Michelle Patch

Michelle Patch is an Associate Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, with international expertise in forensic nursing, patient safety, and trauma response. Her work spans crisis management, violence prevention, and disaster preparedness, particularly focusing on intimate partner violence and firearm-related injuries.

• Affiliated with Johns Hopkins centers: Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety, Center for Gun Violence Solutions, and Center for Women’s Health, Sex, and Gender Research.
• A Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (AAN) and Vice Chair of its Trauma and Violence Expert Panel.
• Key leadership roles: U.S. Navy Nurse Corps officer (former), operations chief for JHM’s COVID-19 Unified Command, and director of JHSON’s COVID Vaccine Volunteer Program.

Her research explores post-strangulation injuries, emergency management, and violence prevention frameworks. Publications highlight biomarker discovery in trauma survivors, healthcare workforce safety, and forensic nursing education standards.

Notable awards include the Cynthia and Peter Rosenwald Nursing Innovator of the Year Award (2019) and the Isabel Hampton Robb Faculty Fellowship (2021). She contributes to global safety programs like CUSP and TeamSTEPPS, with a focus on eliminating low-value care practices.

• Email: mpatch1@jh.edu