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Dr. Benjamin

Dr. Benjamin is coordinator of the summer undergraduate community health nursing courses, and teaches epidemiology in the graduate program at ODU and the MPH program with EVMS.

Academic History

Diploma Grady Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
Atlanta, Georgia
1966
Bachelor of Science in Nursing Armstrong State College
Savannah, GA
1978
Master of Science in Nursing (Psychiatric/Mental Health) Medical College of Georgia Augusta, GA 1979
Doctor of Philosophy (Psych/Mental Health) University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
1984
Master of Public Health (Epidemiology) University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
1988
Postdoctoral Fellow Psychiatric Epidemiology) Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic of Univ. of Pittsburgh 1986-88

Professional History

Academic positions have included psychiatric-mental health nursing and community health appointments at Georgia Southern University and Old Dominion University. Currently practices as psychiatric clinican and is certified by ANCC as a clinical specialist in Adult Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. Special research interest include behavioral and mental health problems of children and adolescents. Other areas of research include health outcomes of the elderly.

To Contact Me:

Richardean Benjamin
Associate Professor
School of Nursing
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA 23529-0500
Office Number 757-683-5529
Fax Number 757-683-5253
E-Mail rcoleman@odu.edu