Nancy Schmieder Redeker, RN, MSN, PhD, FAHA, FAAN
Beatrice Renfield Term Professor Emeritus of NursingCards
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Beatrice Renfield Term Professor Emeritus of Nursing
Director, Center for Biobehavioral Health Research, Yale School of Nursing
Biography
Nancy Redeker, RN, MSN, PhD, FAHA, FAAN is the Beatrice Renfield Term Professor of Nursing at Yale School of Nursing and holds an appointment in the Yale Department of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine- Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine. Her research focuses on the contributions of sleep and sleep disorders to quality of life and functional outcomes among people with chronic conditions and the efficacy and effectiveness of behavioral interventions to improve sleep and sleep-related outcomes, as well as the use of behavioral sleep interventions to prevent chronic conditions.
She is Editor-in-Chief of the Heart & Lung, The Journal of Cardiopulmonary Care.
Appointments
Departments & Organizations
- Call it a Night
- Center for Brain & Mind Health
- Nursing Website
- Obesity Research Working Group
- Yale Center for Implementation Science (YCIS)
Education & Training
- PhD
- New York University, Nursing Research
- MSN
- Seton Hall University, Nursing
Research
Publications
2024
Longitudinal Transition of Symptom Cluster Profiles Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults With Heart Failure.
Wang Z, Redeker N, Walsh S, Jeon S, Kim K, Conley S, Tocchi C, Chyun D. Longitudinal Transition of Symptom Cluster Profiles Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults With Heart Failure. Nursing Research 2024 PMID: 39162598, DOI: 10.1097/nnr.0000000000000770.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSymptom cluster profilesOlder adultsCommunity-dwelling older adultsHealth and Retirement StudySecondary analysis of dataLongitudinal secondary analysisHeart failure experienceLow symptom burdenLongitudinal transitionsClinical factorsBlack/African American raceHealth InterviewRetirement StudySymptom burdenTargeted interventionsDistress profilesIncreased oddsCluster symptomsLow burdenMultinominal regressionCluster profilesAmerican raceAnalysis of dataMale sexParticipantsNovel physiologic predictors of positive airway pressure effectiveness (NICEPAP) study: rationale, design and methods
Anwar A, Byrne S, Sharma A, Sands S, Wellman A, Redeker N, Yaggi H, Zinchuk A. Novel physiologic predictors of positive airway pressure effectiveness (NICEPAP) study: rationale, design and methods. Sleep And Breathing 2024, 1-11. PMID: 38995327, DOI: 10.1007/s11325-024-03099-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchObstructive sleep apneaPositive airway pressure effectObstructive sleep apnea traitsCPAP effectsCPAP adherencePrimary outcomePurposeContinuous positive airway pressureFunctional Outcomes of Sleep QuestionnaireEffects of CPAPPositive airway pressureAcademic sleep centerObservational cohort studyPrecision medicine approachCPAP dataCPAP efficacyBaseline polysomnographySleep apneaPrimary therapyAirway pressureSleep centerArousal thresholdPatient-centered outcomesPharyngeal collapseSleep qualityCPAPThe CARING study: Examining biological, behavioral, and genetic mechanisms in the intergenerational transmission of toxic stress
Condon E, Scheibner H, Kuzel M, Howard M, Cisse M, O'Connell M, Conley Y, Jeon S, Sadler L, Redeker N. The CARING study: Examining biological, behavioral, and genetic mechanisms in the intergenerational transmission of toxic stress. Research In Nursing & Health 2024, 47: 369-383. PMID: 38804202, PMCID: PMC11236528, DOI: 10.1002/nur.22400.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStudy of CaregivingReduce health disparitiesIntergenerational transmissionEffects of toxic stressCross-sectional studyCycle of adversityToxic stressChildren aged 3Health disparitiesHealth interventionsMental healthCare studiesCaregiversMultiple physiological systemsHypothesized pathwaysChildhood experiencesLife courseEarly childhood experiencesResearch protocolChildren's susceptibilityDaily routineProtective factorsCareAged 3HealthBright light therapy in cancer: Evidence for future research and therapy
Redeker N. Bright light therapy in cancer: Evidence for future research and therapy. Sleep Medicine Reviews 2024, 75: 101945. PMID: 38733766, DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2024.101945.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVariation in Uptake of Specialist Palliative Care Among People with Advanced Heart Failure Across VA Medical Centers
Zhan Y, Han L, Abel E, Akgun K, Redeker N, Feder S. Variation in Uptake of Specialist Palliative Care Among People with Advanced Heart Failure Across VA Medical Centers. Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2024, 67: e551-e552. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2024.02.339.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpecialist palliative careVA Medical CenterDepartment of Veterans AffairsPalliative careVeterans AffairsRandom intercept multilevel logistic regressionPalliative care deliveryDelivery characteristicsMedical CenterMultilevel logistic regressionCare deliveryICD-9/10 codesAdvanced heart failureRetrospective cohort studyHealth careModifiable factorsCareTeam staffingCohort studyHeart failureLogistic regressionImplementation effortsIdentified factorsICD-9/10Study findingsInvestigating Brain State Engagement Variability in Individuals With Opioid Use Disorder Using Naturalistic and Task-Based fMRI Data
Ye J, Mehta S, Peterson H, Ibrahim A, Saeed G, Linsky S, Kreinin I, Tsang S, Nwanaji-Enwerem U, Raso A, Yip S, Tokoglu F, Arora J, Constable R, Barry D, Redeker N, Yaggi H, Scheinost D. Investigating Brain State Engagement Variability in Individuals With Opioid Use Disorder Using Naturalistic and Task-Based fMRI Data. Biological Psychiatry 2024, 95: s6. DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2024.02.022.Peer-Reviewed Original Research1. Multimodal Neuroimaging Findings in Individuals With Opioid Use Disorder
Mehta S, Peterson H, Ibrahim A, Saeed G, Linsky S, Kreinin I, Tsang S, Nwanaji-Enwerem U, Raso A, Arora J, Tokoglu F, Hahn C, Lacadie C, Greene A, Constable T, Barry D, Redeker N, Yaggi H, Scheinost D. 1. Multimodal Neuroimaging Findings in Individuals With Opioid Use Disorder. Biological Psychiatry 2024, 95: s99. DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2024.02.236.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchScreen time, sleep, brain structural neurobiology, and sequential associations with child and adolescent psychopathology: Insights from the ABCD study
Zhao Y, Paulus M, Tapert S, Bagot K, Constable R, Yaggi H, Redeker N, Potenza M. Screen time, sleep, brain structural neurobiology, and sequential associations with child and adolescent psychopathology: Insights from the ABCD study. Journal Of Behavioral Addictions 2024, 13: 542-553. PMID: 38662452, PMCID: PMC11220810, DOI: 10.1556/2006.2024.00016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCross-lagged panel modelScreen media activitySleep problemsExternalizing symptomsAdolescent Brain Cognitive Development StudyLate childhoodCognitive Development StudyPredicted sleep problemsSleep durationAssociated with childrenAdolescent psychopathologyPsychopathological symptomsInternalizing symptomsExternalizing behaviorsPsychopathologyABCD studyStructural covarianceBidirectional associationsSleep concernsPredictive relationshipSleep disturbanceShort sleep durationPanel modelBrain covariesSleep0741 Effects of Light Exposure on Sleep, Rest-Activity Rhythms, and Cognitive Function in Adults with Heart Failure
Wang Z, Jeon S, Conley S, LaFleur K, Redeker N. 0741 Effects of Light Exposure on Sleep, Rest-Activity Rhythms, and Cognitive Function in Adults with Heart Failure. Sleep 2024, 47: a317-a318. DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsae067.0741.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRest-activity rhythmHeart failureCircadian quotientCognitive functionAUC ratioInter-daily stabilityPVT lapsesSleep efficiencyRandomized controlled trial of cognitive behavioral therapyTrial of cognitive behavioral therapyChronic heart failureCognitive behavioral therapyMeasure cognitive functionIntra-daily variabilityImprove HF outcomesTotal sleep timeRandomized controlled trialsImproved sleep efficiencyInfluence sleep qualityCircadian rhythm disruptionBehavioral therapyHF outcomesPsychomotor vigilance taskSleep qualityVigilance task“Our life literally got turned upside down”: Mothers' experiences of the COVID‐19 pandemic
Condon E, O'Connell M, Jackson B, Redeker N, Sadler L. “Our life literally got turned upside down”: Mothers' experiences of the COVID‐19 pandemic. Family Relations 2024 DOI: 10.1111/fare.13032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPreschool-aged childrenCaregivers of preschool-aged childrenSignificant caregiver burdenEffects of pandemic-related stressCOVID-19 pandemicQualitative descriptive studyPandemic related stressorsSemi-structured interviewsCaregiver burdenTargeted intervention effortsPandemic-related stressThematic analysisDescriptive studyYoung childrenCoping strategiesMothers' experiencesEarly childhood periodDisrupted routinesLives of familiesFamily functioningCOVID-19Family lifeIntervention effortsImproving long-term outcomesRelated stressors
Clinical Trials
Current Trials
Biological, Behavioral, and Genetic Mechanisms in the Intergenerational Transmission of Toxic Stress
HIC ID2000026331RoleSub InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date09/30/2024Recruiting ParticipantsGenderFemaleAge18+ yearsEffects of circadian regulation and sleep on immune responses
HIC ID2000027037RoleSub InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date02/28/2025Recruiting ParticipantsGenderBothAge21+ yearsThe Recovery in Stroke Using PAP Study (RISE-UP)
HIC ID2000024512RoleSub InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date01/31/2024Recruiting ParticipantsGenderBothAge18+ years
News
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- May 18, 2022
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- December 07, 2021
Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia improves function in people with heart failure, Yale study finds
- October 14, 2021
Discoveries & Impact (October 2021)