Changing health care and nursing through genetics - Kathleen T. Hickey, Ed.D.

  • Hickey, Kathleen T. (PI)
  • Messerli, Alfred (CoPI)
  • Picone, Michelangelo (PI)
  • Francillon, Roger (CoPI)
  • Rossi, Luciano (CoPI)

Proyecto

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Description

The Foundation's Nurse Faculty Scholars program was designed to increase the stature and academic standing of nursing faculty and draw more nurses to teaching careers by creating a cadre of national leaders in academic nursing through career development awards to outstanding junior nursing faculty.There are identifiable mutations in genes associated with the non-ischemic cardiomyopathies and long-QT syndrome. The purpose of this project is to: (1) determine the prevalence, frequency and distribution of genetic mutations associated with known cardiac disorders in individuals with an internal cardioverter defibrillator (ICD); and (2) correlate between the presence of a mutation and arrhythmias. Patients with cardiomyopathies or long-QT syndrome will undergo DNA testing to determine whether there is an underlying genetic basis for their diagnosis and if it correlates with the presence of arrhythmias. If a correlation exists, improved risk stratification to identify those at highest risk for arrhythmias can be tested to enhance clinical practice.

EstadoFinalizado
Fecha de inicio/Fecha fin6/1/022/28/13

Financiación

  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: $349,937.00

Keywords

  • Genética
  • Salud pública, medioambiental y laboral
  • Enfermería (todo)
  • Ciencias sociales (todo)
  • Lengua y lingüística

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