W. Daniel Hale

Dan Hale is Special Advisor to the President of Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and Director of the Healthy Community Partnership. He also is an Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, with appointments in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and the Division of Geriatric Medicine & Gerontology. Prior to assuming his position at Johns Hopkins Bayview in 2011, Dr. Hale was Professor of Clinical Psychology at Stetson University.

A national leader in health ministries, he is the co-author of BUILDING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES THROUGH MEDICAL-RELIGIOUS PARTNERSHIPS, published by Johns Hopkins University Press and now in its third edition (2018), and HEALING BODIES AND SOULS: A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR CONGREGATIONS (Fortress Press, 2003). In 2016 he was named Mental Health Professional of the Year by NAMI Metropolitan Baltimore, and also was a recipient of the Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Award for Excellence in Education and Inspirational Leadership. In 2018 Dr. Hale received the Maryland Foundation for Psychiatry Anti-Stigma Advocacy Prize.

Dr. Hale frequently speaks at churches and other faith communities and also leads workshops offered by healthcare and community-based organizations. He is passionate about de-stigmatizing depression and other mental illnesses and helping those impacted by depression to get the support and professional attention they need.