Erica Liebermann PhD, MSN, WHNP-BC, ANP-BC, RN

Biography

Dr. Erica Liebermann is an Adult/Women’s Health nurse practitioner and clinician scientist with extensive clinical experience in the US and internationally. Dr. Liebermann received her Ph.D. from New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing. Her dissertation study in the Dominican Republic examined provider-level barriers and facilitators to adoption of HPV testing for cervical cancer screening. Dr. Liebermann completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Population Health Sciences at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.

Dr. Liebermann’s clinical work and health services research are driven by a desire to advance the health of women and girls throughout the world, through promoting equitable access to high quality health care. Dr. Liebermann’s research uses implementation science and mixed methods approaches to understand multi-level (patient, provider, health system) barriers to cervical and breast cancer early detection in low- and middle-income countries and among marginalized populations in the US. Dr. Liebermann aims to help design women-centered, resource-appropriate strategies that improve delivery of and access to preventive women’s health services. Her current research focuses on advancing progress towards cervical cancer elimination in the US through innovative strategies to increase HPV vaccination rates and improve cervical cancer screening and follow-up.

Dr. Liebermann is a leader in international, national, and local efforts to reduce cancer health disparities. She is a commissioner on the Lancet Commission on Women, Power, and Cancer and serves on the access working group for the American Cancer Society’s National Cervical Cancer Roundtable. Locally, she co-chairs the prevention, screening, and early detection workgroup for the Partnership to Reduce Cancer in Rhode Island.  

Research

Global women’s health, health services research, implementation science, cancer health equity research

Education

PhD, Nursing, New York University

MSN, Nursing, MGH Institute of Health Professions

BSN, Nursing, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

BA, Sociology, Georgetown University

Selected Publications

Quist, K., Fontenot, H., Lim, E., Matsunaga, M, Liebermann, E., Zimet, G., Allen, J. (2024) HPV vaccine awareness, past behaviors, and future intentions among a diverse sample of men aged 27-45 years: A national survey. American Journal of Men’s Health. doi: 10.1177/15579883241258823

Mutebi, M., Lewison, G, Mukherji, D., Hammad, N., Vanderpuye, V., Liebermann, E., So, W.K.W., Torode, J., Sullivan, R., Ginsburg, O. (2024). Sex and authorship in global cancer research. BMJ Oncology; 3:e000200. doi:10.1136/bmjonc-2023-000200

Ginsburg, O., Vanderpuye, V., Beddoe, AM., Bhoo-Pathy, N., Bray, F., Caduff, C., Florez, N., Fadhil, I., Hammad, N., Heidari, S., Kataria, I., Kumar, S., Liebermann, E., Moodley, J., Mutebi, M., Mukherji, D., Nugent, R., So, WKW., Soto-Perez-de-Celis, E., Unger-Saldaña, K., Allman, G., Bhimani, J., Bourlon, MT., Eala, MAB., Hovmand, PS., Kong, Y-C., Menon, S., Taylor, CD., Soerjomataram, I. (2023) Women, power, and cancer: a Lancet Commission. The Lancet. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(23)01701-4.

Liebermann E, Fontenot HB, Lim E, Matsunaga M, Zimet G, Allen JD. (2023) Preferred Location for Human Papillomavirus Self-Sampling for Cervical Cancer Screening. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs., 52(5):364-373. doi: 10.1016/j.jogn.2023.05.114. Epub 2023 Jun 21. PMID: 37355248.

Liebermann, E., Sego, R., Vieira, D., Cheng, Q., Xu, B., Arome, M., Azevedo, A., Ginsburg, O., So, W.K.W. (2023). Roles and activities of nurses in prevention and early detection of cancer in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review. Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing, 10(7): 100242 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apjon.2023.100242

Bustamante G, Liebermann E, McNair K, Fontenot HB. (2023). Women’s perceptions and preferences for cervical cancer screening in light of updated guidelines. J Am Assoc Nurse Pract, 35(11) https://doi: 10.1097/JXX.0000000000000923. PMID: 37498967.

*Kumar S, Usmanova G, Sadasivan Nair T, Kumar Srivastava V, Singh R, Mohanty N, Akhtar N, Sunny Kujur M, Kumar Srivastava A, Prasad Pallinparnula S, Agarwal G, Bahadur Singh A, Kashyap V, McCarthy M, Liebermann EJ**, Ginsburg O. (2022). Implementation of a large-scale breast cancer early detection program in a resource-constrained setting: real-world experiences from two large states in India, Cancer 128(9), 1757-1766 https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.34114 **co-senior author

*Liebermann E, Van Devanter N, Frías Gúzman N, Hammer MJ, Ompad D. (2021) Dominican Provider Attitudes Towards HPV Testing for Cervical Cancer Screening and Current Challenges to Cervical Cancer Prevention in the Dominican Republic: a Mixed Methods Study. J Canc Educ 36, 1170-1185 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-020-01746-w

*Liebermann, E.J., Hammer, M., Frías Gúzman, N., Van Devanter, N., Ompad, D. (2021) Dominican Provider Practices for Cervical Cancer Screening in Santo Domingo and Monte Plata Provinces. J Canc Educ 36(4), 693-701 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-020-01690-9

*Liebermann E, Devanter NV, Frías Gúzman N, Ompad D, Shirazian T, Healton C. (2020) Parent-Level Barriers and Facilitators to HPV Vaccine Implementation in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. J Community Health 45(5), 1061-1066  https://doi:10.1007/s10900-020-00830-y

A more complete list of publications is available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/erica.liebermann.2/bibliography/public/