Associate Professor

Coordinator, Community/Public Health Nursing specialization

Email: jap@hunter.cuny.edu

Telephone: 212-481-7568

Office: Brookdale Campus, W430

Dr. Judith Aponte is a bilingual Hispanic nurse, educator, researcher and speaker. She is a tenured associate professor at the Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing at Hunter College of the City University of New York. Her research focus is on Hispanics with diabetes. She examines diabetes and diabetes-related issues affecting Hispanics subgroups, and compares the different subgroups. She involves Hispanic nurses and nursing studies on her research team, presents with them on research findings, and includes them on publications emerging from the research. She is the editor-in-chief of the Hispanic Health Care International, the official journal of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses; member of the Council of Business Advisor’s of NAHN, fellow at the Academy of Medicine, sub-committee member for the American Diabetes Association, and 1st Vice Chair of the Community Advisory Board of Metropolitan Hospital Center. She was the first Hispanic to graduate from Columbia University’s School of Nursing PhD program.

Dr. Aponte has authored multiple peer-reviewed articles and has received funding to examine disparities and understand differences among Hispanic subgroups, in order to develop targeted interventions that promote optimum health and minimize complications. Dr. Aponte’s dedication and commitment to her students, Hispanics and people with diabetes is evident by her involvement in teaching patients as well as nursing students about diabetes, going beyond the walls of the classroom by educating, mentoring and involving them in events related to diabetes.

Education

PhD, Nursing, Columbia University, 2004

MS, Nursing Administration, Hunter College, CUNY, 1998

BS, Nursing, Hunter College, CUNY, 1994

AA, Liberal Arts, New York City Technical College, 1991

Honors and Awards

Nurse Leader of the Year Award, National Association of Hispanic Nurses, NY Chapter, 2016

'Moving from Associate to Full Professor' award [research and scholarly work], CUNY, 2016

Suzanne Smith Mentoring Editors Award, International Academy of Nursing Editors (INANE), 2016

12th Annual Marjorie Matthews Community Advocate Recognition Award [leadership and community advocacy], NYC Health + Hospitals, 2016

Honors recognition reception by the CUNY Chancellor [academic and scholarly accomplishments], CUNY, 2016

Shuster Award [research and scholarly writing, $919], Hunter College, 2015

NY/NJ Nursing Excellence in Giving Excellence Meaning (GEM) award [category: Advancing and Leading the Profession], Nurse.com and Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing’s Future, 2014

Six awards ranging from $674 to $3,103, 2013-2015

Fellow, New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM), 2012

“Salute to Scholars” Award [scholarly activities], CUNY, 2011

William Stewart Travel Award [dissemination of scholarly activities, $500], CUNY, 2007

Winner, cover photo contest for the MEDSURG Nursing: The Journal of Adult Health December 2006 issue

Presidential Travel Award [scholarly activities], Hunter College, 2005

Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Alpha Phi Chapter, 1998

Research Areas

Grants and Publications