Associate Dean School of Health Sciences and Practice
Director of Community Outreach and Education for the Children’s Environmental Health Center of the Hudson Valley Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health
Applied Practice Experience Director
Email: amy_ansehl@nymc.edu
Telephone: (914) 594-4947
Address:
School of Health Sciences and Practice, Room 207
New York Medical College
Valhalla, NY 10595
Professional Interests:
Dr. Ansehl ’s faculty appointment is in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences as Associate Professor. Associate Dean for Student Experience for the School of Health Sciences and Practice. Dr. Ansehl has been an employee of New York Medical College since 2000. She has considerable expertise working with communities to advance public health, and developing public health projects for student practica. She has demonstrated educational leadership in her community activities as a coalition leader and chairperson for Westchester County, the New York State Department of Health, the March of Dimes, the American Lung Association, the Hudson Valley Asthma Coalition, the United Way, and the Visiting Nurse Services in Westchester, Dutchess, Putnam, and the Bronx. Dr. Ansehl has developed sustainable grant-funded community programs that have both promoted and changed public health policy. She has developed and implemented many successful public health presentations, workshops, and conferences. In addition, she directs community outreach and education for the Children’s Environmental Health Center of the Hudson Valley. She is the chairman of the Board of Directors of Visiting Nurse Services in Westchester which also serves the Bronx, Dutchess, Rockland and Putnam Counties. She am a member of the Board of Directors for Hudson Valley Community Services which serves seven counties of the lower Hudson Valley region. Dr. Ansehl is the vice president of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) inaugural chapter at NYMC. Dr. Ansehl is a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine
Awards:
Education Profile:
Graduate Degree: D.N.P.
Graduate Degree Institution: University of Pittsburgh, DNP; Columbia University, BSN, MSN
Undergraduate Institution: Washington University in St. Louis, BA
Selected Bibliography:
Ansehl A. (2012). National Nurses week: The role of nurses in promoting health. Blythedale Children’s Hospital presented on May 12, 2012
Banquet A, Ansehl, A., Krishnan, S., Kim, Y., Smith H., & Dozor A.J. (2012). Primary Care Asthma Preceptorship Program (PCAP): A Novel Approach to Educate and Promote Best Practices by Community-Based Providers in the management of asthma. American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference fall 2012, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Murthy, P. & Ansehl, A. (2012). Women’s Health is Societies Wealth- oral presentation Venue APHA annual meeting in San Francisco
Ansehl, A., Barr, F., Galkowski, L., Gorman, K., & Harris, J. (2011). Cortrak Advanced Technology for Enteral Feeding. Memorial Medical Center Research Symposium presented on March 28, 2011.
Shakarjian, M., Kim, H., Ansehl, A., Archer-Dyer H, Dozor A, Amler R, Heck D, & Chen CC (2010). Piloting a Public Health Detailing Intervention for the Children’s Environmental Health Center of the Hudson Valley (CEHCHV). SOPHE poster session
Shakarjian, M., Viola, D., Hudson J., Ansehl, A., Dozor, A.J, Amler, R., Arno, P., &Heck D. (2010). Combined Use of Research- Based Methods and Community Outreach Approaches to Improve Respiratory Health in Pre- School Children.
Ansehl, A., Katz, M., & Murthy, Society, Exercise and Women, in Murthy P, Smith L (Eds) (2008). Women’s Global Health and Human Rights (451-460) Boston, MA: Jones and Bartlett
Ansehl A., Katz M., Murthy P. (2008). Promoting physical activity in girls and women. Presentation to the National Girl Scouts of America May 12, 2008.
Managing Healthcare today, policy Issue, March 2008, vol 12 issue 4 the Art and Science of Healthcare Policy- Communities Matter.
Weiss- Harrison, A & Ansehl, A. (2006). Presentation to the New York State Department of Health Obesity Prevention Summit. A retrospective chart review of Body Mass Index in elementary school- aged children. April 12, 2006, Albany, New York.
Presentations:
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November 8, 2014 |
Mallet, J., Weiner, C., & Ansehl A. (2014) Developing a Wound Care Formulary for a home care population presentation at the Northeast Region Wound/Ostomy/Continence Nurses Conference |
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November 17, 2014 |
Ansehl, A., & Murthy, P. (2014). Building Strategic Partnerships to enhance Population Health Equity presentation at The APHA 142 Annual Meeting and Expo, New Orleans, LA |
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November 17, 2014 |
Ansehl, A., & Murthy, P. (2014). Preventive Strategies which identify Violence Against Women(VAW) by Community Health Workers(CHW’s), Nurses, and other Caregivers in their homes presentation at the APHA 142 Annual Meeting and Expo, New Orleans, LA |
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November 18, 2014 |
Owens, G., & Ansehl, A., Murthy, M. (2014). Malaria and Vector-Borne Diseases: the adoption of behaviors protecting populations participating in outdoor physical activity from exposure to tick borne illnesses presentation at The APHA 142 Annual Meeting and Expo, New Orleans, LA |
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November 18, 2014 |
Murthy, M., & Ansehl, A. (2014). Women’s Health and Human Rights: Is it a missing link? Presentation at The APHA 142 Annual Meeting and Expo, New Orleans, LA |
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November 2, 2015 |
Ansehl, A., & Murthy, P. (2015). Communication Skills and Resources for Global Workforce Development: Community Outreach and Capacity Building presentation at the APHA 143rd Annual Meeting and Expo, Chicago, IL |
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November 2, 2015 |
Ansehl, A., & Murthy, P. (2015). Promoting a Powerful Public Health Workforce: A Call to Action presentation at the APHA 143rd Annual Meeting and Expo, Chicago, IL |
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November 2, 2015 |
Ansehl, A., & Murthy, P. (2015). Promoting Environmental Sustainability through a Health in all Policies Approach presentation at the APHA 143rd Annual Meeting and Expo, Chicago, IL |
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November 3, 2015 |
Ansehl, A., Gadomski, M. & Murthy, P. (2015). Public Health Nurses Lead Policy Change in Tobacco Screening for Homecare at the APHA 143rd Annual Meeting and Expo, Chicago, IL |
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November 4, 2015 |
Ansehl, A., & Murthy, P. (2015). Training Community Health Workers to Optimize Social Media Technologies to Reach Special Populations at the APHA 143rd Annual Meeting and Expo, Chicago, IL |