Jayna Moceri-Brooks

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Jayna Moceri-Brooks

PhD RN

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433 First Ave
New York, NY 10010
United States

Jayna Moceri-Brooks's additional information

Jayna Moceri-Brooks, PhD, RN, is a clinical assistant professor.  Her research focuses on firearm injury prevention, combat-related traumatic brain injuries, and risk factors for suicidal thoughts and behaviors among service members and Veterans, with a particular focus on military culture. Findings from her research have shaped federal policies aimed at reforming the care and recognition of service members with traumatic brain injuries.

 

Moceri-Brooks is a member of the Regional Gun Violence Research Consortium at the Rockefeller Institute of Government and serves on the community advisory board of the Harvard/Massachusetts General ReBlast research team. She has also maintained her practice as an Emergency Nurse for over 16 years. 

 

Moceri-Brooks is currently engaged in research projects that examine factors influencing firearm storage practices among Veterans. She also continues to collaborate with members of Congress on policies related to blast overpressure injuries and firearm injury prevention within the military.

 

Prior to joining the faculty at NYU Meyers, Moceri-Brooks was a post-doctoral fellow at the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center at Rutgers University where she focused on firearm injury prevention among civilian and military populations and worked across a portfolio of Department of Defense-funded suicide prevention research projects.

PHD, Duquesne University
MN, University of Washington
BSN, Seattle Pacific University

Phi Kappa Phi
Sigma Theta Tau
Transcultural Nursing Society
Society for Prevention Research
The Society of Federal Health Professionals (AMSUS)
American Nurses Association

Faculty Honors Awards

NYU Meyers Dean's Excellence in Policy Advocacy Award (2025)
Duquesne University’s Distinguished Dissertation Honorable Mention Award (2024)
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society (2021)
Order of the Family Spur, Fort Cavazos, TX (2020)
Order of Saint Joan D’Arc (2020)
Soldier Family Readiness Group (SFRG) Awards for Volunteer Work (2007) (2008) (2012) (2019) (2020)
Duquesne School of Nursing PhD Scholarship (2019)
SFRG Volunteer of the Month, Fort Cavazos, TX (2019)
SFRG Distinguished Service Award, Fort Cavazos, TX (2019)
Daisy Award for Excellence in Patient Care Delivery (2012)

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