JHUSON Faculty News

Associate Professor Hae-Ra Han Awarded $2.7 Million to Improve Cancer Screenings

Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) associate professor Hae-Ra Han, PhD, RN has been awarded a $2.7 million research project grant (R01) from the National Cancer Institute to explore tactics to improve cancer screening behaviors among Korean American women.

According to Han, not only are breast cancer rates rapidly increasing among Korean American women, but this same population is suffering from the second highest incidence of cervical cancer among all U.S. women. more...

Exploring Ethical Challenges of Health Professionals

Cynda Rushton, PhD, RN, associate professor at the School of Nursing and Gail Geller, ScD, MHS, professor at the School of Medicine, are exploring the ethical challenges health professionals face while caring for children and families affected by life-threatening neuromuscular diseases (LTNMD). more...

Hopkins Nursing Professor Becomes Global Ambassador

Jacquelyn C. Campbell, PhD, RN, FAAN, professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, has been selected to join a group of 25 experts in global health research who will advocate for greater U.S. investment in global health research. They join 50 of their peers in Research!America's Paul G. Rogers Society for Global Health Research in a united effort to build a national conversation around the value and importance of U.S. funded global heath research. more...

Collaborative Team to Study Nurse Impact on Health Care Quality

Two Hopkins nurse researchers, Julie Stanik-Hutt, PhD, ACNP, CCNS and Kathleen M. White, PhD, RN, CNAA, BC, are part of a trans-disciplinary team that will study the impact Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) have on health care quality and patient outcomes.

The research, sponsored by the Tri-Council for Nursing and 27 national nursing organizations, is the first comprehensive study of its kind in 20 years. more...

Jennifer Wenzel Receives Nurse Faculty Scholar Award

Assistant professor Jennifer Wenzel, PhD, RN, CCM, is one of 15 junior faculty in the nation to receive an inaugural Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholar award.

The three-year, $350,000 grant will support Wenzel's research to address health disparities affecting rural African American seniors who have been diagnosed and treated for cancer. "I hope to use this generous support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to improve health outcomes for this at-risk population to help make a real difference," says Wenzel. more...

Kathi White named Director of Doctor of Nursing Practice Program

Associate Professor Kathi White, PhD, RN, CNAA, BC, has been named the first director of the new School of Nursing Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program. White, who previously served as the program's interim director, currently directs the SON masters program, coordinating both the MSN health systems management track and the MSN-MBA dual degree option. more...

Miyong Kim to lead Health Systems and Outcomes Department

Professor Miyong Kim, PhD, RN, FAAN has been named chair of the School's Department of Health Systems and Outcomes, in an announcement by Dean Martha N. Hill, PhD, RN, FAAN. Dean Hill described Kim as "an exceptional translational researcher who brings to the position a collaborative spirit and leadership style that exemplifies the scholarly excellence of the School of Nursing." more...

Nancy Glass Wins Second Grant to Help Prevent Workplace Violence

Associate Professor Nancy E. Glass, PhD, MPH, RN, has been awarded a second Research Project Grant (R01) from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). The award, made in the same funding cycle as her previous $2.9 million award, funds her studies in intimate partner violence, a problem that annually results in as many as 1,200 deaths and 3 million injuries among women in the United States. more...

Jacquelyn Campbell Leads National Nursing Faculty Scholars Program

Professor Jacquelyn C. Campbell, PhD, RN, FAAN, Anna D. Wolf chair in the Department of Community Public Health, has been appointed director of the new Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nursing Faculty Scholars program, which will be headquartered at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON).

Over the next five years, the program will provide $28 million to junior nursing faculty in an effort to help them advance in their fields and gain faculty positions earlier in their careers by providing mentorship, leadership training, salary and research support. more...