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Dr. Barbara Resnick currently is a professor in the department of organizational systems and adult health at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, holds the Sonya Ziporkin Gershowitz Chair in Gerontology at the School of Nursing, and maintains a clinical/faculty position with clinical work at Roland Park Place, a 'life care' community.

Dr. Resnick holds a BSN from the University of Connecticut, an MSN from the University of Pennsylvania Gerontological Nurse Clinician/Nurse Practitioner program, and a PhD in nursing from the University of Maryland.

Dr. Resnick's research interests focus on care of the older adult and include: health promotion and disease prevention; outcomes following rehabilitation, functional performance, and a special focus on motivation related to functional activities and exercise behavior, and testing outcomes of restorative care nursing programs and other innovative long-term care projects. Dr. Resnick has over 150 articles published in nursing and/or medical journals, numerous chapters in nursing and medical textbooks related to care of the older adult, and a book on Restorative Care Nursing. She has also presented on these topics nationally and internationally. 

Dr. Resnick's professional activities include membership in numerous nursing and interdisciplinary organizations. She has served as a board member in many of these organizations and serves on many editorial boards and boards of organizations focused on care of the older adult (e.g. continuing care retirement communities). Dr. Resnick is also a well-recognized researcher and education consultant in projects and activities involved with care of the older adult, and received many awards for this work including most the University of Connecticut Researcher of the Year Award, 2001, the University of Pennsylvania 2003 Award for Clinical Excellence, the 2003 Founders Week Research Lecturer of the year award at the University of Maryland, 2004 Distinguished Scholar Award from University of Connecticut, and the 2004 Springer Geriatric Nursing Research Award among others.