We have over 400 ANHE Members in New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands! Let’s join together to assure that all people have access to healthy air, water, soil, food, and climate. We host events, share information about what’s going on, and create opportunities for nurses to talk to their legislators and each other about all things environmental health.
Meet Your North East Regional Forum Co-Organizers
Adrienne Wald EdD, MBA, RN, CNE, MCHES (she, her)
Dr. Adrienne Wald, EdD, MBA, RN, CNE, MCHES is an Associate Professor at Mercy College, School of Nursing. Dr. Wald has been a nurse, health administrator and educator for over 45 years. She holds a Doctorate degree from Teachers College Columbia University, MBA in health care management from Adelphi University, BSN from Boston University. Dr. Wald’s areas of teaching expertise are nursing research, leadership, policy, and health promotion. Her clinical areas are oncology nursing and public health. She served as a mentor in the inaugural environmental nursing Fellowship program, and is active in the research, climate change, and advocacy work groups and in the American Public Health Association (APHA) and the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), —serving as an evidence analyst on an exertional heat-related illness, and on the Evidence-based Practice Committee; she is a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine, Nursing section. Her research on health-promoting behaviors and the impact of extreme heat on health and has been published in the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, the American Journal of Health Promotion, Journal of Nursing Scholarship, Journal of Nurse Practitioners, and Nursing Economics and she has presented her work at national and regional conferences. Adrienne is a longtime activist on anti-war, environmental issues/climate change impact on health, opioid epidemic, and gun violence. She participated in FireDrillFridays with Jane Fonda and looks forward to continuing to work passionately for peace, justice, and planetary health.
Contact Adrienne at awald@mercy.edu
Emma N.H. Chang, MPH, RN
Emma N. H. Chang, MPH, RN, is an environmental health educator with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where she works in close partnership with the Region 2 Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (PEHSU) and the New York State Children’s Environmental Health Centers (NYSCHECK). She brings a clinical background in emergency and cardiac medicine, but also enjoys occasionally being a summer camp nurse.
Contact Emma at enh11@georgetown.edu
