1971 Nursing Diploma St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing
1974 B.S. University of Hartford
1979 M.S. Indiana University
1990 B.S.N. Adelphi University
1991 M.S.N. SUNY-Stony Brook
1999 Ph.D Adelphi University

Donna Hallas is a pediatric nurse practitioner whose practice serves at-risk children from birth to 21 years old who receive their primary health care in a pediatric ambulatory care center. She is an active member of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) and served for three years as the PNP at-large on the Pediatric Nurse Certification Board (PNCB; formerly National Certification Board for Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and Nurses). Donna Hallas was a faculty member at Pace University for the past seven years, teaching pediatric nursing to undergraduate students, and was Chair of the Department of Undergraduate Studies at Pace University for the past three years. Her current research focuses on the health care outcomes of infants and toddlers of teenage mothers. Donna Hallas has presented her research at the Sigma Theta Tau International Research Conferences in Ireland (2004); Hawaii (2005); Montreal (2006) and in Vienna in July 2007.