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Associate Dean Honored for
Contributions to Mental Health Services
Patricia B. Howard, associate
dean of the Master of Science in Nursing (M.S.N.) and
Doctor of Nursing
Practice (D.N.P.) programs, was honored in October as one of
10 University of Louisville Alumni Fellows for 2009.
According to the University of Louisville, Alumni Fellows Awards
are “bestowed to graduates who are exemplary ambassadors for
their University of Louisville schools or colleges. Honorees
must have distinguished themselves in their chosen fields; made
significant contributions to their communities on a local,
state, national or international level; demonstrated integrity
in their personal life; and gained the respect of others."
Howard received her undergraduate nursing degree from U of L and
her master’s and PhD from the
University of Kentucky College of Nursing.
It has been my distinct
honor to study and serve at both UK and Uof L because one of my
career goals was to contribute to the welfare of the people of
the Commonwealth. I am deeply indebted to my faculty colleagues
in nursing at both universities for contributing to any success
on my part that led to this prestigious award, " Howard said.
Her research, all in the mental health services arena, has been
published in the Archives of Psychiatric Nursing,
International Psychiatry, Issues in Mental Health Nursing,
and Psychiatric Services. She also has presented her
research at regional, national and international levels.
She is a 1991 American Nurses Foundation Scholar and founding
board member of the International Society of Psychiatric Mental
Health Nurses. Since 1995, Howard has served as a research
consultant and on various committees for the Kentucky Department
of Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services, Eastern State
Hospital in Lexington, Ky., and Central State Hospital in
Louisville, Ky.
Howard’s clinical area is psychiatric-mental health nursing with
an emphasis on informal caregivers and public mental health
service delivery systems.
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