Professor of Nursing
Co-Director, Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing
Division of Nursing, School of Education, New York University
Director, The Consortium of New York Geriatric Education Centers

Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN, The Erline Perkins McGriff Professor and Head, 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 is 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 research work on "Dyadic Vulnerability/Risk Profiling for Elder Neglect" is 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)