Lectures
Medical Chat: From Heart Failure to Heart Success
1:00 p.m.
From Heart Failure to Heart Success: Understanding How Women with Heart Failure Experience Symptoms and Frailty
Presented by: Quin Denfeld, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, FAHA, FHFSA and Mary Roberts Davis, Ph.D., RN
for the OHSU Foundation Office of Gift Planning
Presenter Mary Roberts Davis, Ph.D., RN is an Assistant Professor at the OHSU School of Nursing. Roberts Davis spent almost 20 years as a critical care nurse before becoming a researcher. Her hands-on experience fueled her passion for reducing heart disease in women by raising awareness among researchers, clinicians and the public about women’s specific heart disease risks. Roberts Davis studies how women’s health issues, such as those related to gynecology and reproduction, can impact heart disease and its symptoms. Her research is recognized nationally.
Presenter Quin Denfeld, Ph.D., RN, FAHA, FAAN, FHFSA, is an Associate Professor at the OHSU School of Nursing. Her program of research focuses on identifying the biobehavioral mechanisms that give rise to symptoms and physical frailty among adults with heart failure, with a particular focus on older adults and sex/gender differences. Her goal is to identify, and eventually target, specific markers in guiding the clinical management of heart failure patients as a means of improving overall quality of life. As a former critical care nurse at OHSU, Denfeld is passionate about leveraging the knowledge and skillsets of nurses to research innovative questions and accelerate the translation of findings from bench-to-bedside-to-community. Denfeld is a frequent conference speaker and recognized as a rising star on the national research stage.
Facilitator Kristin Cloyes, Ph.D., M.N., RN, is the Elnora E. Thomson Distinguished Professor at the OHSU School of Nursing and Director of the Hartford Center for Gerontological Excellence at Oregon Health and Sciences University. Cloyes’ clinical expertise in mental health and serious chronic illness drives her research on promoting well-being and social network support for family caregivers of people experiencing chronic and serious illnesses. Cloyes is particularly passionate about designing research and interventions that include people and communities that have been underrepresented and underserved in caregiving research and services.
