AUTUMN 2011, VOL. 10, NO. 1 A PUBLICATION OF NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING Field Notes from a Disaster: College of Nursing Alumni in Haiti and Japan PAGE 4 Faculty Embark on Older-Adult Research Collaborations PAGE 8 Shedding Light on LGBT Health PAGE 14 © Meredith Miller © Meredith SAVE THE DATE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2011 NYU Alumni Day Join us on campus Vernice Ferguson Lecture College of Nursing on Contemporary Issues Dean’s Luncheon for a day of programs Shorin Performance Studio Shorin Performance Studio and special events Kimmel Center Kimmel Center featuring the best 10:30am — 11:30am 12:00pm — 1:30pm Executive director of the NYU College of Nursing Join Interim Dean Judith Haber for lunch, of NYU. Global Program Ann Kurth, PhD, CNM, FAAN, a discussion of all that is happening at will speak about the College’s global nursing the College of Nursing, and a celebration research and education efforts as part of NYU’s of this year’s award recipients: Global Network University. Dr. Ann Kurth, Faculty Scholar Award Dr. Ann Marie Mauro, Teaching Excellence Award Dr. Maja Djukic, Rising Star Award 2 Greetings from the 18 College and Faculty News Interim Dean 24 Dynamic Leaders Energize A PUBLICATION OF 3 Terry Fulmer Steps Student Organizations NEW YORK UNIVERSITY Down as Dean COLLEGE OF NURSING A Legacy of Achieving AUTUMN 2011, VOL. 10, NO. 1 Milestones and Building Momentum 4 Field Notes from a Disaster Interim Dean Judith Haber, PhD, APRN, BC, FAAN College of Nursing Alumni Assistant Director of Alumni Relations Assist in Critical Relief Efforts and Development Nadège Roc in Haiti and Japan Managing Editor / Writer Barbara Kancelbaum Head Writer Cecilia Malm Assistant Editors Meredith Miller, Steven Tipton Design Susan Carabetta Cover Photo © NYU Photo Bureau: Pollard 25 Keeping Students on the Editorial Board Right Track Academically Deborah Chyun, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN and Emotionally Amy Knowles, MSEd Academic Advising and Social Barbara Krainovich-Miller, EdD, APRN, BC, ANEF, FAAN Support Are Twin Pillars for Ellen Lyons, MPA Nursing Students Gail D’Eramo Melkus, EdD, C-NP, FAAN Tom Olson, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC 8 Research Report James Pace, DSN, MDiv, APRN, BC, FAANP NYU College of Nursing 26 Interprofessional Collaborations Reach New NYU College of Nursing Research in Older-Adult 726 Broadway, 10th Floor Health Care: Collaborations Heights, Break Barriers New York, NY 10003-9502 Are Key 212-998-5300 www.nyu.edu/nursing 13 Congratulations, Doctoral Classes of 2011! 14 Shedding Light on a Neglected Group in Health Care: LGBT Populations 16 Celebrations 28 Alumni Achievements 29 Letter from Dr. Ann Marie Mauro NYU College of Nursing Alumni Association President 32 Why I Give Erratum: In the spring 2011 issue, Ann Marie and Tony Mauro were erroneously excluded Margaret L. McClure from the Dean’s Circle members list. Cover: Laraine Ann Chiu, BS ’11. 32 Dean’s Circle AUTUMN 2011 1 GREETINGS FROM THE INTERIM DEAN DEAR FRIENDS, I am delighted to welcome members are forging unique approaches our new and returning to high-quality patient care. GROUNDBREAKING NEWS: students to the NYU cam- As New York University continues its Building Our Future pus this fall and to send a development into one of the world’s warm greeting on behalf first truly global institutions of higher The planning and design of the College to parents, education, College of Nursing faculty of a new home for the grandparents, alumni, and students are conducting high- College of Nursing is moving and colleagues. impact research, education, and practice ahead at a rapid pace. Many of you have heard projects on nearly every continent. Our New York University has undertaken a the news that Dr. Terry Fulmer, who alumni are also having an extraordinary strategic plan (NYU 2031) for an expanded served as leader of nursing at NYU for the impact around the world, and in this academic campus that enhances past nine years, stepped down from her issue we feature some of those who are medical and health sciences education position at the end of the last academic providing emergency relief in the wake in the health corridor along First Avenue between 24th and 34th Streets. A major year. As interim dean, I extend our fond- of natural disasters in Haiti and Japan. component of this plan will be the est wishes to Dr. Fulmer for much success The College’s recent growth in research College of Nursing’s first true home in a in her future endeavors. The faculty, staff, rankings has been phenomenal. In 170,000-square-foot building to be located and students of the College of Nursing 2010, NYU College of Nursing received a at 433 First Avenue. This state-of-the-art facility will bring together the entire College are all deeply appreciative of Dr. Fulmer’s ranking of #11 in research funding from of Nursing community and also provide outstanding years of visionary leadership the National Institutes of Health, and its space for the College of Dentistry and a and service. So much of what the College doctoral program was ranked #7 by the new multi-school bioengineering program. is today was conceived of and made into National Research Council. This fall I • NYU has selected EYP Architecture & reality by Terry Fulmer! Among the most am thrilled to celebrate the graduation Engineering, an award-winning firm that exciting of these accomplishments is a of our first cohort of doctoral students was responsible for the renovation of the General Assembly and Conference NYU new home for the College of Nursing to complete our new Doctor of Nursing Buildings of the United Nations, and Kohn, (please see the box to the right for updates Practice (DNP) program. Pedersen, Fox Associates (KPF), well on this project). This year we will break new ground in known for its work on New York City’s The College is laying down foundations many different ways! As we prepare to Museum of Modern Art, to work as a team here in New York City, but at the same time celebrate the 80th anniversary of profes- in delivering this major building project. we are living in an increasingly inter- sional nursing education at NYU, I hope • Demolition of the site at 433 First Avenue national and interconnected world that you will join me in applauding all that is already under way, and we expect con- struction to begin in early January 2012. reaches far beyond our local community. we have accomplished—and all that we New programs and initiatives reflect our are poised to achieve at this important • The new building affords numerous op- portunities to contribute to the Campaign growing emphasis on interprofessional moment in our history. for Nursing, including naming gift op- collaboration and globalization in nursing portunities that can link your name or research, education, and practice. Sincerely, that of someone you wish to honor to For example, you will read in this issue attractive and high-tech classrooms, labs, lecture halls, and other spaces in our new about how our faculty has built innova- home. Please call Larry Siegel, director of tive partnerships with our colleagues in development, 212-998-6794 or write to other health professions. From develop- [email protected] for more informa- ing oral health curricula and competen- Judith Haber, PhD ’84, MA ’67, tion about naming opportunities. cies for nursing education programs and APRN, BC, FAAN Future issues of NYU Nursing will practice settings to promoting collabora- Ursula Springer Leadership include much more information on tion among future physicians, dentists, Professor in Nursing the status and design of the building. and nurses, College of Nursing faculty Interim Dean, College of Nursing We will keep you posted! 2 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING MAGAZINE TERRY FULMER STEPS DOWN AS DEAN A LEGACY OFAchieving and Milestones Building Momentum Dr. Fulmer (left) and former First Lady of New York State Michelle Paige Paterson prepare for the 2009 College of Nursing graduation ceremony. Terry T. Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN, PhD, RN. Fulmer’s unwavering goal was to College’s Geriatric Nurse Practitioner elevate nursing at NYU to a position wor- program #1 in the nation this year, and the Erline Perkins McGriff thy of its national reputation and accom- Fulmer is a cofounder of the Hartford Professor and leader of nursing at plishments over 75 years: to become a Institute for Geriatric Research at NYU— New York University since August College in its own right. Working closely a front runner in this area of growing 2002, stepped down from her with University administration, she and importance. Passionate about promoting her colleagues succeeded in 2005 in research and evidence-based practice, position as dean on July 1, 2011. establishing the NYU College of Nursing she has launched innovative research “Terry Fulmer has been an outstanding at the NYU College of Dentistry. Fulmer programs in elder abuse, emergency pre- dean,” says NYU President John Sexton. was named the new College’s first dean. paredness, interprofessional education, “She brought so much to the deanship: an Under Fulmer’s leadership, the College and global health. Fulmer also led the entrepreneurial spirit, an understanding has steadily risen in national rank- College into innovative partnerships with of nursing’s importance to our society’s ings, attracted more than 50 new faculty nursing schools and health care organiza- health and well-being, a commitment to scholars, and achieved record fundrais- tions throughout New York State, intro- teaching excellence, and a belief in the ing levels that have increased resources ducing NYU nursing students to a number importance of research to the profes- for research, faculty development, and of exciting rural nursing opportunities.