Chia-Yen (Cathy) Li. EdD. MSN, RN
UCAL Health
Dr. Chia-Yen (Cathy) Li has been in the nursing profession for twenty years and a Nurse Educator since 2010. She taught courses and managed the Simulation Education Center. Her clinical background was in telemetry/step down nursing. She received her BSN in Taiwan, MSN from Hawaii Pacific University, and Ed.D from the University of Southern California (2016). She is certified as a Healthcare Simulation Educator. Her clinical interests include nursing education, high fidelity simulation, in-situ simulation, inter-professional education simulation, and curriculum development. Cathy is currently working as a Nursing Professional Development Specialist (NPDS) at UCLA Health. She serves as role model, change agent, advocate, and educational design expert for nursing practice. She also develops and supports infrastructure for simulation activities to improve professional nursing practice and patient care delivery at UCLA Health.