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Supporting Cardiovascular Nursing Research

The Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association and the American Nurses Foundation‘s Nursing Research Grant grant has been discontinued. Please visit the following link if you are interested in learning about additional research grant opportunities

Previous Winners

  • 2019 – Xiaoyue Liu, BSN, University of Virginia. An Innovative Approach to Examine Cardiovascular Health in Chinese Americans
  • 2018 – Xiaopeng Ji, PhD, MS, ARN, AGPCNP-BC, University of Delaware. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment Among Late Adolescents: Sleep Variability, Napping and Inflammatory Biomarkers
  • 2017 – Muna H. Hammash, PhD, RN University of Louisville. Self-Care Confidence Training for Improving Treatment Adherence in Patients with Heart Failure
  • 2016 – Lynn Baniak, PhD, RN, University of Pittsburgh. Characterization of Sleep in Veterans with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
  • 2015 – Margo B. Minissian, PhDc, MSN, ACNP, University of California. Is Spontaneous Preterm Delivery Association ed with Clustering of Maternal Cardiovascular Risk Markers and Impaired Function? The SPACE study
  • 2014 – Pamela Martyrn-Nemeth, PhD, RN, University of Illinois at Chicago: Hypoglycemic Fear: Influence on Glucose Variability in Type 1 Diabetes
  • 2013 – Victoria Pak, RN. MS, PhD, University of Pennsylvania: Biological Mechanisms of Sleepiness Symptoms in Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular Disease
  • 2012 – Lea Ann Matura, PhD, University of Pennsylvania: Proinflammatory Cytokines and Symptoms in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
  • 2011 – Eileen Stuart-Shor, PhD, ANP, University of Massachusetts: Global Cardiovascular Risk Assessment: Kenya Heart and Sole Program
  • 2010 – Elena Flowers, RN, MSN, MAS, PhDc, University of California San Francisco: MicroRNA Expression and Cardiovascular Risk Factors