Dr. Mahmoud is a Behavioral Health Nurse Scientist who is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Nursing, Applied Science Private University, Amman, Jordan. Dr. Mahmoud has earned her PhD from the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, PA, USA. She has also completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Health Policy and Management from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. Dr. Mahmoud is the recipient of many awards and accolades, including the Sigma Theta Tau International Society 2024 Emerging Nurse Researcher/Scholar award for the Middle East Region. Dr. Mahmoud’s research focuses on promoting the use of person-centered language in mental health and substance use disorders, increase awareness related to mental health and substance use issues, develop stigma-reduction interventions, and facilitate the translation of best evidence- base knowledge and skills set into clinical practice, especially among persons with mental illness or substance use disorders, and women.