Clinical Assistant Professor
Amanda J. Simonton, PhD, APRN, PMHNP-BC is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner at CARMA Health and the Texas Child Study Center at Dell Children’s Medical Center. She has been a Registered Nurse since 2013 and previously worked on the Intermediate Care Unit at Seton Medical Center Austin and Psychiatric Emergency Department at University Medical Center Brackenridge. As a psychiatric nurse practitioner, she has primarily worked with adults with dual-diagnosed (substance use and mental health) disorders and with children and adolescents. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing (’13), Master of Science in Nursing (’18), and Doctor of Philosophy (’20) through the School of Nursing at the University of Texas at Austin. She is active in presenting at the annual conferences for the American Psychiatric Nurses Association and Texas Nurse Practitioners. She is currently the President of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association Texas Chapter Board of Directors and is on the Policy Council for Texas Nurse Practitioners. Dr. Simonton is an active consultant and educational content creator for Medscape Inc. Her research has primarily focused on understanding the unique attitudes and motivations of individuals with opioid use disorder toward physical activity. Dr. Simonton is passionate about sharing knowledge and perspectives with other healthcare providers, healthcare students, and patients.
Disclosure: Dr. Simonton has the following relevant financial relationships, potential or perceived, with commercial or conflicts of interest to disclose:
- Consultant: Medscape, Inc
Review of Conflicts Policy: The UT Austin College of Pharmacy has a very strict policy to ensure against commercial conflicts of interest in CE programming. For this conference, the planning committee picks two committee members who have appropriate backgrounds to review content, and report any potential conflict of interest to the CPE Director. If conflict issues are discovered, they are addressed with speakers to make appropriate changes. Evaluations are collected from all participants with specific questions around the listed conflicts of commercial interest.