Daniel David

Daniel David is a geriatrics and palliative care (PC) nurse researcher and an Assistant Professor at the Rory Meyers College of Nursing at New York University. As an implementation scientist, he seeks to translate nursing research into feasible, effective, and scalable interventions for under-resourced, community-dwelling older adults and their care partners who are on the cusp of needing nursing home care.

His research program addresses the unmet social, emotional, and serious illness needs of low-income residents living in Medicaid-supported assisted living (AL) facilities in New York City. Notably, he developed the “Someone to Talk To” program in partnership with a community advisory board of AL residents. This initiative pairs residents with community health workers to foster serious illness conversations, explore values and care goals, and bridge care gaps for isolated individuals at high risk of nursing home placement. This work has been recognized nationally through the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) Tipping Point Challenge (Silver Medal) and internationally by the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Distinguished Nursing Research Manuscript Award.

Prof. David serves on the editorial board of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS), the advisory council of the American Assisted Living Nurses Association (AALNA), and the research core of the Center of Excellence for Assisted Living (CEAL-UNC). He has received career development awards from the Cambia Foundation and the National Palliative Care Research Center (NPCRC).

Beyond his primary research focus in assisted living, David has served as a Co-Investigator on NIH-funded projects, including a study on the experiences of New York City hospice team members during the COVID-19 pandemic (5R01NR019792). He is currently a Site Principal Investigator at NYU Langone Medical Center for a 40-site trial examining a nurse-led intervention aimed at reducing avoidable hospitalizations among patients living with dementia and their care partners (U19AG078105). Collectively, his research promotes person-centered and community-based approaches to improving care for older adults with serious illnesses.