Sheldon Fields, Ph.D., R.N., CRNP, FNP-BC, AACRN, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN
Fellowship Year(s): 2009-2010
Profession: Administrator;Nurse
Specialty: Behavioral Health/Mental Health/Psychiatry, Nursing
Fellowship Details:
Sen Mikulski (D-MD)
New York
At time of Fellowship
Sheldon D. Fields, Ph.D., R.N., FNP-BC., is Associate Professor of Nursing at the University of Rochester Medical Center – School of Nursing.
Dr. Fields is a fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and a distinguished practitioner in the National Academies of Practice. He is a nationally board-certified family nurse practitioner with advanced certification as an HIV/AIDS certified registered nurse. His clinical background includes work in medical oncology, home healthcare, general family practice and HIV/AIDS primary health care. He spent the last nine years practicing in an underserved inner-city community based health clinic. His research focuses on HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment strategies for young men of color and has been funded by the Department of Health and Human Services – Health Resources Services Administration, New York State AIDS Institute, and the HIV Vaccine Trials Network.
He is a former national director of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC) and received the association’s “President’s Award” for distinguished service in 2006.
Dr. Fields received his B.S. in nursing from the Decker School of Nursing at Binghamton University (State University of New York) in 1991 and completed his M.S. in family nursing with certification as a family nurse practitioner in 1995 at Binghamton University. His Ph.D. in nursing science was completed at the University of Pennsylvania in 2000 under the direction of Dr. Loretta Sweet-Jemmott. He then went on to complete a postdoctoral appointment as a visiting professor in the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies at the University of California San Francisco.
Current Info:
Associate Dean for Equity and Inclusion, Research Professor
Pennsylvania State University
Culture of Health;Health Disparities;Health Reform;Social Determinants of Health
Since Fellowship:
Dr. Fields is Research Professor and Associate Dean for Equity and Inclusion in the College of Nursing at Penn State University. He is also founder and CEO of “The S.D.F Group, LLC”, which is a health innovation consultant company (www.thesdfgrp.com). He has 30 years of experience in the health sector as an educator, researcher, clinician, administrator, consultant, health policy specialist, and entrepreneur / business owner.
Dr. Fields is a well-known and respected HIV/AIDS prevention research scientist with a significant focus on young men of color. He is an Advanced AIDS Certified Registered Nurse and a Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner. He is a lifetime member of the National Black Nurses Association, Inc., (NBNA) and currently serves as the organizations national 1st Vice President (2020 – 2022). He was the first ever male Registered Nurse selected for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellowship Program in which he served as a policy adviser to then Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) on the Senate HELP committee during the historic healthcare reform debates and passage of the Affordable Care Act.
Dr. Fields is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, and the National Academies of Practice. He has held academic and administrative positions at Binghamton University, University of Rochester, Florida International University, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, New York Institute of Technology, and Long Island University-Brooklyn. Dr. Fields received his Ph.D., in Nursing Science from the University of Pennsylvania, his M.S., in Family Nursing and B.S., in Nursing from Binghamton University. He completed his post-doctoral work in the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies at the University of California San Francisco.
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