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Patricia Howard currently works as the Executive Associate Dean for Norton-Nursing Healthcare (NHC) Academic-Practice Partnership, as well as serving as a consultant for nursing education and research at Norton-Nursing Healthcare. Dr. Patricia Howard obtained her undergraduate degree in nursing at The University of Louisville and she then went on to earn her Master's of Science degree, specializing in psychiatric mental-health nursing. In 1992, Dr. Howard received her PhD in nursing and then began conducting research on mental health- specifically severe mental illnesses. For her research on mental-health she focused on several main areas including but not limited to caregiving, mental health service, and schizophrenia medication management in order to further the field of patient care as well as patient satisfaction.