Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP is a Professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, the Associate Dean of Research, holds the Sonya Ziporkin Gershowitz Chair in Gerontology, and does clinical work in House Calls program, assisted living communities and senior housing clinics. Her research program is focused on optimizing function and physical activity among older adults, physical resilience, and testing dissemination and implementation of interventions in real world settings that optimize health and manage clinical problems such as pain. Dr. Resnick has over 350 published articles, numerous chapters in nursing and medical textbooks, and books on Restorative Care and Resilience. She was the editor of Geriatric Nursing for 17 years and is the co-editor of the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association and on editorial boards for numerous journals. She has held leadership positions in multiple organizations.