Dana Murphy-Parker is an ANCC Certified Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and an ANCB Certified Addictions Registered Nurse “ Advanced Practice. Dana is an alumnus of the University of Colorado and obtained a MS as a Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist in 1999. Dana has been practicing and prescribing medications for patients who have mental health disorders as well as substance use disorders since 2008. Her practice has focused on the fact that many patients who have substance use disorders also have co-existing mental health disorders and both medical conditions need to be assessed and treated together. Dana is currently an clinical faculty with the University of Colorado College of Nursing, in Aurora, Colorado. In 2016 Dana was inducted as a Fellow in the International Academy of Addictions Nursing (FIAAN). In 2022, Dana was again elected as President-Elect of IntNSA and will take on the role of President for a 3-year term in early March, 2024.