Donna Richards, PhD, RN
Title: Associate Professor (Clinical)
Current Position: Associate Professor (Clinical)
Research Specialty: Exercise in Older Adults
Education/Training
- BSN Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia
- MS University of Maryland-Baltimore
- PhD University of Pittsburgh
Research/Scholarly Activities
Honors
- 2008 Honor in Nursing Recipient, University of Utah
- 2008 University of Utah Convocation and Commencement Banner Carrier
- 2007 Honor in Nursing Recipient, University of Utah
- 2004 Certificate of Recognition: Outstanding Nursing Advisor, Student Nurses Association
- 2003 South Carolina League for Nursing Award of Excellence
- 2002 Who's Who Among America's Teachers
Publications
- Reviewer, Kozier & Erb's Fundamentals of Nursing, 8th Edition, 2008
- Efficacy of Upper-Extremity Strength Training on Functional Performance Among Elderly Long-Term Care Residents (Published Dissertation), 1996
- Effects of Exercise on Peripheral Beta-Endorphin-Like Hormone (published abstract). Society for Neuroscience, 1988
Academic Activities
- Member of the University of Utah College of Nursing Scholarship Committee
- Member of the University of Utah College of Nursing Diversity Task Force
- American Nurses Association
- Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Gamma Rho Chapter
