Sarah Szanton

Sarah Szanton is the Dean of the School of Nursing at Johns Hopkins.

Szanton, who joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2007 as an assistant professor and was promoted to full professor in 2017, has devoted her career to researching low-cost interventions that make it easier for older adults to remain safe and healthy in their homes as they age. She co-developed the visionary CAPABLE program, which addresses health disparities in older adults by providing handyman services in combination with nursing and occupational therapy to improve mobility and reduce health care costs, and she has been instrumental in building the program's team and expanding its work from Baltimore City to more than 40 sites.

After receiving a bachelor of arts in African American studies from Harvard University, Szanton received a bachelor of science in nursing from Hopkins Nursing, where she would also go on to receive a PhD in nursing science after attending the University of Maryland for her master's degree. She has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and received many awards for her work.