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Faculty

A portrait of clinical instructor Denise Morris.

Denise Morris

MSN, CMSRN; Clinical Instructor

denise.morris@uconn.edu

A portrait of clinical instructor Amanda Moreau.

Amanda Moreau

MSN, RN; Clinical Instructor - Simulation

amanda.moreau@uconn.edu

A portrait of assistant clinical professor Elizabeth Mayerson.

Elizabeth Mayerson

DNP, FNP-BC, CNE; Assistant Clinical Professor

Assistant Director of Prelicensure Programs

elizabeth.mayerson@uconn.edu

A portrait of clinical professor Annette Maruca.

Annette T. Maruca

Ph.D., RN-BC, CNE, CCHP; Clinical Professor; Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

annette.maruca@uconn.edu

A portrait of associate clinical professor Millicent Malcolm.

Millicent Malcolm

DNP, GNP-BC, AGPCNP-BC, APRN, FAANP; Associate Clinical Professor

millicent.malcolm@uconn.edu

A portrait of assistant clinical professor Valorie MacKenna.

Valorie MacKenna

Ph.D., RN, CNE, CHSE; Assistant Clinical Professor; Director of Simulation-Based Education

valorie.mackenna@uconn.edu

A portrait of assistant professor Ruth Lucas.

Ruth Lucas

Ph.D., RNC, CLS, FAAN; Associate Professor

ruth.lucas@uconn.edu

A portrait of clinical instructor Leslie LaPointe

Leslie Lapointe

MSN, APRN, CPNP, CHSE; Clinical Instructor

leslie.lapointe@uconn.edu

Steven Kinsey

Ph.D.; Professor; Director, Center for Advancement in Managing Pain

steven.kinsey@uconn.edu

A portrait of visiting professor Tiffany Kelley.

Tiffany Kelley

PhD, MBA, RN, NI-BC, FNAP; Associate Professor in Residence; Director, Healthcare Innovation Online Graduate Certificate Program; Co-Director, Nursing and Engineering Innovation Center; Affiliate Faculty, Connecticut Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CCEI)

tiffany.kelley@uconn.edu

Feb 27 InCHIP Lecture Series: Cardiovascular Disease and Depression 12:30pm

InCHIP Lecture Series: Cardiovascular Disease and Depression

Thursday, February 27th, 2025

12:30 PM - 01:30 PM

Virtual

In Recognition of Heart Health Month
Kenneth E. Freedland, Ph.D., Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Topic: Cardiovascular Disease and Depression
February 27, 2025 | 12:30 PM | WebEx
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Dr. Freedland is a Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Most of his research has focused on depression in patients with heart failure or coronary heart disease. He has also conducted studies of other psychiatric comorbidities, behavioral problems such as poor self-care, and social determinants of health in patients with heart failure. He has been the principal investigator or a co-investigator on both single-site and multicenter trials of interventions for depression in cardiac patients and has served on clinical trial review committees for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). He also has expertise in behavioral trial methodology. Dr. Freedland is the founder of the Society of Behavioral Medicine’s Cardiovascular Disease Special Interest Group and of the Behavioral Medicine Research Council, and a fellow of multiple organizations including the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research. He was the Program Director of the annual NIH Summer Institute on Randomized Behavioral Clinical Trials from 2020 to 2024. He has been a member of the Summer Institute faculty since 2007 and the faculty of the NIH-funded ORBIT Institute on Developing Behavioral Treatments to Improve Health since 2022. He has also served as an Associate Editor of Psychosomatic Medicine and Editor-in-Chief of Health Psychology.

Contact Information:
lectureseries@chip.uconn.edu

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