Awards - Past Recipients - Past Nursing Research

ISHLT GRANTS AND AWARDS PROGRAM
PAST NURSING & SOCIAL SCIENCES RESEARCH GRANT AWARD WINNERS
2012
Lut Berben, PhD, RN
University of Basel, Institute of Nursing Science, Basel, SWITZERLAND
"Chronic Illness Management Implementation in Heart Transplant Centers Study"

Connie White-Williams, PhD, RN, FAAN
Univerity of Alabama-Birmingham, USA
"Returning to School: The Lived Experiences of School Age Heart Transplant Recipients"

2011
Christiane Kugler, PhD
Hannover Medical School, GERMANY
"Impact of Depression on Chronic Allograft Vasculopathy After Heart Transplantation"

Hilde Bollen, RN
University Hospitals of Leuven, BELGIUM
"Emotional Distress, Quality of Life and Care Burden in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices and their Partners; A Prospective Study"

2010
Heike Spaderna, PhD and Gerdi Weidner, PhD
Psychologisches Institut, Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat Mainz, Germany
"Psychosocial and Behavioral Predictors of Ventricular Assist Device Implantation in the Waiting for a New Heart Study"

2008
Stacey M. Pollock-Bar Ziv, PhD
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"Personality, Body Image, and Disordered Eating in Pediatric Heart and Lung Transplant Recipients"

2007
Mi-Kyung Song, PhD
University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA
"Utilization of Palliative Care Services for Lung Transplant Recipients"

2006
Thierry Troosters, PhD
University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Lueven, Belgium
"Importance of Participation in Physical Activity After Heart and Lung Transplantation"

2005
Annemarie F. Kaan, MCN
St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
"What is the Incidence of Tobacco Use After Heart Transplantation? Self-Report Versus Continued Testing"

2004
Deirdre E. Logan, PhD
Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard University Medical School, Boston, MA
"Parental Psychological Functioning and Medical Adherence Following Pediatric Heart Transplantation"

2003
Janet E. Madill, PhD Candidate, RD
Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
"A Prospective Double-Blinded Placebo Controlled Trial of Vitamin B12, B6 and Folate Supplementation for the Treatment of Hyperhomocysteinemia in the Lung Transplant Population"

Diane H. Leloudis, RN, MSN
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
"The Effect of Topical Anesthesia on Pain Perception in Post Cardiac Transplant Patients Undergoing Cardiac Biopsy"

2002
Annette J. De Vito Dabbs, RN, MN, PhD
University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA
"The Nature of the Transition After Lung Transplantation"

2001
Lynn Doering, RN, DNSc
UCLA School of Nursing, Los Angeles, CA
"Quality of Life and Compliance Behaviors of Elderly Patients with End-Stage Heart Failure"

2000
Nancy M. Albert, MSN, RN, CCRN
Cleveland Clinuc Foundation, Cleveland, OH
"Anxiety Level Alterations and Interventions in Cardiac Transplant Candidates"

1999
Jeanne Salyer, PhD
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
"Health Promoting Lifestyle in Long-Term Cardiac Transplant Recipients"

1998
Katherine St. Clair, RN, MSN
Mid America Heart Institute, St.Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, MO
"Spirituality of the Heart Transplant Patient - A Grounded Theory Study"

1997
Eileen G. Collins, RN, PhD
Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, IL
"The Impact of Heart Transplant on Spouses"

Deborah L. Williams, RN, MPH
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY
"Assessment of Outcome for HLHS Patients"

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