Area of Excellence: Adolescent/Young Adult Care
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Amber Davis
Dr. Davis a Research Associate at the Disability Health Research Center. A Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 7+ years of clinical experience with underserved communities, Dr. Davis has an intersectional lens to supporting minoritized persons with disabilities. As a trauma-informed clinician scientist, Dr. Davis’s research investigates the role of cumulative adversities and intersectional resiliency factors…
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Jessica Dean (JD) Murphy
Jessica Dean (JD) Murphy is a pediatric oncology and bone marrow transplant nurse practitioner at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. She obtained her BSN from Stevenson University in 2008 and began her nursing career as a pediatric oncology RN before obtaining her MSN in pediatric acute care advanced practice nursing from the University of Maryland in…
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Katherine Humphrey
Katherine Humphrey is a clinical faculty member, clinical coordinator, simulation, and lab instructor in the Master’s (Entry into Nursing) program. Dr. Humphrey has a background in cardiology research, emergency response and business management. She is passionate about mentoring new nurses and helping students develop the competencies to support communities and their health care needs. Her…
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Eliana Perrin
Eliana Perrin, a nationally recognized leader in patient-oriented primary care, childhood obesity, and health disparities research, is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor with appointments at the Johns Hopkins Schools of Nursing and Medicine (Department of Pediatrics). Dr. Perrin has developed, tested, and disseminated many tools to help pediatricians prevent and treat obesity. Her research focuses on…
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Jennifer Peterson
Jennifer Peterson is a board-certified clinical nurse specialist (CNS) with progressive experience in advanced nursing practice roles, focusing on the care of infants, children, and young adults and their families affected by heart disease. Her previous roles included bedside ICU nurse, clinical educator, population-based CNS, RN first assistant, unit-based CNS, and program director. Dr. Peterson…
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Nancy Gentry Russell
Nancy Gentry Russell has been an RN since 2009 and a family nurse practitioner (FNP) since 2013, providing comprehensive, primary health care for families across the lifespan in rural North Carolina and for college and university students in Washington, DC and Baltimore. She also served as director of outreach and engagement at the Georgetown University…
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Catherine Ling
Catherine Ling’s scholarship is focused on improving primary care for vulnerable populations. Her more than 25 years as a family nurse practitioner have centered on providing functional access to ambulatory care in community settings. As an educator, she provides innovative and rigorous curriculum and course design and delivery for quality learning and practice outcomes. Dr.…
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Brigit VanGraafeiland
Brigit VanGraafeiland has been a pediatric nurse practitioner for over 30 years and a nursing educator for over 20 years in undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs. She is the associate director for the DNP Executive program. She has practiced extensively in both rural and urban primary care settings and currently practices in a clinic in…
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Kimberly McIltrot
Kimberly McIltrot’s contributions to nursing span clinical practice, advocacy, research, and international education. Her 30-year nursing career began in the Army, specializing in maternal-child health. As a lead nurse practitioner in pediatric surgery and wound, ostomy, and continence care at the Johns Hopkins Hospital for 18 years, Dr. McIltrot developed and implemented innovative practice programs…
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Teresa Brockie
Teresa Brockie’s research focuses on achieving health equity through community-based prevention and intervention of suicide, trauma, and adverse childhood experiences among vulnerable populations. A member of the White Clay (A’aninin) Nation from Fort Belknap, Montana, Dr. Brockie earned her PhD at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and completed a postdoctoral fellowship with the National…