Kathleen Brewer-Smyth, PhD, RN, MSN, CRRN, FAAN is an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA. She completed a master's degree, PhD, and postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, where she studied primarily neuroscience nursing, victimology, and forensic neuroscience. Dr. Brewer-Smyth is a neuroscience nurse specialist and board certified rehabilitation registered nurse (CRRN). She teaches advanced neuroscience and conducts neuroscience research on the life-long bio-behavioral health outcomes of the cycle of trauma, abuse and violence that often begin in childhood. She has published and presented extensively on these topics. She was awarded the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses Doctorate-Prepared Researcher Award for her work that has been referenced by scholars and policy-makers worldwide. She was inducted as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN) because of the global impact of her work.