Tanya Tanzillo, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC

Title:	Clinical Assistant Professor/Family Nurse Practitioner Program Director
Unit:	Nursing
Office Location:	Wellness/Literacy, Room 2211
Office Phone:	815-753-8353
Email:	ttanzillo@niu.edu
Prounous:	she/her/hers

Education

• DNP, Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville
• M.S., George Washington University, Integrative Medicine
• M.S., Northern Illinois University, Family Nurse Practitioner
• B.S., University of Evansville, Nursing

Courses Taught

• NURS 601 – Transition to Graduate-Level Nursing
• NURS 650 – Primary Care: Women across the Lifespan
• NURS 653 – Internship: Infant, Child, and Adolescent
• NURS 654 – Primary Care: Women during Reproduction
• NURS 663 – Internship: Adults Across the Lifespan with an Emphasis on Women
• NURS 673 – Internship: Adults Across the Lifespan
• NURS 704 – Population Health
• NURS 710 – DNP Project I: Development and Implementation

Research Interests

• Health promotion/wellness/motivational interviewing
• Obesity treatment/management
• Women’s Health – healthy aging/hormones
• Men’s Health – healthy aging/hormones
• Alternative medicine/supplements/therapeutics

Clinical Experience

• 1995-1997: Registered Nurse – Glenbrook Hospital: medical telemetry nurse
• 1997-2006: Registered Nurse – Centegra Health System: telemetry/ICU nurse
• 2006-2013: Nurse Practitioner – Centegra Primary Care: Family Practice/Internal medicine
• 2013-2019: Medical Weight Loss Manager/Medical Oversight – Centegra Healthy Living Institute
• 2019-Current: Nurse Practitioner – Vitality Renewal Functional Medicine

Selected Publications

Rood, L., Tanzillo, T., & Madsen, N. (2022). Student nurses' educational experiences during COVID-19: A qualitative study. Nurse Education Today, 119.