Brenda Masiga-Crowell

Director of Purdue University Student Health Center (PUSH)

Purdue University welcomes Brenda Masiga-Crowell as the new senior director of the Purdue University Student Health Center (PUSH) effective July 1, 2022.

Masiga-Crowell most recently served as the clinical operations leader at University of Alabama-Birmingham (UAB) Student Health Services. Prior to joining the team at UAB and transitioning to a career in student health, she served as a clinical quality service specialist at Barnes-Jewish Hospital (Siteman Cancer Center) in St. Louis, Missouri. She is the annual conference program planner for the American College Health Association (ACHA), a nationally recognized organization of college health professionals, and previously chaired the organization’s nursing section. Masiga-Crowell is also a team member of the ACHA/Pfizer Vaccine Coverage Project.

Masiga-Crowell received her Doctor of Nurse Practice (DNP) from the University of Miami. She also owns a Master of Business Administration from the University of Alabama-Birmingham and a Master of Science in Nursing from Saint Louis University. Masiga-Crowell has significant ties to Purdue University and the Greater Lafayette community, having given birth to her youngest son at IU Health Arnett Hospital while her husband was finishing his doctoral program at Purdue.