MHIRT U.S. Faculty Mentors
Fannie Gaston-Johansson, PhD, RN, FAAN
Dr. Gaston-Johansson, Professor and Elsie M. Lawler Endowed Research Chair, is Director of both the MHIRT Program and the Center for Health Disparities Research at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing.
Research interests include symptom management with a special focus on pain, coping strategies for pain, and management of other symptoms at end of life and quality of life. Her works also includes the development, evaluation, and testing of the Painometer, a pain assessment tool designed for use in clinical practice, in a variety of patient populations.
Jacquelyn Campbell, PhD, RN, FAAN
Dr. Campbell is a Professor and Anna D. Wolf Chair at The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing.
Research interests include family violence and violence against women, including risk factors and assessment for intimate partner homicide, abuse during pregnancy, marital rape, physical and mental health effects of intimate partner violence, prevention of dating violence and interventions to prevent and address domestic violence. Her research results are used as the basis of health policy recommendations to state, national and international organizations.
Miyong T. Kim, PhD, RN, FAAN
Dr. Kim is an Associate Professor at The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. Research interests include community-based research such as cardiovascular health promotion and cancer prevention research, research methods of cross-cultural research, and program evaluation. Dr. Kim also has formal training in instrumentation, statistical analyses and intervention evaluation.
Gayle Page, DNSc, RN, FAAN
Dr. Page is Director of the Center for Nursing Research and Sponsored Projects, Professor and Independence Foundation Chair in Nursing Education at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing.
Research interests include the impact of stress on neuroendocrine and immune function, and particularly the impact of postnatal pain experiences on neuroendocrine and immune responses to stress in the mature animal.
Phyllis Sharps, PhD, RN, FAAN
Dr.Sharps is Co-Director of the MHIRT Program and Associate Professor at TheJohns Hopkins University School of Nursing.
Research interests include perinatal health, domestic violence, infant mortality, parenting, and women's health in community settings. Dr. Sharps' research has focused on women's health, specifically reproductive and mental health. Research activities have included examining factors related to high-risk pregnancies and infant mortality. Factors investigated are utilization of prenatal care, low birth weight infants, intimate partner abuse, depression, self-esteem and parenting practices.
