Community Health Worker Research & Resource Center Learning Community
The Community Health Worker Research & Resource Center (CHW-RRC) Learning Community aims to foster social support and provide professional development opportunities for staff across the NYU Langone Health system who work as CHWs, patient navigators, and similar roles. It has been meeting regularly since September 2018.
Community Health Worker Learning Committee
The Learning Community is guided by its Learning Committee, which consists of 4 to 6 CHW and patient navigator staff at NYU Langone Health who serve for 18 months. The Committee sets the agenda for Learning Community activities and participates in a range of professional development activities.
The April 2024–October 2025 Cohort
Camila Caycedo
Project Facilitator, Family Health Centers at NYU Langone
Diana Dominguez
Counselor, Family Support Services, Sunset Park Family Health Center at NYU Langone
Ivette Sierra Verdejo
Community Health Worker, Womens Health FHC, NYU Langone Health Brooklyn
Mursheda Ahmed
Senior Community Health Representative, Department of Population Health
Val Fleming
Community Health Representative, Institute for Excellence in Health Equity
Past CHW Learning Committee members include Roger Abrams, Alzahraa K. Ahmed, Gurvinder Singh, Erandi Perez, Rebecca Mead, Ivette Cabrera, Clarissa Rios, Linda Thompson, Sabiha Sultana, Stanley Scriven, Sheila Willis, Sidra Zafar, Wendy Romero, MD Taher, Bosco Kwan, Toka Shalan, Neftali Perez, Karen Rosario, and Shana Johnson.
The CHW Learning Community is made up of CHWs, patient navigators, health educators, and staff in similar titles involved in the following projects and programs across NYU Langone Health:
- ADDRESS-BP
- Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Family Support Program
- Beatrice W. Welters Breast Health Outreach and Navigation Program at Perlmutter Cancer Center
- DREAM National
- MASALA Study
- Patient Navigation Center at NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn
Patient-Centered Stomach Cancer Prevention In Chinese Americans
Learning Community members also hail from the following Family Health Centers at NYU Langone initiatives: HIV Program, Project SAFE, Community Medicine Program, and the WIC Program.
Learning Community Activities
Our activities are designed to better support CHWs’ self-care, wellbeing, and other professional needs, as well as provide a forum for sharing personal success stories and enhancing critical competencies.
Community Health Worker Wellness Survey
The CHW Wellness Survey was developed to better understand the needs of the CHW Learning Community as staff adjust to new working environments in response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. We use the results of this quarterly survey to inform the CHW-RRC's program planning.
Mindfully Caring for the Self and Others with Lerner Health Promotion Programs for the CHW Learning Community
To support personal wellbeing and provide continued education to build competencies in integrative health techniques for self-care among CHWs, the Lerner Health Promotion Programs’ integrative health services at NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn developed a pilot series of health promotion training and adjunct weekly Health Monday emails. The pilot ran for six weeks between July and October 2020.
Learning Community Newsletter
The goal of this quarterly newsletter is to highlight the critical role of NYU Langone Health's CHWs and patient navigators by showcasing professional and personal success stories and Learning Community members’ creative projects. See past issues and join our mailing list.
Webinar Series
Beginning in April 2020, the Learning Community has been hosting webinars on topics of interest identified through CHW Wellness Surveys and by the Learning Committee and Advisory Group. Topics have included Communicating about COVID-19; COVID-19 Vaccine Safety and Distribution (Town Hall VIDEO); Nutrition and Chronic Disease Management; Mental Health; and Getting Comfortable with Death. View available recordings..