Dr. Richardson is actively engaged in her profession at the local, regional, and national levels. Nationally, she has presented original research and case studies at the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting every year since 2014, including podium presentations in Phoenix (2023) and Kansas City (2025), and has contributed to multiple editions of the AMSSM CAQ Study Guide (2019, 2025) and the 5-Minute Sports Medicine Consult (2019, 2026). She co-authored a chapter in the Springer Sports Injuries international reference text (2024) and writes annual in-training examination questions for AMSSM. She delivered podium and poster presentations at the AAMC Group on Student Affairs Southern Regional Conference (2025) on admissions innovation and equity. In 2025, she was selected as a fellow in the highly competitive Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Leaders Network, serving as secretary of the Communities of Practice subgroup on Responding to External Pressures.

At the institutional level, Dr. Richardson serves as Assistant Dean for Admissions, chairs the Medical School Recruitment Committee, and sits on more than a dozen School of Medicine committees including Admissions, Scholarships, Prizes and Awards, Continuous Quality Improvement, and the HSC Commission on Disability and Accessibility. She is a graduate of the University of Louisville Leadership and Innovation in Academic Medicine Program (2022) and was a competitively selected attendee of the AAMC Minority Faculty Leadership Development Seminar (2019). In the community, she serves as Treasurer of the Falls City Medical Society — the Louisville chapter of the National Medical Association — and as a member of the KMA Sports Medicine Advisory Committee. She was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha in 2023.