Trending Topic: Disabilities
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Varshini Varadaraj
Varshini Varadaraj is a research associate at the Johns Hopkins Disability Health Center. Dr. Varadaraj’s research goals are to improve the health of older adults with disabilities, with a focus on vision loss, using a data-driven approach. Her research focuses on examining disparities in health and health care access for people with disabilities, and her […]
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Bonnielin Swenor
Bonnielin Swenor is founder and director of the Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center, which aims to shift the paradigm from “living with a disability” to “thriving with a disability” through research, education, and policy. Dr. Swenor’s research is motivated by her personal experience with low vision and focuses on three overlapping areas: (1) removing […]
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Elaine Stashinko
Elaine Stashinko’s clinical practice and research focus on child health nursing, particularly the epidemiology of brain injury, health-related quality of life, and treatment of movement disorders in children with cerebral palsy. As part of the Carter Center for Brain Research in Holoprosencephaly and Related Malformations, she collaborated with a national network of researchers studying holoprosencephaly (HPE), […]
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Rebecca J. Wright
Rebecca Wright has worked in health care since 2004. Her program of research focuses on principles of justice and equity within palliative care, and development and application of qualitative, participatory methodologies within a diverse range of settings and with vulnerable populations. She was a nurse at St. Christopher’s Hospice in London and a research assistant […]
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Janiece L. Taylor
Janiece Taylor is an assistant professor on the research/education tract at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. Her research is focused on identifying and addressing disparities in pain in older women from underrepresented racial ethnic groups and improving quality of life and health outcomes in people aging with disabilities. Dr. Taylor’s research is strongly connected […]
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Laura Samuel
Laura Samuel is committed to addressing socioeconomic disparities. Much of her early research investigated aspects of the neighborhood and household environments that may influence health disparities. Her current research examines the pathways that link low income and financial strain to physiologic aging. This includes research investigating the health impact of policies and programs related to […]
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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 […]