Curriculum Vitae Muna Hammash, PhD, RN Assistant Professor University of Louisville School of Nursing Education Institution Degree Date Conferred Field(s) of Study University of Jordan BSN 1998 Nursing University of Jordan MSN 2002 Clinical Nursing University of Kentucky PhD 2010 Cardiopulmonary Nursing Professional Experience: 2011- Date Assistant Professor, University of Louisville School of Nursing, Louisville, KY 2014- Date Adjunct Faculty, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 2011-2011 Nursing Instructor, Bluegrass Community and Technical College, Lexington, KY 2010-2011 Postdoctoral scholar, University of Kentucky College of Nursing, Lexington, KY 2004-2010 Research Assistant, University of Kentucky College of Nursing, Lexington, KY 2002-2004 Teaching and Research Assistant, Hashemite University College of Nursing, Zarqa, Jordan 2001-2002 Staff Nurse, Jordan Hospital, Amman, Jordan 1998-1999 Staff Nurse, University of Jordan Hospital, Amman, Jordan Honors/Awards/Membership in Academic and Professional Societies 2013 American Nurses Foundation Scholar 2009 American Association of Critical Care Nurse- Philips Medical Research Award Southern 2008 Nursing Research Society Dissertation Award 2011-2015 Sigma Theta Tau International- Member 2008-2015 Southern Nursing Research Society- Member 2008-2015 American Association of Critical Care Nurse- Member 2012-2015 American Heart Association- Member 2016-2017 Sigma Theta Tau International (Iota Zeta)- Consultant and Governance Chair 2017- Preventive Cardiovascular Nursing Association- Member 2017- Southern Nursing Research Society-Research award committee member 1
Funded Research Grants: Hammash, M.H. (PI) Hammash, M.H. (PI) Hammash, M.H. (PI) The American Nurses Foundation Self-Care Confidence Training for Improving Treatment Adherence in Patients with Heart Failure Hammash, M.H. (PI) 01/2014-12/2014 University of Louisville Research Initiation Grant Patients Experiences, Attitudes, and Knowledge about Generator Replacement and Deactivation of their Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator at the End-of-Life The goal of this study is To explore patients attitudes toward ICD replacement and ICD deactivation at EOL $31,873 $4,997 Hammash, M.H. (PI) 2013-2014 The American Nurses Foundation Precipitants of Acute Exacerbation of Congestive Heart Failure The goal of this study is to explore the precipitants of exacerbation of HF using the Multi-dimensional Model of Precipitants of Exacerbation of HF $9,488 Hammash, M.H. (PI) 2008-2009 The American Association of Critical Care Nurses Cardiac Rhythm during Mechanical Ventilation and Weaning From Ventilation The goal of this study is to determine the relationship between heart rate variability and cardiac dysrhythmias to length of mechanical ventilation. Hammash, M.H. (PI) 03/2009 The Southern Nursing Research Society Cardiac Rhythm during Mechanical Ventilation and Weaning From Ventilation The goal of this study is to determine the relationship between heart rate variability and cardiac dysrhythmias to length of mechanical ventilation. $10,000 $3000 National Presentations 2
2017 Perceived Control in Patients with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator: A Cross-Sectional Survey from US and Australia. Hammash, MH (PI), Miller, J, Chung, M, Crawford, T, Haedtke, C, Elayi, S, Lee, KS, Czarapata, M, McEvedy, S, Cameron, J, Harman, J, Biddle, M & Moser, D (Co-Investigators). Poster Presentation at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2017, Anaheim, California. 2017 Event-Free Survival in Central Appalachian Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Recipients. Miller, J (PI), Chung, M, Hammash, M, Elayi, S, Czarapata, M, Cameron, J, Harman, J, Biddle, M & Moser, D (Co- Investigators). Poster Presentation at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2017, Anaheim, California. 2016 Determinants of Self Care Confidence in Patients with Advanced Heart Failure Admitted with Acute Exacerbation. Hammash, M.H (PI), Moser, D.K., & Shawler, C. (Co-Investigators). Oral presentation at 2016 Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science, Washington, DC. 2016 Self-Care Confidence and Perceived Social Support Predict Adherence to Self-Care in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure Admitted with Acute Exacerbation of Symptoms. Hammash, M.H (PI), Moser, D.K., & Schrader, M. (Co-Investigators). Oral presentation at 2016 Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science, Washington, DC. 2016 Social Support is Important, but Self-Care Confidence is the Key for Better Treatment Adherence in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure Admitted with Acute Exacerbation. Hammash, M.H (PI), Moser, D.K., & Shawler, C. (Co-Investigators). Poster presentation at 2016 AHA Scientific Session, New Orleans, Louisiana. Poster presentation at R! Louisville, Louisville, KY 2016 Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Recipient s Perceptions of Healthcare Provider s Discussions Related to Device Therapy. Martha Biddle, JungHee Kang, Jennifer Miller, Muna Hammash, Jan Cameron, Misook Chung, & Debra Moser. Oral presentation at 2016 AHA Scientific Session, New Orleans, Louisiana. 2016 Psychosocial adjustment of patients living with an internal cardioverter defibrillator. Cameron J.D. (PI), McEvedy S., Lugg E., Mariani J., Ski C.F., Thompson, DR., Hammash, M.H., Moser DK (Co-I). Poster presentation at the European Society of Cardiology 2016.Barecelona, 3
Spain 2015 Cognitive Dysfunction and Patients Attitudes toward Generator Replacement and Deactivation of their Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator at the End-of-Life. Hammash, M.H (PI), Thylen, I., Biddle, M., Bailey, A., Miller, J., & Moser, D.K. (Co-Investigators). Poster presented at the American Heart Association s Scientific Sessions 2015 in Orlando, Florida 2014 Depressive Symptoms Mediate the Relationship between Health Perception and Event-Free Survival in Patients with Heart Failure. Hammash, M.H (PI), Moser, D.K., Lennie, T.A., Chung, M.L., & Heo (Co-Investigators). Oral presentation at 2014- Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science, Washington, DC 2012 Heart Rate Variability Predicts Length of Ventilation in Mechanically Ventilated Patients. Muna Hammash (PI), D. K. Moser, T.A. Lennie, and S.K. Frazier (Co-Investigators). Poster presented at Research! Louisville 2012, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 2011 Cardiac Rhythm during Mechanical ventilation and weaning from ventilation. Muna Hammash (PI), D. K. Moser, T.A. Lennie, and S.K. Frazier (Co-Investigators). Oral presentation at the 2011 National Teaching Institute and Critical Care Exposition Conference in Chicago, IL. 2009 Psychometrics of the Patient Health Questionnaire for the measurement of depressive symptoms in patients with heart failure. Hammash, M.H (PI), Moser, D.K., Lennie, T.A., Chung, M.L., & Heo (Co-Investigators). Poster presented at the 23 th Annual Southern Nursing Research Society (SNRS) Conference in Baltimore, MD. 2009 Psychometrics of the Patient Health Questionnaire for the measurement of depressive symptoms in patients with heart failure. Hammash, M.H (PI), Moser, D.K., Lennie, T.A., Chung, M.L., & Heo (Co-Investigators). Poster presented at Gill Heart Institute Cardiovascular Research Day in Lexington, KY. Publications: Peer-Reviewed Journals 1- Hammash, M. H., Crawford, T., Shawler, C., Schrader, M., Lin, C. Y., Shewekah, D., & Moser, D. K. Beyond social support: Self-care confidence is key for adherence in patients with heart failure. European journal of cardiovascular nursing,16(7):632-637. doi: 10.1177/1474515117705939 4
2- Hammash, M. H., Lennie, T. A., Crawford, T., Heo, S., Chung, M. L., Biddle, M. J.,... Moser, D. K. (2016). Depressive Symptoms: Mediator of Event-Free Survival in Patients With Heart Failure. Western journal of nursing research. doi: 10.1177/0193945916658883 3- Moser, D. K., Arslanian-Engoren, C., Biddle, M. J., Chung, M. L., Dekker, R. L., Hammash, M. H.,... Lennie, T. A. (2016). Psychological Aspects of Heart Failure. [Review]. Current cardiology reports, 18(12), 119. doi: 10.1007/s11886-016-0799-5 4- Hammash, M. H., Moser, D. K., Frazier, S. K., Lennie, T. A., & Hardin-Pierce, M. (2015). Heart rate variability as a predictor of cardiac dysrhythmias during weaning from mechanical ventilation. Am J Crit Care, 24(2), 118-127. doi: 10.4037/ajcc2015318 5- Moser, D. K., Heo, S., Lee, K. S., Hammash, M.H, Riegel, B., Lennie, T. A.,... Watkins, J. (2013). 'It could be worse... lot's worse!' Why health-related quality of life is better in older compared with younger individuals with heart failure. Age and ageing, 42(5), 626-632. doi: 10.1093/ageing/aft078 6- Hammash, M.H., Hall, L.A., Lennie, T.A., Heo, S., Chung, M.L., Lee, K.S., & Moser, D.K. (2013). Psychometric properties of the PHQ-9 as a measure of depressive symptoms in patients with heart failure. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 12, 446-453. 7- Lennie, T. A., Worrall-Carter, L., Hammash, M.H, Odom-Forren, J., Roser, L. P., Smith, C. S.,... Moser, D. K. (2008). Relationship of heart failure patients' knowledge, perceived barriers, and attitudes regarding low-sodium diet recommendations to adherence. [Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't]. Progress in cardiovascular nursing, 23(1), 6-11. 5
Journal Manuscript/Conferences Reviewer Manuscript reviewer for: Heart& Lung- The Journal of Acute and Critical Care Journal of Critical Care The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 2015-2016 American Nurses Foundation- Grant reviewer Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science: 2014 State of the Science-Conference reviewer 2016 AHA Scientific Session, New Orleans, Louisiana- Conference abstracts reviewer. 2017 AHA Scientific Session, Anaheim, California- Conference abstracts reviewer. Teaching at University of Louisville School of Nursing (Traditional and RN-BSN online programs) Research for Evidence Based Practice Capstone Professional Nursing Practicum Global Health Care and policies Adult Health Care Nursing Health Assessment Therapeutic Nursing Interventions Case Management Adult with complex health needs Population Health Teaching at Hashemite University College of Nursing Pathophysiology Medical- Surgical Nursing Fundamentals of Nursing Practice Leadership and Management in Nursing 6
Service at University of Louisville 2011-2012 Curriculum Committee- Member Diversity Committee- Member 2012-2013 Curriculum Committee- Member Diversity Committee- Chair 2013-2014 Faculty Affairs Committee- Member 2015 Faculty Search Committee- Member and Chair 2015-2017 SACS University Accreditation Committee- Member 2016 University-wide President's Distinguished Faculty Awards selection committee 2016 Graduate Certificate in Health Professions Education Program 2017 Library Advisory Board, SON Representative 2017-2018 Faculty Affairs Committee- Chair 7