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  • Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Professor Bonnielin Swenor Named Inaugural Endowed Professor of Disability Health and Justice

    Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Professor Bonnielin Swenor Named Inaugural Endowed Professor of Disability Health and Justice

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    Newswise — Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Professor Bonnielin Swenor, PhD, MPH, BS, also founder and director of the Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center, has been named the inaugural Endowed Professor of Disability Health and Justice.

    “Dr. Bonnielin Swenor is an incredible researcher, scientist, and educator with an unrelenting drive to ensure that people with disabilities are able to thrive,” says JHSON Dean Sarah Szanton, PhD, RN, FAAN. “Her installation as an endowed chair formally acknowledges the impact her career has made, and our trust in all there is to come.”

    “Dr. Swenor and the Center are committed to training the next generation of disability equity researchers, including researchers with disabilities,” says Jermaine Monk PhD, MSW, MS Mgmt, MA Th, MA, Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging. “That is so important to build into nursing education as we prepare the next generation of nurses.”

    The chair was funded by the estates of Ms. Charlotte B. Lockner, School of Nursing alumna from the Class of 1955; Mr. Ralph S. O’Connor, University Trustee and Krieger School of Arts and Sciences alumnae from the class of 1951; and Antoinette Delruelle and Joshua L. Steiner, along with The Maryland E-Nnovation Initiative Fund Authority.

    Today more than 27 percent of American adults have a disability, and yet people with disabilities still face many barriers to health, equity, and inclusion.

    With that in mind, the Endowed Professorship of Disability Health and Justice was established to push scientific discovery and develop innovative, evidence-based strategies to foster inclusion of people with disabilities into the workforce.

    Dr. Swenor founded and directs the Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center, which is home to experts across disciples who test and collaborate on data-driven approaches to reduce disability inequity. It officially moved to the School of Nursing in 2022 when Dr. Swenor joined the faculty. The professorship will fund Dr. Swenor and the Center to develop novel tools that inform policy and integrate artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies into new disability health tools.

    “I am honored to be the inaugural Endowed Professor of Disability Health and Justice,” says Dr. Swenor. “We aim to shift the paradigm from ‘living with a disability’ to ‘thriving with a disability’ and maximize the health, equity, and participation of people with disabilities.”

    Through this endowed chair, Dr. Swenor and the Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center will have significant impact on our ability to build up activism and visibility in the disability community.

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    Located in Baltimore, the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing is a globally-recognized leader in nursing education, research, and practice. In U.S. News & World Report rankings, the school is No. 1 nationally for its DNP program and No. 2 for its master’s. In addition, JHSON is ranked as the No. 3 nursing school in the world by QS World University. The school is a five-time recipient of the INSIGHT Into Diversity Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award and a four-time Best School for Men in Nursing award recipient. For more information, visit www.nursing.jhu.edu.

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  • Five Faculty Selected for Newly Created “Rising Professorship”

    Five Faculty Selected for Newly Created “Rising Professorship”

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    Newswise — Five from the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing (JHSON) have been selected as the inaugural holders of the newly established Term Professorship for Rising Faculty (Rising Professorship). The five faculty include Kamila Alexander, Teresa Brockie, Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, Laura Samuel, and Janiece Taylor.

    The Rising Professorship is a three-year period of funding for emerging and distinguished faculty to grow their research, increase their local, national, or global collaboration, strengthen their policy involvement, and advance their leadership within nursing and beyond.

    “We are delighted to announce this opportunity and to select these exceptional faculty,” says JHSON Dean Sarah Szanton, PhD, RN, FAAN. “This significant investment in faculty underscores our commitment to offering rising stars a place where they can both succeed in their careers and build the science, research, and networks needed to further nursing and improve health.”

    Kamila Alexander, PhD, MSN/MPH, RN, uses health equity and social justice lenses to examine the complex roles that intimate partner violence, HIV resilience, societal gender expectations, and economic opportunity play in the experience of intimate human relationships. Alexander is inaugural chair of the Nursing Initiative of the Mid-Atlantic Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) Consortium, lead faculty for the Violence Working Group at the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy, chair of the HIV/STI Committee of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, and the associate director of the NIH-sponsored Interdisciplinary Research and Training in Trauma and Violence T32 Training Program at Johns Hopkins.

    Teresa Brockie, PhD, MSN, RN, FAAN, focuses on achieving health equity through community-based prevention and intervention of suicide, trauma, and adverse childhood experiences among vulnerable populations. Brockie is a member of the White Clay (A’aninin) Nation from Fort Belknap, Montana and leader of the Young Medicine Movement (YMM), which introduces Native youth to health science careers and provides mentorship by Indigenous researchers and clinicians to Fort Belknap scholars. Her intervention called Little Holy One aims to instill traditional Dakoda and Nakoda cultural values in children as a protective factor against adolescent suicide and substance use.

    Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, PhD, MHS, RN, FAHA, FPCNA, FAAN, seeks to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease risk among Africans in the United States and in sub-Saharan Africa through community-engaged research and implementation science. She is a cardiovascular nurse epidemiologist and co-founder and president of the Ghanaian-Diaspora Nursing Alliance, a non-profit organization which advances nursing education in Ghana. Commodore-Mensah is principal investigator of the LINKED-BP and LINKED-HEARTS programs, two trials aimed to improve hypertension control and management of chronic conditions in community health centers.

    Laura Samuel, PhD, MSN, RN, FAAN, addresses socioeconomic disparities by advancing health equity for individuals and families with low incomes. Her current research examines the pathways that link low income and financial strain to physiologic aging. This includes investigating the health impact of policies and programs related to economic well-being for low-income households. Samuel’s research also looks at aspects of neighborhood and household environments that may influence health disparities. Her research interests stem from her clinical experience as a family nurse practitioner where she regularly witnessed the myriad of ways that a lack of financial resources can be detrimental to health.

    Janiece Taylor, PhD, MSN, RN, FAAN, identifies and addresses pain disparities with older women from underrepresented racial ethnic groups and helps individuals with disabilities increase social participation and independence. Taylor is principal investigator of a study that addresses unmet needs of caregivers aging with and into disabilities. She is co-associate director of JHSON’s RESILIENCE Center and principal faculty of its Center for Equity in Aging. Throughout her career, Taylor has received funding from the John A. Hartford Foundation, National Institute of Nursing Research, Mayday Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Henry M. Jackson Foundation, and the Harold Amos Medical Faculty Program.

    “These faculty are already making tremendous impact. We can’t wait to see what they accomplish next.”

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    Located in Baltimore, the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing is a globally-recognized leader in nursing education, research, and practice. In U.S. News & World Report rankings, the school is No. 1 nationally for its master’s and DNP programs. In addition, JHSON is ranked as the No. 3 nursing school in the world by QS World University and No. 1 for total NIH funding among schools of nursing for fiscal year 2020. The school is a four-time recipient of the INSIGHT Into Diversity Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award and a three-time Best School for Men in Nursing award recipient. For more information, visit www.nursing.jhu.edu.

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  • Natalie Bush Named Chair of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Advisory Board

    Natalie Bush Named Chair of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Advisory Board

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    Newswise — The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing (JHSON) announces that Natalie Bush, MSN, RN, has been named Chair of the Nursing Advisory Board (NAB) following the retirement of Wally Pinkard, who previously held the position. For the last three years, Bush has served as the board’s vice chair offering a wealth of experience and knowledge in supporting the mission of JHSON.

    “Natalie is an accomplished leader, collaborator, and advisor, and we are grateful for her continued support of our school and the NAB,” says JHSON Dean Sarah Szanton, PhD, RN, FAAN.

    Bush earned both her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Nursing at West Virginia University School of Nursing. Upon graduation, she moved to Australia, where she established the first women’s counseling program in her region of the Northern Territory. The program provided free services to clients, with a focus on female health issues. Bush also worked for the Manhattan Beach, California, School District earlier in her career.

    In addition to her role at JHSON, Bush is involved in several nursing advisory boards including the Inova Fairfax Hospital Foundation Board and Nursing Council and the West Virginia University Foundation Board and WVU School of Nursing Advisory Board. She also serves as a Trustee at The Potomac School in McLean, Virginia, where she chairs the Health & Wellness Committee.

    “I am excited to step into the role of Chair and continue the important work of the Hopkins Nursing Advisory Board,” says Bush. “The NAB helps to extend the reach and impact of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing through its network of volunteers who offer their counsel and advocacy. The NAB is committed to supporting Hopkins Nursing on its path toward progress and excellence. Together, we will continue to help make a difference in lives around the world.”

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    Located in Baltimore, the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing is a globally-recognized leader in nursing education, research, and practice. In U.S. News & World Report rankings, the school is No. 1 nationally for its master’s and DNP programs. In addition, JHSON is ranked as the No. 3 nursing school in the world by QS World University and No. 1 for total NIH funding among schools of nursing for fiscal year 2020. The school is a five-time recipient of the INSIGHT Into Diversity Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award and a four-time Best School for Men in Nursing award recipient. For more information, visit www.nursing.jhu.edu.

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