Posted: 4/15/2010
Martha N. Hill, PhD, RN, FAAN, Dean of the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and Professor of Nursing, Medicine, and Public Health at the Johns Hopkins University, has been named an inaugural inductee of the Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame. Induction recognizes lifetime achievements and sustained contributions to nursing research.
“Nursing research is important because nurses look comprehensively at the broad social determinants of health in addition to physiological, psychological, and emotional factors,” says Hill. “Research is marvelous, adventurous, and fun. I have loved the multidisciplinary work throughout my career.”
Hill has made her mark in the field of cardiovascular nursing science, with the aim of improving heart health for individuals and communities worldwide. After earning her doctorate in 1986, she created what is now internationally recognized as the model for nurse-led, community-based, and team-delivered interventions to control hypertension among young urban black men. With more than 180 publications, Hill is an active researcher, author, policy-maker, and advocate for community-based participatory research in underserved populations. Her prolific publication record, commitment to community, extensive mentoring of students and junior faculty, and organizational leadership demonstrate a lifetime of contributing knowledge to clinical and community-public health practice.
Hill is a member of the Institute of Medicine and its Council and just completed 4 years of service on the American Association of Colleges of Nursing board of directors. She also serves as Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of Research!America. Hill was the first nurse to be named an honorary member of Alpha Omega Alpha, the national medical honor society, in recognition of her extraordinary contributions to medicine.
Hill is one of 22 inductees to be honored at the 21st International Nursing Research Congress of the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International on July 12-16, 2010 in Orlando, FL.