School of
Nursing professor Jacquelyn C. Campbell has been named
the American Academy of Nursing/Institute of
Medicine/American Nurse's Foundation scholar in residence.
Campbell, an IOM member who serves as the Anna D. Wolf
Chair at the School of Nursing, is internationally
recognized for her research that has documented the
physical and mental health effects of domestic violence,
including abuse during pregnancy, intimate partner
homicide, dating violence and forced sex in intimate
relationships.
As an IOM scholar, Campbell will focus on research and
policy initiatives to increase public understanding of and
attention to how violence against women is significantly
increasing the risk of women throughout the world of
contracting and dying from HIV/AIDS.
Campbell said that the IOM Scholar-in-Residence
program — a yearlong position within the IOM at the National
Academies of Science in Washington, D.C. — offers "an
incredible opportunity to take my 20-year program of
nursing research on domestic violence at The Johns Hopkins
University School of Nursing to another level of policy
application. I will be able to synchronize the influence of
the IOM with my commitment to women's health, the AAN
strategic concern for health disparities and ANF support of
nursing research to influence research and policy
directions around this particular issue and other nursing
research priorities."
During her career, Campbell has consulted on violence
against women for the World Health Organization,
collaborated with the Medical Research Council of South
Africa and other international consultations through JHUSON
global initiatives and worked with both government and
nongovernment agencies, including the National Institutes
of Health, the Department of Justice (National Institute of
Justice and the Office of Violence Against Women), USAID,
the Department of Defense and the Family Violence
Prevention Fund. Campbell said she believes these
experiences will bring a wealth of potential collaborators
to her efforts while at the IOM.
During her tenure as a scholar in residence, Campbell
will continue to mentor her doctoral students and serve as
a co-investigator on research projects with colleagues from
the schools of Nursing, Medicine and Public Health, and
with those in other disciplines and organizations. She
plans to use her opportunity with the IOM to facilitate
these students' and investigators' progress in policy
formation activities and to encourage policy agencies to
take advantage of their developing expertise.
The IOM Scholar-in-Residence program was created in
partnership with the AAN and the ANF and is an immersion
experience designed to facilitate nurse leaders in playing
a more prominent role in health policy development at the
national level. The Institute of Medicine serves as an
independent scientific adviser to the nation to improve
health and strives to provide advice that is unbiased,
based on evidence and grounded in science.
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