John Carroll University’s College of Health is pleased to announce the appointment of Richard Martin, PhD, DNP, MBA, RN, CFP® ’83, as the new Associate Professor of Practice in Nursing and Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Coordinator, effective June 1, 2026.
Dr. Martin brings extensive experience in nursing education, healthcare leadership, and geriatric care to the role. Most recently, he served as Associate Professor of Graduate Nursing at the Breen School of Nursing and Health Professions at Ursuline College, where he mentored DNP students and taught courses in nursing theory, evidence analysis, statistics and quantitative analysis, health systems and healthcare finance, and quality management. He also served on the nursing faculty at Case Western Reserve University.
Dr. Martin earned his undergraduate degree in psychology from John Carroll and three graduate degrees from Case Western Reserve University: a Doctor of Nursing Practice, a Master of Business Administration, and a Doctor of Philosophy. His post-doctoral training includes a National Institute of Health research fellowship and a graduate certificate in financial planning from New York University.
“Having Dr. Martin return to John Carroll to help build our DNP program makes his appointment especially meaningful,” said Melissa Cole, Dean of the College of Health. “As both an accomplished nurse leader and JCU alumnus, he understands the power of a Jesuit education grounded in leadership, ethics, innovation, and service. The DNP represents an important next step in advancing nursing at JCU as we prepare the next generation of nurses to lead and transform healthcare.”
In his new role, Dr. Martin will join the faculty in the College of Health at John Carroll University, where he will teach nursing students and support the continued development of future graduate nursing education initiatives. The university is currently exploring a proposed Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program designed to prepare nurses for leadership, education, and advanced clinical practice roles. As healthcare systems nationwide continue to face growing workforce challenges, including shortages of nurses, nurse educators, and advanced practice nursing leaders, John Carroll aims to help strengthen and grow the healthcare workforce in Northeast Ohio and beyond.
“The key concepts and core values of the professional doctorate in nursing are even more clear when viewed through an Ignatian lens. The DNP is focused on the skills of transformation. To be both efficient and just, healthcare is in need of transformation. I look forward to preparing nurse leaders who will pursue that transformation, of systems and of self, ad majorem Dei gloriam. What a blessing to be granted the opportunity to contribute to the further development of the discipline of nursing in the very place that I learned to love learning.”
Throughout his career, Dr. Martin has focused on improving the lives of older adults and their families through clinical care, research, advocacy, and innovation. His professional experience includes serving as an Advanced Clinical Nurse in geriatric assessment and behavioral neurology clinics and as Assistant Director for Research Operations of a National Institute of Health (NIH) Alzheimer’s disease research center at University Hospitals in Cleveland. He also served as Executive Director of the Long Term Care Ombudsman, Ohio’s largest long-term care advocacy agency, and was the founding principal of Kemper House, an innovative dementia care provider.
In addition to his nursing credentials, Dr. Martin is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) and developed a specialty practice in eldercare financial planning. His interdisciplinary research interests are focused on decision-making at the intersection of health and personal finance, influenced by concepts from behavioral economics and decision science, consumer behavior and microeconomics, cognitive aging, and lifespan developmental psychology.
Richard and his wife of 40 years, Siobhan Maloney Martin, and their boxer-mastiff, Henry, reside in the Larchmere neighborhood of Cleveland. They enjoy spending time with their family, including three beloved grandchildren.
