Occupational and Environmental Health Training Grant | NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing

Overview

NYU Meyers College of Nursing is part of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health-funded NY/NJ Education and Research Center (T42-OH-008422), where we have a training program in occupational and environmental health nursing (OEHN). The purpose of the PhD/DNP OEHN training program is to prepare nurse leaders in OEHN. We prepare nurse scientists (PhD) to conduct interdisciplinary occupational and environmental health-focused research that will advance nursing science, inform clinical practice, and influence the education of future nursing professionals. Our DNP graduates are prepared to provide evidence-based advanced practice clinical care in OEHN, lead interdisciplinary healthcare teams in occupational health and safety, and educate future practitioners in OEHN.

Requirements

PhD	DNP
OEHN PhD trainees will successfully complete at least 12 credits in occupational and environmental health coursework.	Use three DNP elective course credits in an OEHN course delivered by NYU Meyers faculty who are experts in the field.
Complete a dissertation focused on an OEHN topic e.g. workplace exposures, workforce issues, safety.	Focus the DNP Project on a clinical question related to occupational and/or environmental health in the workplace. OEHN DNP trainees will complete at least 200 clinical hours in OEHN nursing as part of the 400-hour DNP clinical hour requirement.
Participate in interdisciplinary journal club, field trips, and other OEHN-related experiences and scholarly activities.	Participate in interdisciplinary journal club, field trips, and other OEHN-related experiences and scholarly activities.

Why OEHN?

Financial support
One-on-one mentorship from expert faculty and practitioners
Intraprofessional learning with NYU Meyers DNP and PhD students
Interprofessional collaboration and experiences with students across the NY/NJ Education and Research Center

Meet the 2024 - 2025 OEHN Trainees:

DNP Trainees

Sadie Mercer Headshot Sadie Mercer, BSN, RN

headshot of Clint Owens Clint W. Owens, MSN, RN

PhD Students

Vanessa Caiazzo headshot Vanessa Caiazzo, MPH, RN

Research interest: Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy among healthcare workers

Hillary Dutton, MPH,MS, RN

Kathryn Leep-Lazar headshot

Kathryn Leep-Lazar, BSN, RN

Research interests: Nursing burnout, nursing turnover, and occupational health of nurses

Malie Mercer headshot Maile Mercer MSN, RN, CCRN
Research interests: burnout prevention, secondary-trauma exposure and effective resilience training in nurses and student nurses.

Past Trainees

Natalie Hellmers headshot Natalie Hellmers, MSN, ACNP-BC, RN, PhD

Work-Life Balance among Family Caregivers of Adults with Parkinson's Disease

Jenni Duc Nguyen headshot Jenni Duc Nguyen, MSN, FNP-B

DNP project: Blood-borne Pathogen Exposure Prevention e-Learning

Halia Melnyk headshot Halia Melnyk, MPH, RN

Dissertation title: Health-related quality of life and work in postmenopausal women with breast cancer during aromatase inhibitor therapy

Jin Jun headshot Jin Jun, PhD, MSN, RN, CCRN

Dissertation title: The relationship between nursing unit-level organizational culture and the use of evidence-based practice among nurses in hospitals

Melissa Ojemeni headshot Melissa T. Ojemeni, PhD, MA, RN, PCCN

Dissertation title: Comparative policy responses to managing international nurse migration to the United States and United Kingdom from 2004 - 2014

Shani Irby headshot Shani Irby, DNP, MSN, ANP-BC

DNP project: Educational outreach visits to improve the implementation and adherence to a treatment template for patients with an occupational and environmental exposure related cancer being treated in an ambulatory oncology setting

Mimi Niles headshot

Mimi Niles, PhD, CNM, MPH

Dissertation title: Relationship-Centered Midwifery Care: A case study of midwives working in an urban public hospital

Laura Ridge headshot Laura Ridge, PhD, ANP-BC, AAHIVE

Dissertation title: A case study of how task-shifting influences the intellectual capital of nursing in Liberia

Lauren Ghazal headshot Lauren Ghazal, PhD, FNP-BC

Dissertation title: Exploring Multilevel Factors Influencing Quality of Life in Young Adult Cancer Survivors: A Mixed Methods Approach

Le-Jeune Sealey-Horsford headshot Le-Jeune Sealey-Horsford, DNP, MS, FNP-BC, NP-C, RNC-MNN

DNP project: Improving Preventative Screening for World Trade Center Responders Through a Structured Communication Guide: A Quality Improvement Intervention

Ganesh Ram, DNP, AGPCNP-BC