Jasmine Travers

Assistant Professor of Nursing, NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing

Jasmine L. Travers is an assistant professor of nursing at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing. Her career is dedicated to designing and conducting research to improve health outcomes and reduce health disparities in vulnerable older adult groups using both quantitative and qualitative approaches. Her current work focuses on mitigating disparities in appropriate access and use of in-home and facility-based long-term care for older adults (i.e., home & community-based settings, nursing homes, and assisted living). Dr. Travers has published widely on the topics of aging, long-term care, health disparities, workforce diversity, vaccinations, and infections. She has presented her work at regional and national health services research, gerontological, nursing, and public health conferences, and most recently sat on the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Committee on the Quality of Care in Nursing Homes.