Area of Excellence: Pain/Symptom Management
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Vinciya Pandian
Vinciya Pandian is internationally known for her clinical expertise in improving critically ill patients’ care, safety, and quality of life. Her scientific work, funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research (R01NR017433), focuses on identifying signs and symptoms of laryngeal injury post-extubation in the intensive care unit. She is also funded by Agency for Healthcare…
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Nada Lukkahatai
Nada Lukkahatai has a broad background in nursing, gaining years of experience as a clinical nurse and now as a nurse scientist. Her research focus is to understand the biological mechanisms in the clustering of symptoms. Having gained skills to conduct complex laboratory experiments, using innovative techniques including proteomics and genomics that she learned as…
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Susan L’Heureux
In addition to her faculty position, Susan L’Heureux works part time as an adult/gerontology nurse practitioner at Comprehensive Women’s Health in Silver Spring, MD. Prior to this position, she specialized in chronic pain management at Nova Interventional Pain Management in Edgewood, MD and recently retired from her bedside critical care practice at Washington Hospital Center…
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Bryan Hansen
Bryan R. Hansen is a passionate advocate for the promotion of optimum mental health and well-being of older adults and their families through teaching, practice, and research. Dr. Hansen completed his PhD and master of science in nursing at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and specializes in psychiatric, gerontologic, and forensic nursing. He has…