Amy Witkoski Stimpfel

Amy Witkoski Stimpfel is an assistant professor at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing and the Program Director of the doctoral training program in occupational and environmental health nursing, part of the NY/NJ ERC, funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) (T42-OH-008422). Broadly, her research expertise centers on how to optimize nurses’ work environments to improve nurse well-being and clinical outcomes. Specifically, her program of research seeks to identify how the organization of work related to shift work, scheduling, and sleep influences nurses’ health and well-being, patient safety, and organizational outcomes. Her scholarship is rooted in theories and methods used in health services research, occupational health and safety, sleep/circadian science, and nursing. Dr. Witkoski Stimpfel’s research has been funded by the American Nurses Foundation, the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, and others and published in leading interprofessional journals such as Health Affairs, Health Services Research, and The International Journal of Nursing Studies. Prior to joining the Meyers faculty, Dr. Witkoski Stimpfel completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania in the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research. Dr. Witkoski Stimpfel earned a PhD and MS at the University of Pennsylvania and a BSN, cum laude, from Villanova University.