Dr. Brookshield Laurent's BIO

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Dr. Brookshield Laurent earned her Doctorate in Osteopathic Medicine from Rowan-School of Osteopathic Medicine and completed specialty training in Family Medicine at Christiana Health Care in Newark, Delaware. 

Dr. Laurent became a fellow of the AACOM Osteopathic Health Policy Fellowship. Through this program she received training in federal and state policymaking regarding healthcare access, cost, and quality, managed care, health economics, vulnerable populations, health equity, and the healthcare workforce.

Dr. Laurent joined NYIT-College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2012. As an academician she served as course director for foundational medical courses and site director for the Academic Scholars Program, a Masters Program in Academic Medicine. Dr. Laurent has positively impacted medical education by advancing and developing curricular programs to prepare rising physicians for the current medical landscape and to specifically address health disparities and inequities. Due to her experience and leadership in medical education, Dr. Laurent was appointed to oversee the NYITCOM Population Health Certificate Program. This certificate program was established to prepare rising physicians to become leaders in community health. She further developed the program to equip student physicians in the areas of  social determinants of health, cultural competency, U.S. and Global health policy, health advocacy and rural health. 

In 2014, Dr. Laurent  became a fellow of the Physician Leadership Institute with a concentration in Advocacy though the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians.

Dr. Laurent was appointed as an associate faculty for the NYIT- Center for Global Health; teaching and providing opportunities for students to engage in global health research, policy, and practice. Her experience has led her to serve globally, as she has chaired the Peredo Hospital Health Advisory Board for a rural health care entity in Haiti, providing recommendations to health care organizations on matters of health care delivery, workforce development, prevention and education.  

In 2016, Dr. Laurent was appointed to be the founding chairwoman for the Department of Clinical Medicine at NYIT-COM at Arkansas State University.  As a leader of this institution, she is a driver of innovation and advancement  in teaching, professional development, and community engagement that leads to policy, system and environment change. 

Dr.  Laurent was made the program director for the Delta Care-Van, a mobile health unit funded by the  United States Department of Agriculture Delta Healthcare Service Grant to deliver health care to underserve and rural populations in Arkansas and the delta region. The mobile health unit fostered interprofessional educational collaboration within health care professionals while gaining experiential learning to deliver care in rural communities. 

Dr. Laurent also developed and provided oversite to the 1stDistrict Congressional Fellowship. A fellowship program which medical students collaborate with legislative offices in surveillance of health and in the analysis of all policy as it relates to the social determinants of health aiding to set health priorities for the region. 

In 2019, Dr. Laurent expanded and advanced the population health endeavors of NYITCOM and led the initiative to establish the Delta Population Health Institute.

Dr. Laurent is an honoree of the 2020 Arkansas Business 40 under 40, the 2018 Excellence in Community Diversity Award- awarded by Arkansas State University, the 2016 INSIGHT Into Diversity Inspiring Women in STEM Award, the 2015 Award of Excellence in Medical Education in Global Health - awarded by NYIT School of Health Professions and the 2014 NYIT President Award for Student Engagement in Global Education.