression.