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Barbara J. O'Neill

Ph.D., RN

Adjunct Professor

Urban Service Track Coordinator

Public Health Nursing Track Coordinator

She/Her/Hers

Dr. Barbara O’Neill has a unique background in publishing, video production, hospital-based nursing, and university-level teaching. Before joining the faculty at UConn in 2018, she was a lecturer and researcher in Australia.

Research/Scholarship Interests

Aged care (hospital avoidance)
Palliative care
Simulation, Mask-Ed™ (KRS Simulation)
Violence against health care workers

Education

Ph.D., Central Queensland University, Queensland, Australia, 2017
Post Graduate Certificate, Nursing Education, Charles Sturt University, New South Wales, Australia, 2012
BS, Nursing, Cum Laude (Accelerated Option), Barry University, Miami Shores, FL 2002
BA, Journalism, Distinction, University of Rhode Island, 1978

Honors & Awards

2021: Urban Service Track/AHEC Scholars Teaching Excellence Award
2017: Opal Award, Engaged Research and Innovation
2015: Opal Award, Engaged Service
2015: Opal Award, Engaged Research and Innovation
2014: Australian Postgraduate Research Award

Selected Publications

Google Scholar
Orcid

A portrait of associate clinical professor Barbara O'Neill.

Email	barbara.oneill@uconn.edu
Office Location	SH 307
Campus	Storrs

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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