Board of Directors

Julie Campbell, PhD, RN

President

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Julie Campbell is an associate professor and director of graduate studies at Lee University School of Nursing. She brings more than 20 years of clinical and academic experience to her work in nursing education.

Her teaching and scholarship reflect a commitment to preparing nurses to provide high-quality, inclusive care and to advancing disability-related education within nursing and the health professions.

Rebecca N. Weston, EdD, MSN, RN, CNE

Vice President

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Rebecca N. Weston is an assistant professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, where she teaches pediatric nursing and disability-focused health professions education. Her scholarship examines how disability content is taught, measured, and embedded across health care curricula, with an emphasis on inclusive simulation, interprofessional education, and health equity for people with intellectual, developmental, and physical disabilities.

She created and directs Exploring Disability in Healthcare, an undergraduate nursing elective aligned with the Core Competencies on Disability for Health Care Education. She also co-developed Interprofessional Disability Care, a graduate elective spanning nursing, medicine, social work, dentistry, and pharmacy. In partnership with Special Olympics Maryland, she leads simulation initiatives that recruit, train, and employ people with intellectual and developmental disabilities as standardized patients, supported by institutional grants through the UMB Center for Interprofessional Education.

Rebecca serves as ADHCE's vice president and was selected as a Golisano Fellow in Developmental Disability Nursing (2025–2026). Her research includes scoping reviews of disability competency frameworks and disability training outcomes, as well as studies of game-based learning and clinical judgment in pediatric nursing education. She has presented nationally and received the University of Maryland School of Nursing Distinguished Scholarship Award in 2025.

Linda Long-Bellil, JD, PhD

Secretary

Linda Long-Bellil is an assistant professor at Commonwealth Medicine/University of Massachusetts Medical School. She conducts research and policy analysis on health care, including reproductive health care and long-term services and supports for people with disabilities.

She teaches in the Shriver Center's Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) program and educates current and future health professionals about providing high-quality care to people with disabilities. Linda was ADHCE's founding vice president and later served as president.

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Andrew Symons, MD

Treasurer

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Andrew Symons is a family physician at UBMD Family Medicine, where he provides care for children and adults. He also works with resident physicians caring for adults at Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital. His professional leadership has included service as president of the New York State Academy of Family Physicians.

His research focuses on medical education, particularly what influences students to pursue careers in primary care. He serves as vice chair for medical student education in the Department of Family Medicine and directs the medical school's first-year clinical skills course, where he teaches patient interviewing and physical examination.

Andrew developed a curriculum to teach medical students to care for patients with disabilities. He also supervises residents and teaches students during their family medicine clerkship and clinical skills course.