Sarah Loeb Szanton is an American nurse practitioner who focuses on geriatric nursing research. As of 2021[update], she is the Dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing.
Sarah Szanton | |
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| Academic background | |
| Education | BA, 1988, Harvard University BSN, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing MSN, 1998, University of Maryland PhD, Johns Hopkins University |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Johns Hopkins School of Nursing |
Early life and education
editSzanton was born in Washington, D.C., in 1966 and raised mostly in Washington, D.C. In 1984 she graduated from the Sidwell Friends School, a Quaker school in Washington. She completed her Bachelor of Arts at Harvard University in 1988 and her Bachelors of Science in Nursing from the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. She left JHU to attend the University of Maryland for her Masters of Science in Nursing in 1998 before returning to JHU for her PhD.[1]
Career
editFollowing her PhD, Szanton worked as a nurse practitioner working with elderly patients in West Baltimore.[2] She eventually joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing where she focused on promoting the health of low-income minority older adults. In 2008, Szanton received funding to systematically evaluate health outcomes of ElderSHINE (Support, Honor, Inspire, Nurture, Evolve) by comparing 25 new participants randomly assigned to intervention or to social support control groups on behavioral, social and biological measures.[3] Szanton was later the recipient of the 2009-2011 John A. Hartford Foundation Claire M. Fagin Fellowship in geriatric nursing research.[4]
Szanton eventually established Community Aging in Place—Advancing Better Living for Elders (CAPABLE) in 2011 to "determine effect size and acceptability of a multicomponent behavior and home repair intervention for low-income disabled older adults."[5] In 2014, it received federal funding to run a three-year trial prior to being offered nationally to all Medicaid recipients under a provision of the Affordable Care Act.[2] As a result of her research, Szanton was elected a member of the American Academy of Nursing[6] and appointed director of Johns Hopkins Nursing PhD program.[7] In 2016, Szanton was named one of the top 50 "2016 Influencers in Aging" by Next Avenue, a digital publication covering issues for older Americans.[8]
While serving in these roles, Szanton was named director of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Center for Innovative Care in Aging in 2017.[9] Following this, she was named an American Academy of Nursing Edge Runner in honor of her research that improves health, impact cost, and influence policy.[10] Prior to the 2018–19 academic year, Szanton was appointed the Endowed Professor in Health Equity and Social Justice.[11] At the conclusion of the winter semester, Szanton was also inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing 2019 International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame.[12]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Szanton advocated for better care for the elderly living in nursing homes.[13] In 2021, she was appointed Dean of Johns Hopkins School of Nursing after stepping down from the School of Nursing Dean Search Committee.[14] Szanton was later elected a member of the National Academy of Medicine for "pioneering new approaches to reducing health disparities among low-income older adults."[15]
References
edit- ^ "Sarah Szanton CV". Retrieved October 21, 2021.
- ^ a b Watts, Lisa (Summer 2014). "CAPABLE PROGRAM TEAM HELPS BALTIMORE'S ELDERLY STAY IN HOMES". Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
- ^ "Early-Career Nursing Faculty Earn Opportunity for New Research". Johns Hopkins University. November 3, 2008. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
- ^ "Researcher Receives Geriatric Nursing Fellowship". Johns Hopkins University. July 13, 2009. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
- ^ Szanton, Sarah L.; Thorpe, Ronald J.; Boyd, Cynthia; Tanner, Elizabeth K. (2011). "Community aging in place, advancing better living for elders: a bio-behavioral-environmental intervention to improve function and health-related quality of life in disabled older adults". Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 59 (12): 2314–2320. doi:10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03698.x. PMC 3245364. PMID 22091738.
- ^ Stiller, Ann (Winter 2014). "ABBREVIATED". Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
- ^ "Cheers". Johns Hopkins University. October 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
- ^ Kress, Danielle (November 10, 2016). "Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Faculty Sarah Szanton Named Top Influencer in Aging". Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
- ^ Kress, Danielle (August 10, 2017). "JOHNS HOPKINS SCHOOL OF NURSING FACULTY SARAH SZANTON TO BECOME DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR INNOVATIVE CARE IN AGING". Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
- ^ "Sarah Szanton recognized for her aging in place intervention". Johns Hopkins University. January 22, 2018. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
- ^ "Szanton Is Inaugural Equity and Justice Chair". Johns Hopkins University. July 12, 2018. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
- ^ "Cynda Rushton, Sarah Szanton named to International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame". Johns Hopkins University. April 3, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
- ^ Davidson, Patricia M.; Szanton, Sarah L. (May 11, 2020). "Nursing homes and COVID-19: We can and should do better". Journal of Clinical Nursing. 29 (15–16): 2758–2759. doi:10.1111/jocn.15297. PMC 7262177. PMID 32281165.
- ^ "Sarah Szanton named Johns Hopkins School of Nursing dean". Johns Hopkins University. August 18, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
- ^ "National Academy of Medicine Elects 100 New Members". National Academy of Medicine. October 18, 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2021.