Brief Bio

Pamela H. Wall, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC, FAANP, joined DUSON on September 1, 2016, and is a member of the Division of Healthcare in Adult Populations. She is a psychiatric nurse practitioner who has served with the United States Navy for more than 19 years. Her clinical expertise is in traumatic brain injury (TBI), post-traumatic stress disorder and caregiver fatigue and resiliency. Her program of research is focused on sleep disorders in the military, especially in those with traumatic brain injury. Wall has been a member of a congressionally-appointed panel that developed the curriculum for DoD/VA caregivers of patients with traumatic brain injury and has authored and co-authored several publications that focus on mental health disorders and TBI in the military. Prior to Duke, Wall served as the United States Navy Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Specialty Leader and acting department head at the Navy Health Clinic Marine Corp Air Base in Cherry Point N.C.

Academic Program Affiliations

Education

Research Interests

• Mental Disorders
• Sleep Disorders
• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Military and Veteran Populations

Awards and Honors

• 2015 Meritorious Service Medal, 2nd Marine Division

• 2013 Mary J Hall Award for Excellence in Publication for synthesis of literature entitled “Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury in Current Military Populations: A Critical Analysis"

• 2012 Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences

• 2008 Meritorious Service Medal, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD

• 2007 Navy Achievement Medal, Expeditionary Medical Facility, Kuwait

• 2006 Navy Achievement Medal, USNS Comfort, Hurricane Katrina Relief Effort

• 2003 Army Commendation Medal, Joint Task Force, Guantanamo Bay Cuba

• 2003 Navy Commendation Medal, Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, VA

• 2002 Army Achievement Medal, Fleet Hospital #20, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

• 2000 Navy Achievement Medal, Naval Hospital, Guam

Areas of Expertise

Representative Publications

• 2013 -- Pubmed # 23053745 Wall, P. L. Posttraumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury in current military populations: a critical analysis. J Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc. March 20, 2013; 18(5); 278-98

• 2012 -- Pubmed # 22224844 Gibbons, S. W., Hickling, E. J., Barnett, S. D., Herbig-Wall, P. L., Watts, D. D. Gender differences in response to deployment among military healthcare providers in Afghanistan and Iraq. J Womens Health (Larchmt). May 1, 2012; 21(5); 496-504 PMCID: PMC3353827

• 2012 -- Pubmed # 22354515 Gibbons, S. W., Barnett, S. D., Hickling, E. J., Herbig-Wall, P. L., Watts, D. D. Stress, coping, and mental health-seeking behaviors: gender differences in OEF/OIF health care providers. J Trauma Stress. February 1, 2012; 25(1); 115-9

Grant Funding (selected)