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Michael W. Vollman, PhD, RN
Assistant Professormichael.vollman@vanderbilt.edu
Current Research Interests
Dr. Michael Vollman has joint research faculty appointments at Vanderbilt University’s School of Nursing and in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine. He currently has a funded National Institutes of Health - National Institute of Nursing Research Mentored Scientist Development Award (K01 NR010137). His primary research interests target the effects of cognitive mediators on key health outcomes in heart failure (HF) patients, such as morbidity, mortality, sympathetic nervous system activation, and inflammatory cytokine production. Other research interests include the effects of sleep apnea on depression in HF patients, and testing self-tailored interventions for managing depressive symptoms in community-living HF patients.
Grants
Principal Investigator. Coping, Depression, and Heart Failure Outcomes. Research Mentored Scientist Award (K01). National Institutes of Health; National Institute of Nursing Research (K01 NR010137) ($260,000) (Priority Score 168). August 2006 – July 2009.
Representative Publications
Vollman, M. W. (under review). Depression and heart failure: A biopsychosocial phenomenon. Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management.
Vollman, M. W., LaMontagne, L. L., & Wallston, K. A. (in revision). Existential well-being predicts perceived control in adult patients with heart failure. Applied Nursing Research.
Vollman, M., LaMontagne, L., & Hepworth, J. (2007). Coping and depressive symptoms in adults living with heart failure. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 22, 125-130.
Professional Organizations
Research Committee, American Association of Heart Failure Nurses, 2006-present
Scientific Advisory Committee, General Clinical Research Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Experience as a Pre-, Post, K Award (or like) Mentor
Mentorship: Doctoral Students
Benjamin Smallheer – Cognitive mediators of depression in patients following acute myocardial infarction
Joshua Squires – Metabolic disturbances in adult heart failure patient