Brian Nickerson, Ph.D., J.D., M.P.A., FACHE, is Dean of the School of Health Sciences and Practice at New York Medical College and a professor with extensive experience in academic leadership, graduate health sciences education, public health, healthcare management, translational science, and biomedical innovation. He previously served in senior leadership roles at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, including Senior Associate Dean for Master’s Degree Programs, Director of the Master of Health Administration Program, Evaluation Lead for ConduITS, Mount Sinai’s NIH-funded Clinical and Translational Science Award hub, and co-Principal Investigator for Mount Sinai’s NSF I-Corps commercialization training program.
Dr. Nickerson’s work has focused on expanding and strengthening graduate health sciences programs, developing innovative curricula, supporting interdisciplinary research training, advancing healthcare leadership education, and building partnerships across academic medicine, public health, and the biomedical innovation ecosystem. His background also includes prior service as a dean and provost, as well as professional experience in law, mediation, healthcare administration, and translational entrepreneurship.
Education
- Ph.D., Rockefeller College, SUNY Albany
- J.D., Pace University
- M.P.A., Pace University
- B.A., Iona University
Certifications
Executive Certificate, Corporate Innovation, MIT Sloan School of Management
Areas of Expertise
- Academic leadership in health sciences and academic medicine
- Graduate health sciences program development and administration
- Strategic enrollment growth, market-responsive program design, and revenue expansion
- Public health, healthcare management, and health administration education
- NIH CTSA translational science evaluation, metrics, and continuous quality improvement
- Biomedical innovation, commercialization, and NSF I-Corps entrepreneurship training
- Interdisciplinary partnerships across medicine, public health, healthcare, law, business, and industry
Honors and Awards
Upsilon Phi Delta National Honor Society, 2026
Publications
- BJ Nickerson, GM Deenihan. "From equity to adequacy: The legal battle for increased state funding of poor school districts in New York." Fordham Urban Law Journal 30 (4), 1341, 2003
- BJ Nickerson. "The environmental laws of Zimbabwe: a unique approach to management of the environment.."
- IC Odland, J Borrello, L Fattah, TD Williams, KD Costa, D Putrino, .... "Design and implementation of a Targeted HealthcaRe InnoVation & Entrepreneurship (THRIVE) fellowship program." PLoS One 20 (9), e0328153, 2025
- BJ Nickerson. "Interest group involvement in New York State public school aid litigation and lobbying." State University of New York at Albany, 2002
- B Nickerson. "The Environmental Laws of Zimbabwe: A Unique Approach to the Management of the Environment”(1994)." Boston College Third World Law Journal 14, 189, 0
- CT Kane, EE Lipschitz, Z Abedin, K Muhammad, BJ Nickerson, G Rhim, .... "Bridging barriers, integrating insights: The Gotham approach to CTSA collaborative evaluation." Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 1-20, 2025
- IC Odland, J Borrello, L Fattah, TD Williams, KD Costa, D Putrino, .... "Correction: Design and implementation of a Targeted HealthcaRe InnoVation & Entrepreneurship (THRIVE) fellowship program." PloS one 21 (6), e0352774, 2026
Teaching Responsibilities
Dr.P.H. Dissertation Committees
