TERRY FULMER,
PhD, RN, FAAN
The Erline Perkins McGriff Professor and Dean, College of Nursing
Co-Director, Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing
Director, The Consortium of New York Geriatric Education Centers,
College of Nursing, New York University
The Erline Perkins McGriff Professor and Dean, College of Nursing, is the Co-Director for The John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing, and Director of the Consortium of New York Geriatric Education Centers. She is also the Principal Investigator for the Geriatric Interdisciplinary Team Training Project (GITT), which was funded by the The John A. Hartford Foundation, Inc. She received her bachelor's degree from Skidmore College, her master's and doctoral degrees from Boston College and her Geriatric Nurse Practitioner Post-Master’s Certificate from NYU. Dr. Fulmer's program of research focuses on acute care of the elderly and specifically, elder abuse and neglect. Her recent publications resulted from research work on "Dyadic Vulnerability/Risk Profiling for Elder Neglect" funded from the National Institute on Aging in partnership with the National Institute of Nursing Research. Her publications include over 125 articles, 50 chapters and 16 books.
Degrees Held
- PhD
- MSN
- BSN
- Geriatric Nurse Practitioner, (Post-Master’s Certificate)
Honors
- President-Elect of GSA, first nurse to hold position
- Sigma Theta Tau
- MNA Award for Nursing Practice
- Distinguished Nurse Researcher Award, NYSNA
- MNA Award for Nursing Education
- 1987, 1992,& 2000-AJN Book of the Year Award
- National Brookdale Fellow
Research Interests
Acute care of the elderly
Elder abuse