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Dr Loreena Hill

School of Nursing and Midwifery
Loreena Hill

Dr Loreena Hill

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Dr Hill’s research focuses on the management of patients with chronic heart failure, specifically those in advanced stages. She leads a co-design European study to develop an innovative intervention to improve patient and family decision-making concerning Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators within palliative care.

Dr Hill is interested in ways to improve self-care of patients with chronic heart failure. She is PI of QUB team in Passion-HF (PAtient Self-care uSIng eHealth in ChrONic Heart Failure), a European study that’s aims to increase responsibility and self-efficacy of patients with heart failure.

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  • askmhls@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 5756
  • @HillLoreena

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the field of

  • Management of patients with Chronic Heart Failure
  • Supportive and palliative care, with particular interest in heart failure
  • Decision-making regarding deactivation of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator

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Public outreach & key achievements

  • “A nurse researcher with her roots in heart failure practice” headline from HF 2018 Congress News
  • Passion-HF project is profiled in “The Northern Ireland Experience in Transnational Programmes” published by Special EU Programmes Body 2019
  • A Board member of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology

Research students

PhD Title HEart faiLure carer support Programme: A pilot study of the HELP intervention for carers. 
Name Lorna Cassidy  
Country Northern Ireland
Year of Study  2018-Present
   

 


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  • Faculty of Medicine, Health & Life Sciences

  •  School of Nursing and Midwifery

  •  Chronic Illness And Palliative Care Research Initiative

  •  Centre for Evidence and Social Innovation

     


     

     


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