Brigit VanGraafeiland

Brigit VanGraafeiland is an Associate Professor and Director of the DNP Executive Program at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. With over 30 years as a pediatric nurse practitioner and 20 years in nursing education, she focuses on improving care for vulnerable populations through scholarship in child maltreatment, human trafficking screening, and social determinants of health. Her clinical work spans rural/urban primary care settings, currently in Eastern Baltimore.

• Specializes in clinical simulation and standardized patient use
• Center Affiliation: Center for Equity in Child and Youth Health and Wellbeing

Her research includes:

• Child maltreatment prevention strategies
• Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) screening implementation
• Public health approaches to ending corporal punishment
• Simulation training for advanced practice nursing competencies

Scientific Awards:

• Fellow, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (2022)
• NAPNAP Special Interest Group Award (2021)
• Daily Record Health Care Heroes: Nurse Practitioner of the Year (2020)
• Maryland Nurses Association Advanced Practice Clinical Award (2019)
• Fellow, American Academy of Nursing (2018)
• Fuld Fellows Teaching Innovation Award (2014)
• Armstrong Patient Safety Scholar (2014-2015)