Dr. Jacquelyn Campbell is a preeminent scholar and national leader in research and advocacy concerning domestic violence and intimate partner violence. She currently holds the prestigious Anna D. Wolf Chair and serves as a Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, where she has established herself as a transformative figure in nursing science. With a career spanning nearly four decades, Dr. Campbell has dedicated her professional life to understanding and addressing gender-based violence through rigorous research and policy advocacy. Her journey in this critical field began with her recognition of domestic violence as a significant health problem that required systematic investigation and intervention strategies grounded in evidence.
Dr. Campbell's seminal contribution to the field is the development of the Danger Assessment tool in 1985, which has become the gold standard for evaluating the risk of homicide in domestic violence situations and is utilized extensively across the United States and internationally. Her research has pioneered new understanding in multiple critical areas including domestic violence homicide, abuse during pregnancy, maternal mortality related to intimate partner violence, and the intersection of HIV and gender-based violence. She further advanced practical applications through the Lethality Assessment Program adopted by numerous police departments, particularly in Maryland, and the ARC3 Survey for universities to measure campus sexual assault. These evidence-based tools have directly influenced clinical practice, law enforcement protocols, and public health interventions, saving countless lives through early identification of high-risk situations.
As a dedicated mentor, Dr. Campbell has nurtured generations of scholars through her role as National Program Director for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Nurse Faculty Scholars program, supporting the development of 60 outstanding junior nursing academics. Her exceptional contributions have been recognized with election to the National Academy of Medicine in 2000, designation as a Living Legend by the American Academy of Nursing, and the American Society of Criminology's prestigious Vollmer Award. Dr. Campbell continues to expand her impactful research agenda, recently focusing on traumatic brain injury resulting from domestic violence, while maintaining active consultation roles with major federal agencies including CDC, NIH, and the Department of Defense. Her enduring commitment to advancing knowledge and practice in gender-based violence ensures her continued influence as a guiding force in transforming how society understands and responds to this critical public health issue.
