Christine Kasper

Annual Review of Nursing Research, Volume 33, 2015: Traumatic Brain Injury - Annual Review of Nursing Research Christine Kasper

Marc Notes: This annual review has provided nearly three decades of knowledge, insight, and research on topics critical to the field of nursing. This 33rd volume delivers the most current research on traumatic brain injury (TBI) with a focus on its implications for improving health and wellbeing. The book examines promising new interventions for individuals suffering from TBI with supporting research about their efficaciousness. Publisher Marketing: This groundbreaking annual review has provided nearly three decades of knowledge, insight, and research on topics critical to the field of nursing. The 33rd volume delivers the most current research on traumatic brain injury (TBI) with a focus on its implications for improving health and wellbeing. The book examines promising new interventions for individuals suffering from TBI with supporting research about their efficaciousness. Invited experts--highly respected nurse scientists working in a variety of TBI-related arenas--stress outcomes and symptom development post-TBI. The Review encompasses current military research on TBI along with animal models in TBI research. It addresses the relationship of sleep disorders to TBI-related PSTD; biomarkers related to recovery from TBI; genomics, transciptomics, and epigenomics; cerebral perfusion pressure and intracranial pressure in TBI; and an informatics system for TBI research. Also covered are TBI in pediatrics and in caregiver research. Additionally, the Review also provides a unique literature review of under-reported research. Key Topics Military Research on TBI Animal Models in TBI Research PSTD and Sleep Post-TBI Biomarkers Related to Recovery Post-TBI Genomics, Transcriptomics, and Epigenomics in TBI Research Common Data Elements and Federal Interagency Traumatic Brain Injury: Research Informatics System for TBI Research Cerebral Perfusion Pressure and Intracranial Pressure in TBI TBI in Pediatrics TBI in Caregiver Research

Contributor Bio:  Kasper, Christine Christine E. Kasper, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Professor and Senior Research Scientist at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Nursing Services, Washington, DC; Professor at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD; and Member of the Governor's Committee on Spinal Cord Injury Research in Maryland. Dr. Kasper has held faculty positions at the schools of nursing and medicine, UCLA, was Research Chair at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, has directed doctoral programs at Johns Hopkins and the USUHS, and has served as Visiting Scientist at NIH National Institute on Aging. She is founding editor of "Biologic Research in Nursing". She has received numerous awards for outstanding research and teaching and is an invited Fellow of the ACSM. Dr. Kasper has been PI on over 20 funded research projects and has been Co-PI on many others. She has published over 40 refereed journal articles and more than 20 book chapters, including 7 chapters in recent ARNR volumes. Contributor Bio:  Conley, Yvette Yvette P. Conley, PhD, is Professor and Vice Chair, Research in Health Promotion and Development, University of Pittsburgh. She developed and teaches Advanced Topics in Human Genetics, among other courses. Dr. Conley has conducted research on traumatic brain injury and genetics and is presently conducting studies on patient outcomes after traumatic brain injury, stroke, and therapeutic interventions for cancer, in addition to genomic studies on age-related macular degeneration. She is widely published and has authored or co-authored more than 75 articles in peer-reviewed publications.