Patty R. Wilson, PhD, PMHNP-BC’s clinical practice and research focus on improving the lives of individuals who have experienced trauma and developing community-based interventions that address social determinants of health and promote equity in BIPOC communities. She is the principal investigator of Passport to Freedom, a trauma-informed mindfulness program developed through an interdisciplinary collaboration that provides psycho-educational sessions for women reentering the community after incarceration, supporting self-awareness of the link between trauma and health and strategies to cope with stress and trauma symptoms. The team’s publication describing the program received the 2024 Shirley A. Smoyak Article of the Year Award.
Dr. Wilson teaches across the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) program and serves as the Faculty Liaison for COMPASS, the Center for Community Programs, Innovation, and Scholarship, supporting community partnerships such as the House of Ruth Maryland, a shelter and support program for families escaping intimate partner violence. She is also the PMHNP Faculty Liaison for the Center for Simulation and Immersive Learning, ensuring simulation activities align with the program curriculum.
She maintains clinical practice in a community-based behavioral health office in Baltimore City and collaborates with community organizations to advance trauma-informed, evidence-based mental health services. Dr. Wilson is a former ANA/SAMHSA Minority Fellowship Program fellow and was named a Faculty Fellow in the University Psychedelic Education Program (U-PEP) in 2025 and a Michigan Integrative Well-Being and Inequality (MIWI) Scholar in 2023. She completed her PhD and PMHNP studies at the University of Virginia School of Nursing.
JHU Center Affiliation:
Center for Community Programs, Innovation, and Scholarship (COMPASS)