Assistant Professor

Dr. Tina Sadarangani is an NYU Assistant Professor who is a board-certified adult and geriatric nurse practitioner. In addition to being a clinician, Dr. Sadarangani is a PhD-prepared NIH-funded scientist, over-seeing a multi-million research portfolio focused on improving care for people with Alzheimer’s disease and their families. She is also a “sandwich generation” caregiver with an aging parent and young children. She has built a growing movement to help families, especially immigrant families, caring for a chronically ill person navigate a complex and fragmented healthcare system. She is a proponent of health equity, and has published extensively in this area in peer-reviewed academic journals, including in the American Journal of Public Health. She has been featured in the New York Times, Associated Press, US News and World Report, among several other major media outlets. She has been recognized as a Woman of Distinction/Rising Star in Long-Term Care and recently recognized by Crain’s New York Business as a Notable Leader in Healthcare. She attended Georgetown University, from which she graduated Summa Cum Laude, completed her Masters at the University of Pennsylvania, and completed her doctoral and post-doctoral training at New York University where she graduated in the highest bracket of academic preferment. With support from the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Sadarangani created an award-winning mobile application – CareMobiTM – out of her NYU lab that helps families caring for a chronically ill loved one, particularly those with dementia, communicate around the day-to-day care of their loved ones. She is also the creator of The Enlightened Caregiver – a social media movement – that empowers families with practical guidance on how to get optimal, not usual, care for the people they love within a fragmented healthcare system. Her work has impacted over 5,000 families and eldercare organizations nationwide. Dr. Sadarangani’s expertise includes family caregivers, adult day care services, older adult nutrition, age-tech, and addressing the long-term care needs of ethnically diverse older adults.

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