Dian Baker PhD, APRN-BC, PNP

Dian Baker, PhD, is a professor at the School of Nursing at California State University, Sacramento, an adjunct faculty member at the Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities at the MIND Institute, and volunteer clinical faculty in pediatrics at the University of California, Davis, Medical Center. Dr. Baker obtained her PhD from the University of Hawaii and completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at the University of California, Davis. Dr. Baker’s research includes hospital-based studies and community-based participatory research that rely on both qualitative and quantitative methods. During the span of her 40-year nursing career, she has partnered with multiple organizations and hospitals to design research studies and disseminate findings. Dr. Baker’s current research includes a national study on nonventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia and oral care to prevent pneumonia and reduction in 30-day hospital admissions.