Cherlie Magny-Normilus

Cherlie Magny-Normilus, PhD, FNP-BC, FNYAM is an Assistant Professor at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing, focusing her research and public health efforts on eliminating health disparities among marginalized populations with chronic conditions. Her primary area of research involves developing and testing culturally relevant behavioral models for type 2 diabetes care.

Currently, she is the principal investigator of a five-year K99/R00 Career Development Award from the National Institute of Nursing Research. This grant supports her work examining the societal factors that influence behavior change and disease management among Haitian immigrants with type 2 diabetes. The projects include the development of "An Sante ak Dyabèt" (ASAD) or "Let’s Live Healthy with Diabetes" - a culturally-tailored, randomized controlled trial designed to improve type 2 diabetes self-management and decrease T2D-related complications among adult Haitian immigrants.

Prof. Magny-Normilus' additional interdisciplinary scholarship interests include behavioral outcomes of self-management interventions, migration and immigrant health, social determinants of health, and community-based participatory research approaches.

Prior to joining the faculty at NYU Meyers, she was an Assistant Professor at the Boston College Connell School of Nursing, where she initially served as a Research Scholar. She also held a faculty position at Regis College. As director of policy and advocacy for the Regis College Haiti Project-International Nurse Faculty Partnership, she played an instrumental role in improving healthcare in Haiti by upgrading nursing education to a university-based master's level.