Under her leadership, UMSON will continue to build an infrastructure that supports and facilitates the science conducted by its renowned research faculty.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) has announced the appointment of Barbara Resnick, PhD ’96, RN, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP, as associate dean for research. Resnick, who serves as the UMSON Sonya Ziporkin Gershowitz Chair in Gerontology; co-director of the postdoctoral program; and University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) Distinguished University Professor, assumed the role on Aug. 1.
Resnick will provide leadership and oversight for UMSON’s Office of Research and Scholarship, promoting, maintaining, and expanding UMSON’s research mission. Under her leadership, UMSON will continue to build an infrastructure that supports and facilitates the science conducted by its renowned research faculty. While continuing to develop strong research teams and create synergy and new collaborative opportunities for UMSON researchers with other researchers within UMSON, across UMB, nationally and internationally, Resnick is also focused on increasing research activity among UMSON faculty and helping UMSON researchers manage the increasing regulatory requirements associated with research.
UMSON nurse researchers focus on topics including substance use, multiomics, health services, health care informatics, pain and symptom sciences, maternal and birth outcomes, end-of-life and palliative care, community health, neuromuscular function, and implementation and dissemination science. Their work addresses a range of critically important clinical areas, with recent study including expanding understanding and management of pain across the lifespan; addressing aging-related issues, focused on optimizing function and physical activity; managing behavioral symptoms associated with dementia; treating depression; optimizing adherence to health behaviors and improving quality of life; and expanding knowledge and use of informatics for providers and other audiences, among other work.