Jayna Moceri-Brooks, PhD, RN

Dr. Jayna Moceri-Brooks is Clinical Assistant Professor at NYU specializing in military suicide prevention and traumatic brain injury (TBI) research. Dr. Moceri-Brooks has advised and advanced federal legislation on blast neurotrauma since 2009, finding in recent groundbreaking research that awarding the Purple Heart, an inexpensive non-clinical intervention, significantly reduces suicide risk among service members with combat-related TBI. As co-architect of the Blast Overpressure Safety Act passed into the 2025 NDAA, Dr. Moceri-Brooks' influential scholarship is further evident in advanced and emerging understanding of combat injuries and military mental health care.