Deborah Dang

Deborah Dang, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, is the Senior Director of Nursing Inquiry and Research at the Johns Hopkins Health System. She developed the strategic vision for evidence-based practice (EBP) for Johns Hopkins Nursing and built an infrastructure that has enabled the transformation to practice based on evidence. In her role as Director of Nursing for Practice, Education, Research at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, she led and championed nursing professional practice, cultivating its growth from the...See more

Deborah Dang, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, is the Senior Director of Nursing Inquiry and Research at the Johns Hopkins Health System. She developed the strategic vision for evidence-based practice (EBP) for Johns Hopkins Nursing and built an infrastructure that has enabled the transformation to practice based on evidence. In her role as Director of Nursing for Practice, Education, Research at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, she led and championed nursing professional practice, cultivating its growth from the initial model development to final implementation. She cocreated, with clinical nurses and nurse leaders, The Johns Hopkins Hospital Professional Practice Model: clinical advancement program, professional development for frontline leaders and staff, salaried compensation, shared governance, and evidence-based practice, thus building an infrastructure to continually advance nursing excellence. As a health services researcher, her funded studies focused on disruptive behavior, positive psychology, and mindful leadership. She received the inaugural New Investigator Award for the Academy Health Interdisciplinary Research Group on Nursing Issues, is a Fellow of the Wharton Nurse Executive Program, and was recognized as a Distinguished EBP Trailblazer by Fuld National Institute for EBP in 2019. Dang has published, consulted, and presented nationally and internationally on the subject of EBP. She also holds a Joint Appointment with the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. See less