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Professor Donna Fitzsimons

School of Nursing and Midwifery
Donna Fitzsimons

Professor Donna Fitzsimons

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Professor Fitzsimons' research is focused on improving care for people with chronic conditions, particularly in helping them better understand their illness, engage in effective self-management, embrace preventative strategies and achieve optimal end of life care.

The purpose of this work is to help develop, test and translate innovative interventions to tackle complex health issues. She is also interested in supporting professionals to use evidence to enhance their practice and in the development of clinical practice guidelines.

Contact info

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  • askmhls@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 2079
  • @DonnaFitzQUB

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the field of

  • Chronic disease self-management
  • Preventative cardiology
  • Palliative care in chronic illness

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Public outreach & key achievements

  • Professor Fitzsimons is an elected Councillor on the Board of the European Society of Cardiology
  • She is an Editorial Board Member of the European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
  • She is an invited member of the Northern Ireland Chest Heart & stroke association Scientific Advisory Committee
  • She is Co-Clinical Lead for the Northern Ireland Cardiovascular Clinical Research Network

 


Research students

PhD Title Exploring cardiac cachexia in advanced heart failure 
Name Lorna Cassidy
Country N.Ireland 
Year of Study  2018-Present
   
PhD Title  Determining the theoretical and practical feasibility of implementing a family initiated escalation of care scheme to detect and refer patient deterioration. 
Name Aidin McKinney 
Country N.Ireland 
Year of Study  2018-Present
   
PhD Title  Rejuvenating Rehab: a collaborative methodology to develop innovative approaches for delivery of Cardiac Rehabilitation 
Name Gemma Caughers 
Country N.Ireland 
Year of Study 2018-Present

 


Alumni: Where are they now

PhD Title Maximising survival: The status passage from cancer diagnosis to inherited genetic condition in women with hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancer 
Name Dr Lisa Jeffers 
Year of Study 2008-2011 
Country  N.Ireland 
Current Position Genetics Nurse Counsellor, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust 
   
PhD Title Pre-hospital delay in patients presenting with myocardial infarction in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 
Name  Dr Hassan Al Shahrani 
Year of Study 2011-2014 
Country Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 
Current Position General Director of Health Affairs in Al-Jouf Region, KSA 
   
PhD Title Management if Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators in advanced heart failure: An exploratory study of heart failure patients’, carers’ and healthcare professionals’ perspectives 
Name  Dr Loreena Hill 
Year of Study 2012 -2015 
Country N.Ireland 
Current Position Post-Doctoral Research Fellow 

 

 


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