Rony Lipovetsky

Rony Lipovetsky serves as Assistant Professor of Nursing and Coordinator of Health Care Systems & Policy at Long Island University School of Nursing, with prior academic appointments at Hunter College-CUNY, McGill University, Hebrew University, and Touro College. Her interdisciplinary work bridges psychiatric nursing, historical genocide studies, and public health policy implementation in conflict zones.

Her educational credentials include:

• PhD in History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• MS in Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Hunter College-CUNY
• BSN in Nursing, New York University
• MA cum laude in History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• BA cum laude in International Relations, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• Richard B. Tomlinson Postdoctoral Fellowship, McGill University
• Visiting Scholar, Hebrew University-Hadassah Faculty of Medicine

Dr. Lipovetsky's research centers on trauma-informed public health interventions in crisis environments. Her field work for the Israel Ministry of Health (2007) and Health Impact Assessment in missile-affected regions (2006) directly influenced evacuation policies for vulnerable populations. She pioneered public health reports adopted by Canadian policymakers to grant asylum to Sudanese refugees (2008) and contributed to Holocaust trauma research at Yale University that secured German compensation for child survivors (2013).

Her scholarly output reveals consistent focus on human rights violations intersecting with public health, particularly trauma care during terror attacks, ecocide as a crime against humanity, and linguistic analysis of genocide discourse.

Major recognitions include:

• Rudin College of Nursing Scholarship, NYU
• International Council for Canadian Studies Dissertation Awards (Government of Canada)
• Jacob Leib Talmon MA Prize, Hebrew University
• Nicolai Landau Fund Grant, Hebrew University

She has secured funding for high-impact initiatives including the Israel Ministry of Health's 2006 evacuation campaign and Sudanese refugee health assessments (2008), with GenocideWatch collaborations cited by US, Canadian, and British parliamentary bodies. Current affiliations include the Israel Trauma Coalition, American Academy of Nursing, and Lillian Wald Nurses’ Council at Hadassah Medical Organization.