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Deborah Finnell is a Professor Emerita at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing specializing in mental health and addictions. With a strong foundation as a registered nurse, her career has focused on inpatient psychiatry, clinical nurse specialist roles, and nurse practitioner duties. Dr. Finnell is passionate about the neurobiological foundations of mental health and addiction, emphasizing the importance of integration of substance-use related content into nursing curricula. She has successfully led initiatives funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to implement Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) methodologies. Throughout her decade-long tenure at the Department of Veterans Affairs, she has conducted critical research on enhancing the health and wellbeing of veterans experiencing mental health and substance use disorders. Dr. Finnell has held numerous leadership positions within professional organizations, including as the past chair of the New York State Peer Assistance Committee and past president of the International Nurses Society on Addictions. Currently, she is an associate editor for the journal Substance Use & Addictions and serves on the board of the Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA).
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing • Baltimore, MD
Led innovations in nursing education focusing on mental health and addiction.
Department of Pathology - PhD in Pathobiology. GRE is not required.