Professor

Evelyn Lauder Chair, Adult Gerontology

Email: sherry.greenberg@hunter.cuny.edu

Dr. Sherry Greenberg is the inaugural Evelyn Lauder Chair in Adult Gerontology and a professor at the Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing at Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY). Dr. Greenberg is a nurse practitioner advisory group member of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s Age-Friendly Health Systems initiative. Dr. Greenberg is past president of the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association. She is a member of the Gerontology & Geriatrics Education Editorial Board and a peer reviewer for multiple journals. Dr. Greenberg is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, American Association of Nurse Practitioners, American Geriatrics Society, Gerontological Society of America, National Academies of Practice, and New York Academy of Medicine, as well as Distinguished Educator in Gerontological Nursing through the National Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence.

Dr. Greenberg earned her academic nursing degrees, baccalaureate, master's, and PhD, from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and was a Jonas Nurse Leaders Scholar. Dr. Greenberg has worked as a certified gerontological nurse practitioner in acute, long-term care, and outpatient primary care practices and has taught at undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral nursing levels.

Education

PhD, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, 2014

Certificate, College and University Teaching, University of Pennsylvania, 2012

MSN, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, 1992

BSN, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, 1990

Honors and Awards

NP Advocate State Award for Excellence, State of NJ, American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), 2024

Fellow, American Geriatrics Society, 2024

University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing Outstanding Alumni Award, 2022

Distinguished Scholar Fellow, National Academies of Practice, 2022

Awardee, Faculty Innovation Grant, Seton Hall University, 2021

DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Faculty, Seton Hall University in collaboration with American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2020

Fellow, American Academy of Nursing, 2019

Fellow, American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 2019

Fellow, New York Academy of Medicine, 2018

Fellow, Gerontological Society of America, 2018

Distinguished Educator in Gerontological Nursing, National Hartford Center for Gerontological Nursing Excellence, 2018

Fellow, The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing, 2018

Jonas Nurse Leaders Scholar, 2012-2014

Education Poster Award, Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association Foundation, 2016

Research Award for Outstanding Podium Presentation, Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association Foundation, 2013

Research/Project Award, Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association Foundation, 2012

Clinical Preceptor Award, New York University College of Nursing, 2003

Dean's Award [MSN Graduation], University of Pennsylvania, 1992

Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, 1992

Research Areas

Grants and Publications