Martha N. Hill, RN, PhD
The Johns Hopkins University
School of Nursing
Baltimore, Maryland
Martha N. Hill, RN, PhD, is Professor and Dean at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing in Baltimore, Maryland. She also holds academic appointments in the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health and School of Medicine.
Dr Hill holds a doctorate in behavioral sciences from The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health and received her master of science degree in nursing from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
Internationally known for her work and research in preventing and treating hypertension and its complications, particularly among young, urban African-American men, Dr Hill is currently an active investigator and consultant on several NIH-funded clinical trials. Her current sponsored projects include "Comprehensive HBP Care for Young Urban Black Men," "Barriers to HBP Care and Control in Black South Africans," and "Research Training in Health Disparities in Underserved Populations." She also consulted on hypertension and other cardiovascular-related issues outside of the United States in countries including Australia, Israel, Scotland, South Africa, and China.
Dr Hill is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and a member of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences. She served as the co-Vice Chair of the Institute of Medicine Committee which produced the 2002 publication "Unequal Treatment: Confronting Ethical and Racial Disparities in Health Care." She also served on the committee which produced the report "Enhancing the Vitality of the National Institutes of Health: Organizational Change to Meet New Challenges." Currently she serves on the IOM Health Board on Health Sciences Policy and as its liaison to the Committee on the Review and Assessment of the NIH's Strategic Research Plan to Reduce and Ultimately Eliminate Health Disparities. Dr Hill is past-President of the American Heart Association from 1997-1998, the only non-physician to serve in that role.
Dr Hill currently serves on several review panels, editorial boards, and advisory committees including the Board of Directors of Research America. She has more than 130 publications, including journal articles and book chapters on hypertension care and control nurse lead clinics; and community outreach.
