Valerie T CotterValerie T. Cotter, DrNP, AGPCNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN is Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University with a joint appointment in the School of Nursing and School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She receivedacademic degrees from Drexel University (DrNP), University of Pennsylvania (MSN), and University of Massachusetts (BSN). Dr. Cotter leads with four decades of sustained experience in nursing education, research, and specialty care of persons with dementia and their care partners. She has extensive teaching experience in academic nursing and interprofessional programs, as Director of the University of Pennsylvania's Gerontological Nurse Practitioner Program and Educational Director of the Alzheimer's Disease and Research Center as well as core faculty of Cognitive Impairment Programs at the Delaware Valley Mid-Atlantic Geriatric Education Center. She is a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and American Academy of Nursing, Cambia Health Foundation Sojourns Scholar, and co-editor/author of two books, over 50 publications and numerous national and international presentations. Read More Read Less