We have over 600 ANHE members in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont! Let’s join together to protect the right to a healthy climate for all people in New England. 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 New England Regional Organizer!
Jessica Ochs, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CNE, ELCS, CPAHA, FNAP (she, her)
Jessica Ochs is a distinguished nursing leader and educator at Endicott College’s Cummings School of Nursing and Health Sciences. As a Professor of Nursing, she focuses on health equity, social justice, advocacy, and policy, emphasizing how social and structural determinants of health influence population well-being.
Her teaching and scholarship explore critical topics like health disparities, structural discrimination, and the impact of socioeconomic status on health, highlighting the interconnectedness of social structures, health outcomes, and community well-being. She also specializes in interprofessional collaborative practice and education and creating inclusive learning environments. Her research has been presented at numerous national conferences and published in several peer-reviewed journals. She is a senior contributing author for the open education resource e-book Population Health Nursing.
In addition to her academic work, Dr. Ochs is an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse with over twenty years of clinical experience. She is dedicated to improving patient and community health through education and interprofessional practice in primary care, urgent care, and community care settings. As a Distinguished Scholar Fellow in the National Academies of Practice, she actively serves on the public policy committee, promoting interprofessional collaborative practice and education.