Provost's Biography
Margaret Faut Callahan, CRNA, PhD, FNAP, FAAN
Margaret Faut Callahan is the Provost and Chief Academic Officer of Loyola University Chicago. She is also a professor in the Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing. Prior to this appointment, Callahan served Loyola as Provost of the Health Science Division, Interim Provost and Chief Academic Officer and Senior Vice President of Strategy and Innovation.
Callahan received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Loyola and has more than 35 years of experience in health care and higher education. Before coming to the University, she served as interim provost at Marquette University and dean and professor of the University’s College of Nursing. There she led the Marquette University College of Nursing through a successful reaccreditation, expanded the college’s freshmen class size, started a hybrid masters entry program, and implemented the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program.
Before her time at Marquette, she was at Rush University for many years, where she served as chair of adult health nursing, director of the nurse anesthesia program, and professor. Callahan also holds a Master of Science in Nursing and a Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing Science from Rush University College of Nursing. Her research on pain management, palliative/end-of-life care, and health policy is widely published. Additionally, she is a certified registered nurse anesthetist.
She is married to her husband Daniel and they have four children: Nicholas, Daniel, Katherine, and Ryan. She is an elected fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, National Academies of Practice and the Institute of Medicine, Chicago.
Margaret Faut Callahan, CRNA, PhD, FNAP, FAAN
Margaret Faut Callahan is the Provost and Chief Academic Officer of Loyola University Chicago. She is also a professor in the Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing. Prior to this appointment, Callahan served Loyola as Provost of the Health Science Division, Interim Provost and Chief Academic Officer and Senior Vice President of Strategy and Innovation.
Callahan received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Loyola and has more than 35 years of experience in health care and higher education. Before coming to the University, she served as interim provost at Marquette University and dean and professor of the University’s College of Nursing. There she led the Marquette University College of Nursing through a successful reaccreditation, expanded the college’s freshmen class size, started a hybrid masters entry program, and implemented the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program.
Before her time at Marquette, she was at Rush University for many years, where she served as chair of adult health nursing, director of the nurse anesthesia program, and professor. Callahan also holds a Master of Science in Nursing and a Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing Science from Rush University College of Nursing. Her research on pain management, palliative/end-of-life care, and health policy is widely published. Additionally, she is a certified registered nurse anesthetist.
She is married to her husband Daniel and they have four children: Nicholas, Daniel, Katherine, and Ryan. She is an elected fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, National Academies of Practice and the Institute of Medicine, Chicago.