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1 CURRICULUM VITAE PART I PERSONAL DATA Cheryl R. Dennison Himmelfarb, PhD, RN, ANP, FAHA, FPCNA, FAAN Office: Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing 525 North Wolfe Street Baltimore, MD Phone: (443) cdennis4@jhu.edu EDUCATION Year Degree Institution Location 2001 Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Baltimore, MD 1996 Master of Science Advanced Practice Nursing Adult Nurse Practitioner, Primary Care Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD 1991 Bachelor of Science Texas Woman s University Dallas, TX CURRENT LICENSE AND CERTIFICATION Year Source Type License Number 1995 Maryland Board of Nursing RN R PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Year Position Institution Location 2017-present Associate Dean for Research Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Baltimore, MD 2016-present Professor Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing 2016-present Joint Faculty Appointment Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Dept. of Health, Behavior, & Society Baltimore, MD Baltimore, MD

2 Year Position Institution Location 2016-present Adjunct Professor University of Technology Sydney, Australia 2014-present Director Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Office for Science and Innovation 2013-present Co-Director Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Center for Cardiovascular and Chronic Care 2009-present Adjunct Associate Professor American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine Hariri School of Nursing Baltimore, MD Baltimore, MD Beirut, Lebanon 2008-present Adjunct Research Felloe Curtin University of Technology Perth, Australia 2007-present Joint Faculty Appointment Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Division of Health Sciences Informatics Baltimore, MD 2014 Operations-Embedded Researcher Johns Hopkins Medicine Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality Baltimore, MD Adjunct Associate Professor University of Technology Sydney, Australia Core Faculty Johns Hopkins Medicine Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality Associate Professor Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Baltimore, MD Baltimore, MD Adjunct Associate Professor University of Western Sydney Sydney, Australia Affiliated Faculty Johns Hopkins Medicine Center for Innovation in Quality Patient Care Assistant Professor Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Baltimore, MD Baltimore, MD Director, Research and Operations Johns Hopkins Medicine Center for Innovation in Quality Patient Care Baltimore, MD 2

3 Year Position Institution Location Senior Researcher Johns Hopkins Medicine Center for Innovation in Quality Patient Care Research Scientist MEDTAP International Incorporated Center for Health Outcomes, Research Adjunct Faculty Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Project Data Manager Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Nurse Practitioner Johns Hopkins Hospital Ciccarone Preventive Cardiology Center Research Assistant Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Clinical Nurse Johns Hopkins Hospital Surgical Intensive Care Unit Baltimore, MD Bethesda, MD Baltimore, MD Baltimore, MD Baltimore, MD Baltimore, MD Baltimore, MD Staff Nurse Straub Hospital and Clinic Honolulu, HI Staff Nurse Tulane University Medical Center New Orleans, LA Staff Nurse MRA Staffing Systems, Incorporated Critical Care Unit Staffing Fort Lauderdale, FL Staff Nurse New York University Medical Center New York, NY Staff Nurse American Mobile Nurses Critical Care Unit Staffing Supervisor Baylor University Medical Center Medical Intensive Care Unit Clinical Nurse Baylor University Medical Center Medical Intensive Care Unit San Diego, CA Dallas, TX Dallas, TX HONORS AND AWARDS 2017 International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing 3

4 2015 Health Education & Behavior Lawrence W. Green Paper of the Year Award (For Developing Behavioral Theory with the Systematic Integration of Community Social Capital Concepts with Drs. Laura Samuel and Yvonne Commodore-Mensah) 2014 Teaching Innovation Award (for The Helene Fuld Leadership Program for the Advancement of Patient Care Quality and Safety, Program Director, C. Dennison Himmelfarb), Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing 2014 Shining Star Award, Finalist, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing 2010 VIP List: Very Important Professionals Successful By 40, The Daily Record 2010 Fellow, American Academy of Nursing 2010 Fellow, Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association 2010 Clinical Innovation Award (First Place for A telemanagement system to facilitate self-care among African American heart failure patients ), American Association of Heart Failure Nurses Claire M. Fagin Fellow, John A. Hartford Foundation 2007 Fellow, American Heart Association, Council on Cardiovascular Nursing President, Nu Beta Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau 2007 Shirley Sohmer Award for Evidence-Based Practice Research, Johns Hopkins Hospital ( Heart Failure Care Coordinator Pilot Program with E. Caslin, K. Davis, C. Foley, J. Ioannou, S. Russell) 2005 NIH Roadmap Johns Hopkins Clinical Research Scholar (K12 Award) 2003 Best Abstract Award, Council on Cardiovascular Nursing, American Heart Association 76 th Scientific Sessions 1996 Sigma Theta Tau, Nu Beta Chapter, International Honor Society of Nursing RESEARCH Sponsored Projects 07/17-06/21, Accelerating Advanced Practice Palliative Care Competencies and Expanding Practice Partnerships, H. C. Dennison Himmelfarb, PI, 10% effort, Maryland Higher Education Commission. Total Direct Costs: $1,264,039. 7/16-06/23, Johns Hopkins-Tufts Trial Innovation Center. D. F. Hanley, PI, Role: Co-Investigator (Recruitment Core Lead), 10% effort, National Institutes of Health (1U24 TR001609), Total Direct Costs: $2,606, /16-3/18, Re engineering CUSP to Improve Patient Safety in Ambulatory Care (CUSP AC). C. Dennison Himmelfarb, PI. AHRQ (1R01HS ), 20% effort, Total Direct Costs: $920,249. PENDING 4

5 01/17-12/22 Nutrition and Exercise in Critical Illness (The NEXIS Trial): A randomized trial of combined cycle ergometry and amino acids in the ICU, D. Needham PI, Role: Co-Investigator. University of Vermont Subaward, National Institutes of Health NINR R01. 5% Effort, Total Direct Costs: $288, /16-06/21, Interdisciplinary Training in Cardiovascular Health Research, J. Allen, PI. Role, Co-Director. Effort In Kind, National Institutes of Health NINR (T32 NR ), Annual Direct Costs: $133, /16-08/18, Role of Person and Environment Characteristics in Atrial Fibrillation Symptoms, K. Gleason, PI, Role: Sponsor. Effort in Kind, National Institutes of Health NCATS (TL1 TR001078) Total Direct Costs: $136, /16-03/21, Nurse Faculty for the Future, H. Han PI, Role: Co-Investigator. Effort In kind, Maryland Higher Education Commission. Effort in Kind, Total Direct Costs: $2,585, /15 08/20, Comparative Effectiveness of Health System vs. Multilevel Interventions to Reduce Hypertension Disparities. L. Cooper, PI. Role: Co-Investigator, Team Lead on Standard Care Practice Core. NIH / PCORI (UH2 HL130688), Direct Costs, Year 1: $650, /15-03/17, Physiological and Psychological Stress in Left Ventricular Assist Device Patients. M. Abshire, PI, Role: Sponsor. Effort in kind, National Institutes of Health NINR (F31NR015179) Total Direct Costs: $134, /13-04/18, Institutional Clinical and Translational Science Award. D. E. Ford, PI, Role: Deputy Director and Director of Research Participant and Community Partnership Core, 30% effort, National Institutes of Health (1U54AI ), Direct Costs, Year 1: $19,008, /13-09/14, Improving Heart Failure Outcomes in Rural Hospitals (PATIENTS subproject), PI: R Newhouse, Role: Consultant, AHRQ (1R24HS22135). 07/13-06/18, Improving Long-Term Outcomes Clinical Research for Acute Respiratory Failure, PI: D Needham, Role: Co-Investigator, 8% effort, National Institutes of Health NHLBI (R24HL111895), Total Direct Costs $529, /13-12/13, Decision Support for Improved Cardiovascular Risk Management among HIV-Positive Individuals, Faculty Development Award, PI: C Dennison Himmelfarb, 10% effort, The Johns Hopkins Center for AIDS Research (JHU CFAR) NIH/NIAID (1P30AI A1), PI: RC Chaisson, Total Direct Costs $50, /12-5/17, Johns Hopkins Informatics Research Training Program Application to the National Library of Medicine, Implementation through informatics to improve clinical, community, population, and public health, PI: H Lehmann, Role: Mentor, National Institutes of Health NLM. Effort in kind. 10/11-12/17, The Helene Fuld Leadership Program for the Advancement of Patient Care Quality and Safety. Role: PI, 20% effort, Helene Fuld Health Trust, Total Direct Costs $4,900, /11-06/16, Interdisciplinary Training in Cardiovascular Health Research, PI: J Allen, Role: Co- Director, 5% effort (In kind), National Institutes of Health NINR (T32NR012704), Total Direct Costs (5 years): $885, /11-05/13, Institutional Clinical and Translational Science Award. D. E. Ford, PI, Role: Deputy Director and Director of Office of Recruitment and Retention, 20% effort, National Institutes of Health 5

6 (1U54RR A1), Total Direct Costs, Year 1: $19,008, /10-05/13, The Role of Social Factors in Cardiovascular Risk Behaviors Disparities, PI: L. Samuel, Role: Sponsor, effort in kind, National Institutes of Health NINR (F31NR012087), Total Direct Costs $192, /10-06/13, Improving Heart Failure Outcomes (IHO), PI: R. Newhouse, Role: Site Principal Investigator/Co-Investigator, 10% effort, Study commissioned by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, Annual Direct Costs $300,000. 7/09-06/13, The Automated System for Prevention of CVD in HIV Care Setting (ASPIRE) Study, Center for Cardiovascular Health in Vulnerable Populations Project Grant, PI: J. Farley, Role: Co-Investigator, In Kind, National Institutes of Health NINR (1P30NR011409), Total Direct Costs $1,076,534. 7/09-06/13, Center of Excellence for Cardiovascular Health in Vulnerable Populations, PI: M. Kim, Role: Translation Core Co-Director, 10% effort, National Institutes of Health NINR (1P30NR011409), Total Direct Costs $1,076,534. 7/09-06/12, Telehealth Impact: Knowledge and Self-Management in African American HF Patients, Center for Cardiovascular Health in Vulnerable Populations Project Grant, PI: P. Abbott, Role: Co- Investigator, 5% effort, National Institutes of Health NINR (1P30NR011409), Total Direct Costs $1,076, /08-09/09, Heart Failure Care Transition Intervention Cost Analysis, Role: Principal Investigator, 5% effort (In kind), Dorothy Evans Lyne Fund Grant, Johns Hopkins University, Total Direct Costs $10, /08-07/11, Nurse-Led Heart Failure Care Transition Intervention for African Americans, Role: Principal Investigator, 30% effort, National Institutes of Health NINR (1R21NR ), Total Direct Costs $275, /08-09/10, Nurse-Led Heart Failure Care Transition Intervention for Older Adults, Role: Principal Investigator, 25% effort, John A. Hartford Foundation Claire M. Fagin Fellow, Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity Program, Total Direct Costs $120, /07-02/11, Institutional Clinical and Translational Science Award, D. E. Ford, PI, Role: Director of the Office of Participant Recruitment, 10% effort, National Institutes of Health (1U54RR A1), Total Direct Costs, Year 1: $19,008, /07-06/08, Nurse-Led Heart Failure Care Transition Intervention for African Americans (Navigator Study) Pilot Study, Role: Principal Investigator, 5% effort (In kind), Dorothy Evans Lyne Fund Grant, Johns Hopkins University, Total Direct Costs $15, /07-08/09, Rural Hospital Quality Collaborative on Evidence-Based Nursing (Heart Failure Care), R. Newhouse, PI, Role: Co-Investigator/Site Principal Investigator, 6% effort, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative, Total Direct Costs $300, /05-09/09, Improving Care in Heart Failure Patients through Decision Support, Role: Principal Investigator, 75% effort, Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (5K23 NR009193), National Institutes of Health NINR, Total Direct Costs $374, /05-05/10, Reducing Total Cardiovascular Risk in an Urban Community, J Allen, PI, Role: Co- Investigator, 5% effort (In kind), National Institutes of Health NHLBI (1R01HL ), Total Direct 6

7 Costs $978, /05-9/05, Improving Care in Heart Failure Patients through Decision Support, N. Powe, Center PI, Role: Principal Investigator, 75% effort, NIH Roadmap Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Career Development Award Grant (K12HD049104) from the National Institutes of Health, Total Direct Costs $380,250. (Funding relinquished when K23 proposal was approved for funding.) 07/03-06/08, Ventilator Associated Lung Injury: Molecular Approaches Specialized Clinical Centers of Research (SCCOR), National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (P50HL073944), Total Direct Costs $13,776,641. Project #2: Long-term Outcomes of Specific Ventilator Strategies, P. Pronovost, PI, Role: Co-Investigator, 5% effort , Barriers to High Blood Pressure Care and Control in Black South Africans, M.N. Hill, PI. Role: Co-Investigator, 5-20% effort (In kind), FIRCA (1R03TWO A1), Total Direct Costs $71, , Effects of Simvastatin on Lipids and Apolipoproteins in Hyperlipidemic African Americans, Role: Co-Principal Investigator, 10% effort, Merck & Co., Total Direct Costs $25, , Substance Abuse Intervention for Black Men with High Blood Pressure, Role: Principal Investigator, 100% effort, National Institute of Nursing Research (F31NR ), Total Direct Costs $60, , Comprehensive HBP Care for Young Urban Black Men, M. Hill, PI, Role: Co-Investigator, 20-50% effort, National Institute of Nursing Research (RO1NR ), Total Direct Costs $2,607,401. SCHOLARSHIP Publications Peer Reviewed Journal Articles (*data-based) 1. Whelton PK, Carey RM, Aronow WS, Casey DE, Collins KJ, Dennison Himmelfarb C, DePalma SM, Gidding S, Jamerson KA, Jones DW, MacLaughlin EJ, Muntner P, Ovbiagele B, Smith SC, Spencer CC, Stafford RS, Taler SJ, Thomas RJ, Williams KA, Williamson JD, Wright JT ACC/AHA/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/AGS/APhA/ASH/ASPC/NMA/PCNA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults. Journal of the American College of Cardiology Nov 2017, 24430; DOI: /j.jacc Coke LA, Dennison Himmelfarb CR. (2017). Type 2 Diabetes in the Older Adult: The Need for Assessment of Frailty. The Journal of cardiovascular nursing. 2017; 32(6): PMID: Hayman LL, Berra K, Fletcher B, Miller NH, Himmelfarb CD. (2017) Promoting Cardiovascular Health Worldwide: The Global Cardiovascular Nursing Leadership Forum. Journal of cardiovascular nursing. 32(5): PMID: *Commodore-Mensah Y, Ukonu N, Cooper LA, Agyemang C, Himmelfarb CD. (2017) The Association Between Acculturation and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Ghanaian and Nigerian-born African Immigrants in the United States: The Afro-Cardiac Study. Journal of immigrant and minority health. PMID:

8 5. Wang EA, Redmond N, Dennison Himmelfarb CR, Pettit B, Stern M, Chen J, Shero S, Iturriaga E, Sorlie P, Diez Roux AV. (2017) Cardiovascular Disease in Incarcerated Populations. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 69(24): PMID: Dennison Himmelfarb CR, Hayman LL. (2017) A Call for Prior Authorization and Utilization Management Reform to Improve Patient Centered Cardiovascular Prevention Care. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 32(3): PMID: Hayman LL, Himmelfarb CD. (2017) Statins and Cardiovascular Health: Controversy, Consensus, and Clinical Judgment. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 32(2): PMID: *Abshire, M., Dinglas, V.D., Cajita, M.I.A., Eakin, M.N., Needham, D.M., Dennison Himmelfarb, C. (2017). Participant retention practices in longitudinal clinical research studies with high retention rates. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 17(1): Gleason, K.T., Nazarian, S., & Dennison Himmelfarb, C.R. (2017). Atrial Fibrillation Symptoms and Sex, Race, and Psychological Distress: A Literature Review. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. PMID: *Xu, J., Gallo, J.J., Wenzel, J., Nolan, M.T., Budhathoki, C., Abshire, M., Bower, K., Arruda, S., Flowers, D., Szanton, S.L., Dennison Himmelfarb, C., Gonzalez, K., Han, H. (2017). Heart Failure Rehospitalization and delayed decision making: The impact of self-care style and depression. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. PMID: *Newhouse RP, Johantgen M, Thomas SA, Trocky NM, Dennison Himmelfarb C, Cheon J, Miller W, Gray T, Pruitt R. Engaging patients with heart failure into the design of health system interventions: Impact on research methods. Geriatr Nurs Feb 19. pii: S (16)30307-X. doi: /j.gerinurse PubMed PMID: Gleason, K.T. & Dennison Himmelfarb, C.R. (2016). Big Data: Contributions, Limitations, and Implications for Cardiovascular Nurses. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 32(1): 4-6. PMID: Dennison Himmelfarb, C.R., Hayman, L.L. (2016). Reducing Disparities in Heart Disease Treatment and Outcomes Among Women: A Call to Action. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 31(5), PubMed PMID: Himmelfarb, C.R., Commodore-Mensah, Y., Hill, M.N. (2016). Expanding the role of nurses to improve hypertension care and control globally. Annals of Global Health, 82(2): PMID: *Abshire M, Prichard R, Cajita M, DiGiacomo M, Dennison Himmelfarb C. (2016). Adaptation and coping in patients living with an LVAD: A metasynthesis. Heart Lung, 45(5): PMID: *Commodore-Mensah, Y., Hill, M., Allen, J., Cooper, L.A., Blumenthal, R., Agyemang, C., Himmelfarb, C.D. (2016). Sex differences in cardiovascular disease risk of Ghanaian and Nigerian-born West African immigrants in the United States: the Afro-Cardiac Study. Journal of American Heart Association, 5(2), pii: e doi: /JAHA PMID: *Nogueira-Silva, L., Sá-Sousa, A., Lima, M.J., Monteiro, A., Dennison Himmelfarb, C., Fonseca, J.A. (2016). Translation and cultural adaptation of the Hill-Bone Compliance to High Blood Pressure Therapy Scale to Portuguese. Rev Port Cardiol, 35(2):93-7. English, Portuguese. PubMed PMID:

9 18. Davidson, P.M., Phillips, J.L., Dennison Himmelfarb, C., Thompson, S.C., Luckett, T, Currow, D.C. (2016). Providing palliative care for cardiovascular disease from a perspective of sociocultural diversity: a global view. Current Opinion in Support and Palliative Care, 10(1), PubMed PMID: Dennison Himmelfarb, C. R., Hayman, L.L., Nelson Worel, J. (2016). How low can you go? Implications of the SPRINT trial for hypertension management. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 31(2), PubMed PMID: Luu, N. G., Pitts, S., Petty, B., Sawyer, M. D., Dennison Himmelfarb, C., Boonyasai, R. T., Maruthur, N. M. (2016). Provider-to-provider communication during transitions of care from outpatient to acute care: a systematic review. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 31(4): PubMed PMID: Abshire, M, Xu, J, Baptiste, D, Almansa, JR, Xu, J, Cummings, A, Andrews, MJ, Dennison Himmelfarb, C. (2015). Nutritional interventions in heart failure: a systematic review of the literature. Journal of Cardiac Failure, 21(12), Epub 2015 Oct 23. Review. PubMed PMID: Davidson PM, Newton PJ, Tankumpuan T, Paull G, Dennison Himmelfarb C. (2015). Multidisciplinary management of chronic heart failure: principles and future trends. Clinical Therapeutics. 37(10), doi: /j.clinthera Epub 2015 Sep 26. Review. PubMed PMID: *Kang, X., Dennison Himmelfarb, C., Li, Z., Zhang, J., Lv, R., Guo, J. (2015). Construct validity of the Chinese version of the self-care of heart failure index determined using structural equation modeling. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 30(3), *Bienvenu, OJ., Colantuoni, E., Mendez-Tellez, PA., Shanholtz, C., Dennison Himmelfarb, C., Pronovost, PJ., Needham, DM. (2015). Co-occurrence of and remission from general anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms after acute lung injury: a 2-year longitudinal study. Critical Care Medicine, 43(3), *Robinson, K. A., Dinglas, V. D., Sukrithan, V., Yalamanchilli, R., Mendez-Tellez, P. A., Dennison Himmelfarb, C., Needham, D. M. (2015) Updated systematic review identifies substantial number of retention strategies: Using more strategies retains more study participants. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 68(12), PubMed PMID: Commodore-Mensah, Y. Y., Dennison Himmelfarb, C. R., Agyemang, C., Sumner, A. E. (2015) Cardiometabolic Health in African immigrants to the United States: A call to re-examine research on African-descent populations. Ethnicity & Disease, 25(3), PubMed PMID: Commodore-Mensah, Y., Sampah, M., Berko, C., Cudjoe, J., Abu-Bonsrah, N., Obisesan, O., Agyemang, C., Adeyemo, A., Himmelfarb, C. D. (2016). The Afro-Cardiac Study: cardiovascular disease risk and acculturation in West African immigrants in the United States: rationale and study design. Journal Immigrant and Minority Health. 18(6): PubMed PMID: *Abshire, M., Xu, J., Dennison Himmelfarb, C., Davidson, P., Sulmasy, D., Kub, J., Hughes, M., Nolan, M. (2015). Symptoms and fear in heart failure patients approaching end of life: a mixed methods study. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 24(21-22), doi: /jocn Epub 2015 Sep 25. PubMed PMID: Havranek, E. P., Mujahid, M. S., Barr, D. A., Blair, I. V., Cohen, M. S., Cruz-Flores, S., Davey-Smith, G., Dennison Himmelfarb, C. R., Lauer, M. S., Lockwood, D. W., Rosal, M., Yancy, C. W. (2015). American Heart Association Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research, Council on Epidemiology and 9

10 Prevention, Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing, Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health, and Stroke Council. Social Determinants of Risk and Outcomes for Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation, 132(9), doi: /CIR Epub 2015 Aug 3. PubMed PMID: *Walrath, J. M., Immelt, Ray, E., VanGraafeiland, B., Himmelfarb, C. D. (2015). Preparing patient safety advocates: evaluation of nursing students' reported experience with authority gradients in a hospital setting. Nurse Educator, 40(4), doi: /NNE PubMed PMID: *Samuel, L. J., Dennison Himmelfarb, C. R., Szklo, M., Seeman, T. E., Echeverria, S. E., Diez Roux, A. V. (2015). Social engagement and chronic disease risk behaviors: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. Preventive Medicine, 71, doi: /j.ypmed PubMed PMID: *Kang, X., Dennison Himmelfarb, C. R., Li, Z., Zhang, J., Li, Q., Li, W., Lv, R., Guo, J. (2015). Construct validity of Chinese version of the self-care of heart failure index by using structural equation modeling. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 30(3), doi: /JCN PubMed PMID: *Davis, K. K., Dennison Himmelfarb, C. R., Szanton, S., Hayat, M. J., Allen, J. K. (2015). Predictors of heart failure self-care in patients who screened positive for mild cognitive impairment. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 30(2), doi: /JCN PubMed PMID: *Bienvenu, O. J., Colantuoni, E., Mendez-Tellez, P. A., Shanholtz, C., Dennison Himmelfarb, C. R., Pronovost, P. J., Needham, D. M. (2014). Co-occurrence of and remission from general anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms. Critical Care Medicine, 43(3), doi: /CCM PubMed PMID: Abshire, M., Dennison Himmelfarb, C. R., Russell, S. D. (2014). Functional status in left ventricular assist device-supported patients: a literature review. Journal Cardiac Failure, 20(12), PubMed PMID: Dennison Himmelfarb, C. R., Commodore-Mensah, Y., Hayman, L. L. (2014). Recent blood pressure guidelines making sense of the controversy. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 29(4), PubMed PMID: Abshire, M., Dennison Himmelfarb, C. R. (2014). Go with the flow. Progress in mechanical support. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 29(4), PubMed PMID: Commodore-Mensah, Y. Y., Samuel, L. J., Dennison Himmelfarb, C. R., Agyemang, C. (2014) Hypertension and overweight/obesity in Ghanaians and Nigerians living in West Africa and industrialized countries: a systematic review. Journal of Hypertension, 32(3): PubMed PMID: Wright, J. T., Fine, L. J., Lackland, D. T., Ogedegbe, G., Dennison Himmelfarb, C. R. (2014). Evidence supporting a systolic blood pressure goal of < 150 mmhg in patients = 60 years: The minority view. Annals of Internal Medicine, 160(7), PubMed PMID: Hayman, L. L., Himmelfarb, C. D. (2014). Physical activity and cardiovascular health. The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 29(3), PubMed PMID:

11 41. Dennison Himmelfarb, C. R., Commodore-Mensah, Y., Hayman, L. L. (2014). New cardiovascular guidelines offer a new approach and effective strategies. The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 29(2), PubMed PMID: *James, P. A., Oparil, S., Carter, B. L., Cushman, W. C., Dennison Himmelfarb, C., Handler, J., Lackland, D. T., LeFevre, M. L., MacKenzie, T. D., Ogedegbe, O., Smith, S. C., Svetkey, L. P, Taler, S. J., Townsend, R. R., Wright, J. T., Narva, A. S., Ortiz, E. (2014). An evidence-based guideline for the management of high blood pressure in adults: report from the Eighth Joint National Committee (JNC 8). Journal of the American Medical Association, 311(5), doi: /jama PubMed PMID: Hayman, L. L., Himmelfarb, C. D. (2014). Cardiovascular health in US adolescents: far from ideal. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 29(1), 5-7. PubMed PMID: Samuel, L. S., Commodore-Mensah, Y., Himmelfarb, C. R. (2014). Developing behavioral theory with the systematic integration of community social capital concepts. Health Education & Behavior, 41(4), doi: / Epub 2013 Oct 2. PubMed PMID: *Allen, J. K., Dennison Himmelfarb, C., Szanton, S. L., Frick, K. (2014). Cost-effectiveness of nurse practitioner/ community Health Worker care to reduce Cardiovascular Health Disparities. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 29(4), doi: /JCN.0b013e PubMed PMID: ; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC *D Agostino, T., Dozier, A., Dennison, C., Hallarn, R., Kolb, R., Kost, R., Mervin-Blake, S., Rathman, C., Rubinstein, E., Schuff, K., Solomon, S. (2014). Accrual and recruitment practices at the CTSAs: a call for expectations, Expertise and Evaluation. Academic Medicine, 89(8), PubMed PMID: *Allen, J., Stephens, J., Dennison Himmelfarb, C., Stewart, K. J., Hauck, S. (2013). Randomized controlled pilot study testing use of smartphone technology for obesity treatment. Journal of Obesity, doi: /2013/ PubMed PMID: Hayman, L. L., Himmelfarb, C. D. (2013). Preventing obesity and promoting cardiometabolic health: The promise and potential of policies and the Affordable Care Act. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 28(6), PubMed PMID: Davidson, P. M., Dennison Himmelfarb, C. (2013). Population health studies what do they tell us? Heart Lung and Circulation, 22(11), PubMed PMID: *Fan, E., Dowdy, D. W., Colantuoni, E., Mendez-Tellez, P. A., Sevransky, J. E., Shanholtz, C., Himmelfarb, C. R., Desai, S. V., Ciesla, N., Herridge, M. S., Pronovost, P. J., Needham, D. M. (2013). Physical complications in acute lung injury survivors: a 2-year longitudinal prospective study. Critical Care Medicine, 42(4), doi: /ccm PubMed PMID: *Varitsukul, R., Sindhu, S., Sriyuktasuth, A., Viwatwongkasem, C., Dennison Himmelfarb, C. (2013). The relationships between clinical, socio-demographic and self-management: factors and complications in Thai peritoneal dialysis patients. Renal Society of Australasia Journal, 9(2), *Newhouse, R. P., Dennison Himmelfarb, C., Morlock, L., Frick, K. D., Pronovost, P., Liang, Y. (2013). A phased cluster-randomized trial of rural hospitals testing a quality collaborative to improve heart failure care: organizational context matters. Medical Care, 51(5), PubMed PMID:

12 53. *Cené, C. W., Dennison, C. R., Powell Hammond, W., Levine, D., Bone, L. R., Hill, M. N. (2013). Antihypertensive medication nonadherence in black men: direct and mediating effects of depressive symptoms, psychosocial stressors, and substance use. Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 15(3), PubMed PMID: Dennison Himmelfarb, C. R., Hayman, L. L. (2013). Calling all cardiovascular nurses: be one in a million hearts: Million Hearts Initiative. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 28(2), PubMed PMID: *Bienvenu, O. J., Gellar, J., Althouse, B. M., Colantuoni, E., Sricharoenchai, T., Mendez-Tellez, P. A., Shanholtz, C., Dennison, C. R., Pronovost, P. J., Needham, D. M. (2013). Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms after acute lung injury: a 2-year prospective longitudinal study. Psychological Medicine, 43 (12), PubMed PMID: *Needham, D. M., Colantuoni, E., Mendez-Tellez, P. A., Dinglas, V. D., Sevransky, J. E., Dennison Himmelfarb, C. R., Desai, S. V., Shanholtz, C., Brower, R. G., Pronovost, P. J. (2012). Lung protective mechanical ventilation and 2-year survival for acute lung injury: a prospective cohort study. BMJ, 344, e Dennison Himmelfarb, C. R., Hayman, L. L. (2012). Heads up: the forecast for cardiovascular health and disease is formidable. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 27(6), PubMed PMID: *Davis, K. K., Mintzer, M., Dennison Himmelfarb, C. R., Hayat, M. J., Rotman, S., Allen, J. (2012). Targeted intervention improves knowledge but not self-care or readmissions in heart failure patients with mild cognitive impairment. European Journal of Heart Failure, 14(9), PubMed PMID: Hayman, L., Himmelfarb, C. D. (2012). Cardiovascular health promotion and risk reduction in children and adolescents: the new integrated guidelines. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 27(3), PubMed PMID: Dennison Himmelfarb, C. (2012). New evidence and policy support primary care-based weight loss interventions. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 27(6), PubMed PMID: Commodore-Mensah, Y., Himmelfarb, C. R. (2012). Patient education strategies for hospitalized cardiovascular patients: a systematic review. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 27(2), PubMed PMID: *Bienvenu, O. J., Colantuoni, E., Mendez-Tellez, P. A., Dinglas, V. D., Shanholz, C., Husain, N., Dennison, C. R., Herridge, M. S., Pronovost, P. J., Needham, D. M. (2012). Depressive symptoms and impaired physical function after acute lung injury: A 2-year longitudinal study. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 185(5), PubMed PMID: *Allen, J. K., Dennison Himmelfarb, C. R., Szanton, S. L., Bone, L., Hill, M. N., Levine, D. M., West, M., Barlow, A., Lewis-Boyer, L., Donnelly-Strozzo, M., Curtis, C., Anderson, K. (2011). Community outreach and cardiovascular health (COACH) trial: a randomized controlled trial of nurse practitioner/ community health worker cardiovascular disease risk reduction in urban community health centers. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 4(6), PubMed PMID: *Newhouse, R. P., Himmelfarb, C. D., Liang, Y. (2011). Psychometric testing of the smoking cessation counseling scale. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 43(4), PubMed PMID:

13 65. Fletcher, B. J., Himmelfarb, C. D., Lira, M. T., Meininger, J. C., Pradhan, S. R., Sikkema, J. (2011). Global cardiovascular disease prevention: A call to action for nursing: community-based and public health prevention initiatives. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 10 (Suppl 2), S PubMed PMID: Fletcher, B. J., Himmelfarb, C. D., Lira, M. T., Meininger, J. C., Pradhan, S. R., Sikkema, J. (2011). Global cardiovascular disease prevention: A call to action for nursing: community-based and public health prevention initiatives. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 26(4 Suppl), S PubMed PMID: Hughes, S., Dennison Himmelfarb, C. R. (2011). Cardiovascular risk reduction in patients with severe mental illness. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 26(5), PubMed PMID: *Newhouse, R., Dennison, C. R., Liang, Y., Morlock, L., Frick, K. D., Pronovost, P. (2011). Smoking cessation counseling by Registered Nurses: description and predictors in rural hospitals. American Nurse, 6(6). 69. Stephens, J., Allen, J. K., Dennison Himmelfarb, C. R. (2011). Smart coaching to promote physical activity, diet change, and cardiovascular health. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 26(4), PubMed PMID: Dennison Himmelfarb, C. R., Hughes, S. (2011). Are you assessing the communication vital sign? Improving communication with our low health literacy patients. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 26(3), PubMed PMID: Allen, J. K., Dennison Himmelfarb, C. R., Szanton, S. L., Bone, L. R., Hill, M. N., Levine, D. M. (2011). COACH trial: A randomized controlled trial of nurse practitioner/community health worker cardiovascular disease risk reduction in urban community health centers: Rationale and design. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 32(3), PubMed PMID: PMCID: PMC Hughes, S., Dennison, C. R. (2011). Accountable care and cardiovascular nursing. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 26(2), PubMed PMID: Dennison, C. R., Hughes, S. (2011). Motivating our patients to adopt and maintain healthy lifestyles. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 26(1), 5-6. PubMed PMID: Rolley, J. X., Salamonson, Y., Wensley, C., Dennison, C. R., Davidson, P. M. (2011). Nursing clinical practice guidelines to improve care for people undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions. Australian Critical Care, 24, PubMed PMID: *Dennison, C. R., McEntee, M. L, Samuel, L., Johnson, B. J., Rotman, S., Kielty, A., Russell, S. D. (2011). Adequate health literacy is associated with higher heart failure knowledge and self care confidence in hospitalized patients. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 26(5), PubMed PMID: *Finkelstein, J., Wood, J., Cha, E., Orlov, A., Dennison, C. (2010). Feasibility of congestive heart failure telemanagement using a wii-based telecare platform. Conference Proceedings IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1, PubMed PMID: *Rolley, J. X., Salamonson, Y., Dennison, C. R., Davidson, P. M. (2010). Development of nursing clinical practice guidelines for the nursing care of people undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions: An Australian & New Zealand collaboration. Australian Critical Care, 23(4), PubMed PMID:

14 78. *Finkelstein, J., Cha, E., Dennison, C. R. (2010). Exploring feasibility of home telemanagement in African Americans with congestive heart failure. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 160(Pt 1), PubMed PMID: Farley, J. E., Tudor, C., Dennison, C. R. (2010). Improving cardiovascular risk management among human immunodeficiency virus-positive individuals. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 25(4), PubMed PMID: Allen, J. K., Dennison, C. R. (2010). Randomized trials of nursing interventions for secondary prevention in patients with coronary artery disease and heart failure: systematic review. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 25(3), PubMed PMID: Hughes, S., Dennison, C. R. (2010). Cardiovascular health promotion: Work in progress. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 25(3), PubMed PMID: *Rolley, J. X., Salamonson, Y., Dennison, C. R., Davidson, P. M. (2010). Nursing care practices following a percutaneous coronary intervention: results of a survey of Australian and New Zealand cardiovascular nurses. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 25(1), PubMed PMID: *Allen, J. K., Purcell, A., Szanton, S. L., Dennison, C. R. (2010). Perceptions of cardiac risk among low income urban diabetics. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 21(1), PubMed PMID: Dennison, C. R., Hughes, S. (2010). Alarming trends in prevalence of low cardiovascular risk factor burden. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 25(1), 5-6. PubMed PMID: Hughes, S., Dennison, C. R. (2009). The other epidemic. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 24(6), PubMed PMID: Dennison, C. R., Hughes, S. (2009). Reforming cardiovascular care: quality measurement and improvement, and pay-for-performance. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 24(5), PubMed PMID: Hughes, S., Dennison, C. R. (2009). Economic downturn = cardiovascular disease risk uptick? Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 24(4), PubMed PMID: McEntee, M. L., Cuomo, L. R., Dennison, C. R. (2009). Patient-, provider-, and system-level barriers to heart failure care. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 24(4), PubMed PMID: Riley, A. A., McEntee, M., Gerson, L., Dennison, C. R. (2009). Depression as a comorbidity to diabetes: implications for management by the primary care provider. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 5(7), *Fan, E., Zanni, J. M., Dennison, C. R., Lepre, S. J., Needham, D. M. (2009). Critical illness neuromyopathy and muscle weakness in the intensive care unit. AACN Advanced Critical Care, 20(3), PubMed PMID: Rolley, J. X., Davidson, P. M., Salamonson, Y., Fernandez, R., Dennison, C. R. (2009). Review of nursing care for patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: a patient journey approach. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 18(17), PubMed PMID:

15 92. Dennison, C. R., Hughes, S. (2009). Imperative to improve care transitions for cardiovascular patients. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 24(3), PubMed PMID: Scisney-Matlock, M., Batts-Turner, M. L., Bosworth, H. B., Coverson, D., Dennison, C. R., Dunbar-Jacob, J. M., Newman Giger, J., Harrison, R. V., Jones, L., Ogedegbe, G., Shah, N. R., Strickland, O. L., Jamerson, K. A. (2009). Strategies for sustained behavioral modification as part of hypertension management in African Americans. Postgraduate Medicine, 121(3), Dennison, C. R., Hughes, S. (2009). Should we screen for risk ractors or Disease? A current debate in the prevention of cardiovascular events. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 24(1), PubMed PMID: Hughes, S., Dennison, C. R. (2008). Cardiovascular nurses called to don public health hats. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 23(6), PubMed PMID: Rolley, J. X., Davidson, P. M., Dennison, C. R., Ong, A., Everett, B., Salamonson, Y. (2008). Medication adherence self-report instruments: Implications for practice and research. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 23(6), PubMed PMID: Dennison, C. R., Hughes, S. (2008). New guideline for tobacco use and dependence provides arsenal of effective interventions. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 23(5), PubMed PMID: *Dowdy, D. W., Dinglas, V., Mendez-Tellez, P. A., Bienvenu, O. J., Sevransky, J., Dennison, C. R., Shanholtz, C., Needham, D. M. (2008). Intensive care unit hypoglycemia predicts depression during early recovery from acute lung injury. Critical Care Medicine, 36(10), PubMed PMID: *Peer, N., Steyn, K., Dennison, C. R., Levitt, N. S., Nyo, M. T. L., Commerford, P. J., Nel, H., Hill, M. N. (2008). Determinants of target organ damage in black hypertensive patients attending primary healthcare services in Cape Town: the Hi-Hi study. American Journal of Hypertension, 21(8), PubMed PMID: Hughes, S., Dennison, C. R. (2008). How can we help patients seek information on the World Wide Web? An opportunity to improve the net effect. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 23(4), PubMed PMID: *Umoh, N. J., Fan, E., Mendez-Tellez, P. A., Sevransky, J. E., Dennison, C. R., Shanholtz, C., Pronovost, P. J., Needham, D. M. (2008). Patient and intensive care unit organizational factors associated with low tidal volume ventilation in acute lung injury. Critical Care Medicine, 36, PubMed PMID: Dennison, C. R., Hughes, S. (2008). Raising the bar to lower blood pressure: Key steps to improve blood pressure control rates. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 23(3), PubMed PMID: *Dennison, C. R., Needham, D. M., Mendez-Tellez, P. A., Wang, W., Pronovost, P. J. (2007). Barriers to low tidal volume ventilation in acute respiratory distress syndrome: survey development, validation, and results. Critical Care Medicine, 35, PubMed PMID: *Needham, D. M., Wang, W., Desai, S. V., Mendez-Tellez, P. A., Dennison, C. R., Sevransky, J., Shanholtz, C., Ciesla, N., Spillman, K., Pronovost, P. J. (2007). Intensive care unit exposures for long-term outcomes research: development and description of exposures for 150 patients with acute lung injury. Journal of Critical Care, 22, PubMed PMID:

16 105. *Dennison, C. R., Peer, N., Lombard, C. J., Levitt, N. S., Hill, M. N., Steyn, K. (2007). Cardiovascular risk and co-morbid conditions among black South Africans with hypertension receiving primary care in public and private settings: the HiHi study. Ethnicity & Disease, 17, PubMed PMID: *Dennison, C. R., Peer, N., Steyn, K., Hill, M. N. (2007). Determinants of hypertension control among peri-urban black South Africans in treatment: the HiHi study. Ethnicity & Disease, 17, PubMed PMID: Robinson, K. A., Dennison, C. R., Wayman, D., Pronovost, P. J., Needham, D. M. (2007). Systematic review identifies number of strategies important for retaining study participants. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 60, PubMed PMID: *Dennison, C. R., Post, W. S., Kim, M. T., Bone, L. R., Cohen, D., Blumenthal, R. S., Rame, J. E., Roary, M. C., Levine, D. M., Hill, M. N. (2007). Underserved urban African American men: hypertension trial outcomes and mortality during 5 years. American Journal of Hypertension, 20, PubMed PMID: *Dowdy, D. W., Eid, M. P., Dennison, C. R., Mendez-Tellez, P. A., Herridge, M. S., Guallar, E., Pronovost, P. J., Needham, D. M. (2006). Quality of life after acute respiratory distress syndrome: a meta-analysis. Intensive Care Medicine, 32(8), PubMed PMID: Needham, D. M., Dennison, C. R., Dowdy, D. W., Mendez-Tellez, P. A., Ciesla, N., Sevransky, J., Shanholtz, C., Scharfstein, D., Herridge, M. S., Pronovost, P. J. (2006). Study protocol: the improving care of acute lung injury patients (ICAP) study. Critical Care, 10(1), R9. PubMed PMID: *Han, H., Kim, M. T., Rose, L., Dennison, C. R., Hill, M. N. (2006). Effects of stressful life events in young black men with high blood pressure. Ethnicity & Disease, 10(1), PubMed PMID: Brownstein, J. N., Bone, L. R., Dennison, C. R., Hill, M. N., Levine, D. M. (2005). Community health workers as interventionists in research and practice for the prevention of heart disease and stroke. American Journal of Preventative Medicine, 29(5S1), PubMed PMID: *Haque, M., Emerson, S. H., Dennison, C. R., Navsa, M., Levitt, N. (2005). Barriers to Initiating insulin therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in public-sector primary health care centres in Cape Town. South African Medical Journal, 95(10), PubMed PMID: Dennison, C. R., Prasad, M., Lloyd, A., Bhattacharyya, S., Dhawan, R., Coyne, K. (2005). The healthrelated quality of life and economic burden of constipation. Pharmacoeconomics, 23(5), PubMed PMID: *Pronovost, P. J., Rinke, M. L., Emery, K., Dennison, C., Blackledge, C., Berenholtz, S. M. (2004). Interventions to reduce mortality among patients treated in intensive care units. Journal of Critical Care, 19, PubMed PMID: *Hill, M. N., Han, H. R., Dennison, C. R., Kim, M. T., Roary, M. C., Blumenthal, R. S., Bone, L. R., Levine, D. M., Post, W. S. (2003). Hypertension care and control in underserved urban African American men: behavioral and physiologic outcomes at 36 months. American Journal of Hypertension, 16(11), PubMed PMID:

17 117. *Post, W., Hill, M. N., Dennison, C. R., Weiss, J. L., Gerstenblith, G., Blumenthal, R. S. (2003). High prevalence of target organ damage in young, African-American inner-city men with hypertension. Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 5(1), PubMed PMID: *Walton-Moss, B., Morrison, C., Yeo, T., Woodruff, K., Woods, N., Campbell, J. C., Kub, J., Dennison, C. (2003). Interrelationships of violence and psychiatric symptoms in women with substance use disorders. Journal of Addictions Nursing, 14, Norman, G. R., Dennison, C. R. (2002). Interpretation of changes in HRQL outcomes: the relationship between distribution- and anchor-based approaches. European Respiratory Review, 12(83), Dennison, C. R. (2002). The role of patient-reported outcomes in evaluating the quality of oncology care. American Journal of Managed Care, 8, S580-S586. PubMed PMID: Cheng, A., Braunstein, J., Dennison, C., Nass, C., Blumenthal, R. (2002). Reducing global risk for cardiovascular disease: using lifestyle changes and pharmacotherapy. Clinical Cardiology, 25, PubMed PMID: *Rose, L. E., Kim, M. T., Dennison, C. R., Hill, M. N. (2000). The contexts of adherence for African- Americans with high blood pressure. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 32(3), PubMed PMID: *Kim, M. T., Dennison, C. R., Hill, M. N., Bone, L. R., Levine, D. M. (2000). Relationship of alcohol and illicit drug use with high blood pressure care and control among urban hypertensive black men. Ethnicity & Disease, 10, PubMed PMID: *Hill, M. N., Bone, L. R., Kim, M. T., Miller, D. J., Dennison, C. R., Levine, D. M. (1999). Barriers to hypertension care and control in young urban black men. American Journal of Hypertension, 12, PubMed PMID: Non-Peer Reviewed 1. Dennison, C. R., Pronovost, P. (2003). The Johns Hopkins Hospital Comprehensive Patient Safety Program: an overview. International Nursing Review, Japanese edition, 26(4), Books/Monographs, Edited Symposia 1. Commodore-Mensah, Y., Hill, M., Dennison Himmelfarb, C. (2017). Chronic Illness: Addressing Hypertension and Health Disparities in Communities. In Using Nursing Research to Shape Health Policy. Grady, P.A., Hinshaw, A.S.(Editors). Springer Publishing Company, New York, NY. 2. Samuel, L. J., Hill, M. N., Dennison Himmelfarb, C. R. (2017). Hypertension. In J. Fitzpatrick Encyclopedia of Nursing Research (pp ). New York: Springer Publishing Company. 3. Oparil, S., Dennison Himmelfarb, C., Braun, L.T., Sanchez, E., Bauman, M.A., Shoemaker, K. (2016). Guidelines into Practice - For Effective Treatment and Management of Hypertension. CME and CE Program ID American Heart Association. Dallas, TX: 4. Handberg, E., Arslanian-Engoren, C., Baas, L., Dennison Himmelfarb, C., Gura, M.T., Klein, D., Maslanek, W., Mayo, C., Molina, M.R., Rummell, M., Stanik-Hutt, J., Zarling, K.K. (2015). Cardiovascular 17

18 Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice. American Nurses Association. Silver Spring, MD: Nursesbooks.org. 5. Davidson, P. M., Dennison Himmelfarb, C., Alsadaan, N. (2014). Governance of nursing practice: critical for the quality and safety of health care. In J. Daly, S. Speedy and D. Jackson (Eds.), Leadership and Nursing: Contemporary Perspectives (2 nd ed.)(pp ). NSW Australia: Elsevier. 6. Dennison Himmelfarb, C. R., Samuel, L. J., Hill, M. N. (2010). Hypertension. In J. Fitzpatrick Encyclopedia of Nursing Research (pp ). New York: Springer Publishing Company. 7. Dennison, C. R., Houston Miller, N., Cunningham S. (2010). Hypertension. In S. Woods, E. Froelicher, S. U. Motzer and E. Bridges (Eds.), Cardiac Nursing (6 th ed.) (pp ). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health / Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 8. Moser, D. K., Ammon, S. E., Dennison, C. R., Evangelista, L., Frazier, S., Howie-Esquivel, J., Trupp, R. (2008). Nurses meeting the clinical challenge of fluid overload in acute decompensated heart failure. Monograph. Sponsored by Postgraduate Institute of Medicine. 9. Dennison, C. R., Houston Miller, N. (2008). Adherence to antihypertensive therapy. In J. L. Izzo, D. Sica, H. R. Black (Eds.), Hypertension Primer: The Essentials of High Blood Pressure (4 th ed.) (pp ). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 10. Dennison, C. R., Hill, M. N. (2007). Multidisciplinary management of hypertension and the role of the nurse. In G. Lip, J. E. Hall (Eds.), Comprehensive Hypertension (pp ). Mosby, Incorporated, an affiliate of Elsevier, Incorporated, Philadelphia, PA. 11. Dennison, C. R., Hill, M. N. (2005). The role of nurses and nurse practitioners in hypertension management. In E. J. Battegay, G. Y. H. Lip, G. L. Bakris (Eds.), Hypertension: Principles and Practice (pp ). Boca Raton, Fl: Taylor & Francis Group. Abstracts 1. Commodore-Mensah,Y. Agyemang, C., Aboagye, J., Abu-Bonsrah, N., Dennison Himmelfarb, C.R. The Afro-cardiac study: cardiovascular disease risk among West African immigrants in the United States: rationale and study design. Circulation. 2014;129:AP Commodore-Mensah, Y., Farley, JE., Budhathoki, C., Mark, H., Dennison-Himmelfarb, C. (2014). Third Place Winner (Tie): Provider management of cardiovascular disease risk in HIV infected patients: room for improvement. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing Sep 1:29(5) Dennison, C., R. (2010). Nurse-led heart failure care transition intervention (The Navigator Study). Gerontologist, 50, Ioannou, J. Z., Dennison, C. R. (2010). Implementation of a specialized medical service to improve heart failure care and outcomes. Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care, 39 (4), McEntee, M. L., Johnson, B. J., Finkelstein, J., Dennison, C. R. (2010). Establishing feasibility of a telemanagement system to facilitate self-care among African American heart failure patients. Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care, 39 (4),