Profile
Dr. Maya Clark-Cutaia is the inaugural Evelyn Lauder Associate Dean for Nurse Practitioner Programs and Professor at the Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing. She is a nurse scientist and health equity researcher focusing on the syndemic aspects of chronic illness.
Dr. Clark-Cutaia is interested in the impact of racism, discrimination, and social determinants of health on the risks of high symptom burden and adverse clinical outcomes. She is particularly interested in minoritized individuals living with end stage kidney disease, who have been largely overlooked and are understudied. She has developed an interdisciplinary program of research focused on disparate outcomes in chronic kidney disease utilizing qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methodologies. Her research is in the community, of the community, and conducted by the community of invididuals it is meant to serve.
Dr. Clark-Cutaia has a clinical background as an acute care nurse practitioner and U.S. Air Force flight nurse and community health nurse. She feels that her clinical experience and lived experience as an underrepresented minority and disabled veteran gives her a unique lens. In addition to her role at Hunter, she continues to practice as a nurse practitioner in the fields of urology, general surgery, and colorectal surgery.