Seven New Faculty From Across U.S. Join Meyers

NYU Meyers welcomed seven new faculty members at the beginning of the 2024-25 academic year, who bring wide-ranging experience and expertise. 

Anthony Carney, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, who was most recently an assistant professor at the University of Kentucky College of Nursing. His teaching, research, and clinical interests lie at the intersection of inclusive excellence in higher education, LGBTQ+ primary care, and gender-affirming care.

Morine Cebert, PhD, FNP-C, will join NYU Meyers as a visiting professor. Her research has focused on examining disparities and inequities in the space of reproductive endocrinology/infertility. She taught at Sacred Heart University, lectured at Yale University, and worked in the emergency departments at NYU Langone Health Tisch Hospital and Bridgeport Hospital. She.was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvannia.

Laura Jelliffe-Pawlowski, PhD, MS, who was chief of the Division of Lifecourse Epidemiology and a Professor of Epidemiology & Biostatistics and of Global Health Sciences in the University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine. Her work focuses on uncovering the causes of adverse pregnancy and infant outcomes and identifying interventions through the development of novel tools and tests applicable globally. 

Cherlie Magny-Normilus, PhD, FNP-BC, FNYAM, was previously an assistant professor at the Boston College Connell School of Nursing. Her primary areas of research involve developing and testing culturally relevant behavioral models for Type 2 diabetes care, with a focus on Haitian Americans immigrants.

Jayna Moceri-Brooks, PhD, MS, RN, was a postdoctoral fellow at the Rutgers University School of Public Health’s Gun Violence Research Center, where she focused primarily on firearm suicide prevention in the military services.

Xiang Qi, PhD, RN, was a postdoctoral research scientist at NYU Meyers. His research, affiliated with the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing (HIGN), focuses on social determinants of healthy aging and longevity, dental public health, and Asian immigrant health disparities.

Christy Spalink, DNP, ACNP-BC, ACHPN, OCN, RN, was administrative director of clinical services at NYU Langone Health, and an acute care, palliative nurse practitioner at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She also served as an adjunct professor at NYU Meyers.

(Photo, from left: Anthony Carney, Morine Cerbert, Laura Jelliffe-Pawlowski, Cherlie Magny-Normilus, Jayna Moceri-Brooks, Xiang Qi, Christy Spalink)