Adena Bargad

Sen. Adena Bargad, PhD, CNM is Associate Professor of Nursing at Columbia University School of Nursing. She is a Certified Nurse Midwife with more than two decades of clinical and teaching experience. She has served as Program Coordinator for the Women’s Health Subspecialty in the School of Nursing for over a decade and specializes in women’s sexual and reproductive health care across the life cycle. She maintains an active clinical practice with Planned Parenthood affiliates across New York. Dr. Bargad has designed and led graduate-level nursing curricula that integrate simulation-based education and distributed learning technologies. She is dedicated to preparing the next generation of nurse practitioners and midwives to advance health equity in their practice. Dr. Bargad has been nationally recognized as a PATH Framework trainer for Title X and Essential Access Health which promotes reproductive autonomy and values-centered counseling strategies. She was honored to receive the School of Nursing Teacher of the Year Award in 2023.