Cirne-Neves is board-certified in health administration and a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE); she served on the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Examiners from 2016 – 2022; as a past president and officer of ACHE’s New Jersey chapter from 2016- 2018, and the ACHE Regent, New Jersey-Northern, from 2023-2026. In December 2025, she was recognized with the inaugural ACHENJ Lifetime Award and the ACHE Exemplary Service Award, both “to acknowledge commitment to the healthcare management profession.”
Cirne-Neves first joined the Bloustein School’s health administration program as a part-time lecturer of population health in 2018. She chairs Bloustein’s B.S. in Health Administration Performance Improvement Committee, and co-chaired the certification taskforce which resulted in the initial certification of the health administration program by the Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA) in June 2026.
Research Interests
- Leadership development and mentorship
- Strategic planning & performance excellence
- Population health (alignment of public health, health care and social services)
- Community needs assessment, health equity and systems alignment
- Operations management and patient safety
- Employee engagement and patient experience
- Diversity and inclusion