SCHOLAR DIRECTORY

Rose M. Cirilo, RN, BSN, MSN, received both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing. She is currently attending FAU and pursuing a PhD in nursing. She possesses over 20 years of nursing experience in the areas of pediatrics, medical-surgical, obstetrics, orthopedics, ambulatory surgery, telemetry, and behavioral health. Ms. Cirilo actively volunteers her nursing services and clinical expertise to community health clinics for underserved populations. She also works as a research and teaching assistant for the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing. Ms. Cirilo’s future plans entail the development of a dissertation focusing upon health inequity, needs, and promotion among urban Native American populations.

I am currently enrolled in the DNP program at NYU. After completing my Master’s of Arts in Advanced Practice Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing at NYU in 2002 , I have been in pursuit of many avenues to remain stimulated intellectually, as well as keeping current in the issues and trends in nursing and healthcare. I have attended many conferences throughout the years in my field, been a part of academia in the role of adjunct faculty, published in the field of psychiatric nursing, maintained membership in professional organizations, and been a presenter of many podium presentations. I was fortunate enough to start my career, at NYU Medical Center on the neurosurgical unit as a staff nurse immediately after graduating Summa Cum Laude from Molloy College in 1997. I worked full-time on the acute in patient psychiatric unit, while pursing my MA and NP certification at NYU, which proved to be a wonderful complement to each other in terms of educational development. I have also enjoyed working in academia, nourishing potential nurses at different levels of entry into their careers -from the associate degree program, LPN s returning to pursue the RN degree, or the BSN, and Advanced Practice Nurse in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. My experience as an Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner has included working in my role at NYU Langone Medical Center as the Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Nurse Practitioner and Coordinator. I also have experience with providing psychotherapy and psychopharmacology in a private practice setting in NYC.

Danielle Conklin MS, NP-P, PMHNP-BC is a psychiatric nurse practitioner in private practice at Union Square Practice in NYC. She received her Master’s of Science Degree from New York University in advanced practice psychiatric mental health nursing.
Her graduate clinical experiences include working with children and adolescents at the Bellevue Hospital Center’s psychiatric emergency program and the child and adolescent psychiatric day treatment program. She also has experience working with veterans and their families at the Manhattan VA Medical Center where she was involved with a dialectical behavioral therapy group, the clozapine clinic and the ethics committee.
Upon graduation, Danielle received the NYU College of Nursing’s “Distinguished Student in Psychiatry” award. She is currently an adjunct professor at NYU’s graduate-level nurse practitioner program and continuing her studies in NYU’s Doctor of Nursing Practice Program as well.
Danielle worked for two years as a psychiatric staff nurse at Mount Sinai Roosevelt Hospital’s comprehensive psychiatric emergency program and at the Addiction Institute of New York’s inpatient detoxification and rehabilitation program. In addition to her regular duties, she helped to create a nurse-led motivational interviewing group for clients in detox to improve treatment retention and promote continuation of care post discharge.
Her particular area of interest is the effect of interpersonal trauma in childhood on the development of psychiatric illness in young adulthood. She is trained in the evidence-based trauma treatment Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, and has experience with Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. She is also working toward the development of a trauma treatment subspecialty for advanced practice psychiatric nurses.

Samantha Conley is a currently enrolled the PhD program at Yale University School of Nursing. Her research interest is focused on symptom management and she is writing her dissertation on symptom clusters in adults with inflammatory bowel disease. Previous to attending Yale she received her bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University in nursing and her master’s degree from University of Michigan in community health nursing/family nurse practitioner. She has worked as research assistant to Dr. Nancy Redeker on projects regarding sleep in primary care and symptom management in heart failure.