Martha
N. Hill, RN, PhD, FAAN, is Dean of the School of Nursing and Professor of
Nursing, Medicine, and Public Health at The Johns Hopkins University.
Hill holds a doctorate in behavioral sciences from The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health. She received her Master of Science degree in nursing from the University of Pennsylvania and her Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from The Johns Hopkins University.
Hill served as the President of the American Heart Association from 1997-1998; the only non-physician to serve in that role. She 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 IOM/ National Research Council 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 served as the liaison to the Committee on the Review and Assessment of the NIH's Strategic Research Plan to Reduce and Ultimately Eliminate Health Disparities.
Internationally known for her work and research in preventing and treating hypertension and its complications, particularly among young, urban African-American men, Hill has been an active investigator and consultant on NIH-funded clinical trials. She is internationally recognized for her sponsored NIH research projects including "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". Hill has also consulted on hypertension and other cardiovascular-related issues outside of the United States in countries including Australia, Israel, Scotland, South Africa, and China.
Hill has over 180 publications, including journal articles and book chapters on hypertension care and control, nurse led clinics, community outreach and community-based participatory research in underserved populations. She currently serves on several review panels, editorial boards, and advisory committees including the Board of Directors of Research! America.