Joyce Anastasi

Joyce K. Anastasi, PhD, DrNP, FAAN, is the Independence Foundation Professor of Nursing and founding director of the Special Studies in Symptom Management Program at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing. She is one of the country's leading clinical scientists in the area of symptom management. Over the course of her career, she has been awarded numerous NIH Awards.  Her current R01 is a randomized controlled clinical trial for chronic distal sensory peripheral neuropathy in persons living with HIV. 

Anastasi authored and developed the Herbs, Nutraceuticals and Dietary Supplements© graduate program funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration. She has published extensively in the area of symptom management using non-invasive interventions and has received numerous awards for her contributions and expertise in acupuncture and symptom management research.

Before joining the faculty at NYU, Anastasi was the Helen F. Pettit Endowed Professor at Columbia University and director of its Integrative Therapies in Primary Care Program and Center for AIDS Research. She received the Columbia University Presidential Teaching Award in 2007. Anastasi served on the advisory board for the Institute of Medicine’s report on "The Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by the American Public." Anastasi received a DrNP in Nursing from the Columbia University School of Nursing, PhD in Nursing from Adelphi University, MA in Nursing from NYU, and BSN in Nursing from Wagner College.