Area of Excellence: Substance Use/Addiction
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Bryan Hansen
Bryan R. Hansen is a passionate advocate for the promotion of optimum mental health and well-being of older adults and their families through teaching, practice, and research. Dr. Hansen completed his PhD and master of science in nursing at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and specializes in psychiatric, gerontologic, and forensic nursing. He has…
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Nancy S. Goldstein
Assistant Professor Nancy Goldstein is a nurse practitioner in the Department of Medicine and Psychiatry at the Broadway Center for Addiction for the Johns Hopkins Medical Institute. Dr. Goldstein is a member of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, American Nurses Association, Maryland Nurses Association, and Sigma Theta Tau International. She is on the MNA…
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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…
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Kelly M. Bower
Kelly Bower’s research and her public health nursing practice focus on the elimination of racial disparities in women’s, maternal, and infant health. She aims to understand the structural and social determinants that underlie disparities and develop interventions to reverse them. In particular, her work leverages existing health care and public health services, such as maternal,…
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Rexford Ahima
Rexford Ahima is an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and the Association of American Physicians and a fellow of the American College of Physicians, the Obesity Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Ahima, who served as an instructor at Harvard Medical School and professor at the…