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Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP (she/her/hers)

Professor
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland, United States

Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP obtained her BSN from the University of Connecticut, her MSN from the University of Pennsylvania and her PhD from the University of Maryland. She is currently a Professor in the Department of Organizational Systems and Adult Health at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, is the Associated Dean of Research, holds the Sonya Ziporkin Gershowitz Chair in Gerontology, and has over 40 years of clinical experience as a nurse practitioner across all settings of care. Her research program is focused on optimizing function and physical activity among older adults, exploring resilience and genetics on function and physical activity, and testing dissemination and implementation of interventions in real world settings. This work has been supported by the National Institutes of Health, Agency for Health Care Quality, and Foundations such as the Helen and Leonard Stulman Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Dr. Resnick has over 300 published articles, numerous chapters in nursing and medical textbooks, and books on Restorative Care and Resilience. She is the editor of Geriatric Nursing and co-editor of the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, an associate editor and on editorial board for numerous other journals. She has held leadership positions in multiple aging and interdisciplinary organizations including the American Geriatrics Society and the Gerontological Society of America and the American Medical Directors Association. She has been recognized for numerous national awards the most recent of which include the 2017 David H. Solomon Memorial Public Service Award, the 2018 Johns Hopkins Leader in Aging Award, the 2018 Loretta Ford Award, the 2019 Lawton Powell Award, the 2020 Dodd Award, and the 2022 University of Maryland Distinguished Professor Award and the Elkins Professorship.

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