Cynthia Dougherty, PhD, ARNP Associate Professor Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems 357266; phone #: 206 221-7927 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-7266 Email Address: cindyd@u.washington.edu

The focus of Dr. Dougherty's research program include: 1) designing nursing interventions programs to aid in adjustment following sudden cardiac arrest and ICD implantation, 2) designing and testing exercise programs for CHF and ICD implantation, and 3) interventions to reduce risk for CAD. Testing the effects of an education-support intervention and the effects of exercise with patients recovering from sudden cardiac arrest are the areas of her current funding.

Dr. Dougherty has experience in teaching both undergraduate and graduate students in didactic and clinical settings. She serves as a clinical preceptor for advanced practice nursing students.

Dr. Dougherty is an adult nurse practitioner in the Emergency Room/Patient Evaluation Center at the VA Puget Sound Medical Center. Her practice includes outpatient disease management of episodic illness and advanced cardiovascular disease. Dr. Dougherty is involved in volunteer activities in the community at a homeless shelter, food bank, blood pressure screening, first-aid at athletic events, and teaching CPR and ACLS.

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Current Projects

• An Intervention to Enhance Function in Severe Cardiopulmonary Illness (Principal Investigator)
• Anti-Arrhythmic Effects of Exercise After an Implantable Defibrillator (ICD) (Principal Investigator)
• IPA-VA   (Principal Investigator)
• Patient and Intimate Partner Intervention to Improve Outcome After an ICD   (Principal Investigator)
• Reducing Health Care Utilization in Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Care (Principal Investigator)

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