Nancy S. Redeker, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN

• Professor
• Associate Dean for Scholarly Affairs
• Adult Advanced Practice Nursing Specialty

Yale School of Nursing - Rm A279
100 Church Street South
P. O. Box 9740
New Haven, CT 06536
USA

nancy.redeker@yale.edu

203.737.2420
203.737.4480 fax

About

Nancy Redeker is Professor and Associate Dean for Scholarly Affairs. Her program of research is focused on sleep, sleep disorders, and circadian rhythms of activity-rest in persons who have heart disease. Dr. Redeker has also conducted studies on symptoms of home care clients with heart failure and psychosocial responses of patients with heart disease. She has obtained research funding from a variety of sources, including the National Institutes of Health, the American Nurses Foundation, the American Heart Association, and the American Association of Critical Care Nurses. She has published numerous data-based, theoretical, and clinical papers in peer-reviewed journals and is a frequent presenter at scholarly meetings. She is currently conducting a study of sleep and functional performance in heart failure, funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research.

Dr. Redeker was a fellow in the AACN/Helene Fuld Leadership for Academic Nursing program. She earned awards from the Heart Failure Society of America and the New Jersey State Nurses Association for nursing research and was the 1997 Virginia Stone, RN, Scholar for the American Nurses Foundation. She was awarded the New Jersey Governor's Merit Award for Nursing Research in 2001. Dr. Redeker received the Mission Achievement Award from the American Heart Association for her contributions to improving quality of life related to cardiovascular disease.

Dr. Redeker earned a B.A. in Sociology from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, a B.S.N. and an M.S.N. in nursing from Seton Hall University, and a Ph.D. in nursing research from New York University. She was Associate Dean for Research at the University of Medicine and Dentistry School of Nursing and served as Professor and Director of Graduate Programs at the College of Nursing of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Her clinical interests and experience include sleep and cardiovascular nursing in community as well as acute care and home care settings.

Research

Principal Investigator. National Institute of Nursing Research. Sleep and Functional Performance in Heart Failure. (5R01NR08022). Awarded September 15, 2003.

Co-investigator. National Institute of Nursing Research. Adult Failure to Thrive in Long Term Ventilator Patients (Patricia Higgins, PI) (R01NR05005). Awarded September 1, 2001.

Co-investigator. American Nurses Foundation. Maternal Stress and Sleep in Pre-school Children: A Pilot Study. (Barbara Caldwell, PI) Awarded November 2005.

Co-investigator. Foundation of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. A Comparison among the Sleep Symptoms of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Hypopnea Syndrome, Difficulty Sleeping and Excessive Daytime Sleepiness and Diabetes Severity. (Leslie Morritt-Taub, PI). Awarded July 1, 2005.

Co-investigator. Foundation of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Sleep Patterns in Inner-City Childbearing Women. (Barbara Caldwell, PI) Awarded July 1, 2004.

Co-investigator. Rutgers University, Busch Biomedical Research Program Grant. Performance, Sleep, and Depressed Mood in Female Shiftworkers. (Jeanne Ruggiero, Principal Investigator). Awarded July 1, 2003,

Co-investigator. Rutgers University Busch Biomedical Research Grant. Effects Of Guided Imagery With Music On Sleep, Cortisol And DHEA In Postmenopausal Female Insomniacs. (Lucille Eller, Principal Investigator). Awarded July 1, 2002

Principal Investigator. American Heart Association, Heritage Affiliate Grant-in-Aid. Sleep and Function in Heart Failure. Awarded July 1, 2003.

Principal Investigator. Feasibility of Home Polysomnographic Monitoring in Stable Heart Failure Patients. College of Nursing, Office of Research. Awarded March 19, 2002.

Principal Investigator. Center for the Biobehavioral Study of Sleep in Human Health and Illness. Strategic Resource and Opportunity Analysis Project (SROA-6), Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Awarded July 1, 2001.

Principal Investigator. Heritage Affiliate, American Heart Association. Sleep in Heart Failure Patients. Awarded July 1, 2000.

Principal Investigator/Project Director. Heritage Affiliate, American Heart Association. Heart Disease And Stroke Prevention In The Medically Underserved Communities Of Newark And Elizabeth, New Jersey. Awarded December 1, 1999.

Co- Investigator. Heritage Affiliate, American Heart Association. A Culturally Attuned Exercise Intervention For Minority Women. (Joanne Stevenson, PI). Awarded July 1, 1999.

Principal investigator. National Institute for Nursing Research. Sleep in Coronary Artery Bypass Patients. (1K01NR00102). Awarded September 1, 1998.

Co-investigator. Schering/Key Pharmaceuticals. An Investigation of Patterns Of Health And Service Utilization Among Elderly Individuals With Heart Failure. Awarded July, 1996.

Principal investigator. Critical Care Research Grant, American Association of Critical Care Nurses. Activity Rhythms, Fatigue, Mood, And Recovery In Older And Middle-Aged Women After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: The Early Post-Operative Period. Awarded June 1, 1991.

Presentations

Redeker, N.S., Campbell, D., & Qureshi, R. (2007). Gender differences in sleep, symptoms, and functional performance in patients with stable heart failure. (Abstract). Proceedings of the Eastern Nursing Research Society 19th Scientific Sessions, 24.

Redeker, N.S., (2006, November). Sleep and quality of life of older adults. Presentation at UMDNJ 2006 Research Symposium, "Aging: Advances & Challenges." Stratford, NJ.

Redeker, N. S. (2006, June). Sleep disturbance: A common comorbidity in heart failure. Presentation at American Association of Heart Failure Nurses Annual Meeting. Miami, FL.

Redeker, N.S., Walsleben, J., Freudenberger, R., Zucker, M. J., Berkowitz, R., Blank, L., Gilbert, M., Oates, E., Campbell, D., & Rapoport, D. M (2006). Demographic, clinical, and sleep-related correlates of central sleep apnea in stable HF patients. (Abstract). Sleep, 29, A176

Redeker, N.S. (2006). Measuring sleep in health and illness: Conceptual and methodological issues. (Symposium organizer). (Abstract). Proceedings of the Eastern Nursing Research Society 17th Annual Scientific Session, 14.

Redeker, N.S. (2006). Conceptual and methodological underpinnings of sleep measurement. (Abstract). Proceedings of the Eastern Nursing Research Society 18th Annual Scientific Sessions, 15.

Redeker, N.S. (2006). Use of unattended polysomnography in stable heart failure patients sleeping at home. (Abstract). Proceedings of the Eastern Nursing Research Society 18th Annual Scientific Sessions, 17.

Taub, L., & Redeker, N.S. (2006). A comparison among the sleep symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome, difficulty sleeping, and excessive daytime sleepiness and diabetes severity. (Abstract). Proceedings of the Eastern Nursing Research Society 18th Annual Scientific Session, 5.

Hedges, C., & Redeker, N.S. (2006). Measuring sleep in acute care: Methodological Challenges. (Abstract). Proceedings of the Eastern Nursing Research Society 18th Annual Scientific Sessions, 15.

Hedges, C. B., & Redeker, N. S. (2006). Measurement of sleep in shift workers using actigraphy and sleep diaries. (Abstract). Proceedings of the Eastern Nursing Research Society 18th Annual Scientific Session, 16.

Caldwell, B., & Redeker, N.S. (2006). Sleep patterns in inner city childbearing women. (Abstract). Proceedings of the Eastern Nursing Research Society 18th Annual Scientific Sessions, 16.

Redeker, N.S. (2005, September). Sleep disturbance in heart failure. Paper presented as part of symposium on Symptom Management in Heart Failure. Heart Failure Society of America, 9th Annual Scientific Meeting, Boca Raton, FL.

Redeker, N.S. (2005). Somatic symptoms explain depressive symptoms in heart failure patients vs. a comparison group. (Abstract). Circulation.

Redeker, N.S. (2005). Depressive symptoms are associated with self-reported, but not objective sleep characteristics in patients with stable heart failure. (Abstract). Journal of Cardiac Failure, 11, S 93.

Hedges, C., & Redeker, N. S. (2005). Sleep and mood after cardiac surgery: A comparison of on-pump and off-pump patients. (Abstract). Proceedings of the Eastern Nursing Research Society 17th Annual Scientific Sessions, 100.

Redeker, N. S. (2004, June). Research Strategies for Faculty Working in Non-research intensive academic settings. Presentation to St. Peter's College Nursing Faculty, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

Redeker, N. S., Ruggiero, C., & Hedges. C. (2004). Patterns and predictors of sleep disturbance after cardiac surgery (Abstract). Proceedings of the Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society. Dublin, Ireland.

Redeker, N. S., Ruggiero, C., & Hedges. C. (2004). Preoperative predictors of sleep disturbance after cardiac surgery. (Abstract). Proceedings of the Eastern Nursing Research Society 16th Annual Scientific Sessions. Not paginated.

Redeker, N. S. (2004). Sleep disturbance: A somatic symptom of post traumatic stress disorder. (Abstract). Proceedings of the Eastern Nursing Research Society 16th Annual Scientific Sessions. Not paginated.

Redeker, N.S., & Stein, S. (2004). Sleep Patterns of Stable Heart Failure Patients Compared with Healthy Controls. (Abstract). Sleep, 27, A335.

Redeker, N. S. (2003, November). Epidemiology and consequences of insomnia. Presentation to the American College of Nurse Practitioners Annual Symposium. Cincinnati, OH.

Redeker, N. S. (2003, May). Sleep in the acute care setting. Keynote presentation to the New Jersey State Nurses Association Institute for Research Annual Meeting. Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Redeker, N. S. (2002, September). Fatigue: A sign of low output? Paper presented to the Heart Failure Society of America Annual Scientific Sessions. Boca Raton, FL.

Redeker, N.S., & Stein, S. (2004). Sleep patterns and sleep-related symptoms and behaviors of heart failure patients compared with a healthy comparison group. (Abstract). Proceedings of the Nursing State of the Science Conference, Washington, DC.

Redeker, N.S., Musanti, R., & Hilkert, R. (2003). Depression in heart failure patients and a healthy comparison group. (Abstract). Proceedings of the Eastern Nursing Research Society Fifteenth Scientific Sessions. 45.

Selected awards and honors

Nursing Research Award, Heart Failure Society of America, 2005

Fellow, AACN Fuld Leadership for Academic Nursing Program, 2004 - pres

New Jersey Governor's Merit Award for Nursing Research, 2001

Distinguished Lecturer, Sigma Theta Tau International, 1999-03

Citizenship

Eastern Nursing Research, Member, Board of Directors, 2006-08

American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Nursing, Prevention Committee, 2005-07

Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society, Member

Sleep Research Society, Member

American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Member

American Nurses Association, Member

National Institutes of Nursing Research Center for Scientific Review, Peer Review

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