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NIH Funds Study of Cardiovascular Disease
The National Institutes of
Health (NIH) has awarded the
University of Kentucky
College of Nursing $1,285,376 to establish an exploratory
research center. The Center for Biobehavioral Research in
Self-Management of Cardiopulmonary Disease is funded for
five-years and will mentor faculty as they develop expertise in
biobehavioral cardiovascular research. The Center will fund
three pilot studies initially.
The center's director, Debra Moser,
professor and Linda C. Gill Endowed Chair in Nursing, said the
center is comprised of a diverse group of UK health
professionals with an established reputation of research and
mentoring.
"The goal of the study is to mentor faculty to develop the
expertise to do biobehavioral research in cardiovascular
disease," Moser said. "We want to provide faculty with the
knowledge, skills, resources and confidence to undertake
research that will promote patient self-management of cardiac
and pulmonary diseases. Most importantly, we will provide
faculty with the foundation to sustain quality programs of
research, In doing so, we will have a group of scientists who
will be doing vital work that will improve patient outcomes."
Virtually all cardiovascular and most pulmonary diseases are
chronic in nature and require complex and life-long
self-management. Current statistics elaborating the impact of
chronic cardiovascular and pulmonary conditions illustrate the
importance of targeting self-management research specifically to
cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases. Chronic cardiac or
pulmonary diseases comprise three of the top four causes of
death: heart disease, cancers, stroke and chronic lower
respiratory diseases. At least one in three Americans lives
with chronic cardiovascular disease; this percentage increases
with age, and ultimately, one in two dies of cardiovascular
disease, usually after living years with the challenge of
engaging in self-management of the chronic condition.
- Ann Blackford, UK Public Relations
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