Lucinda J. Graven, PhD, APRN, FAHA, FAAN

Lucinda J. Graven, PhD, APRN, FAHA, FAAN is a family nurse practitioner whose research focuses on improving heart failure disease and symptom management through the development and testing of cognitive-behavioral interventions at both the individual, dyad, and family levels. Dr. Graven has developed and tested a promising telehealth intervention, the Coping in Heart Failure (COPE-HF) Partnership, targeting heart failure disease and symptom management problems in the home. Her symptom focused research has produced several publications examining the effect of social support and problem-solving, as coping resources, on heart failure symptomatology and symptom management. Recognizing the importance of family care partners in helping heart failure patients maintain optimal disease and symptom management, Dr. Graven’s research also involves family-level research. Dr. Graven has examined predictors of adverse outcomes in heart failure caregivers and the development of interventions to improve caregiver contribution to heart failure disease management. Combined with her patient research, findings from her caregiver work have been instrumental in the development of a family intervention to improve heart failure disease and symptom management in the home. Dr. Graven also has expertise in rural and diverse population-based research, with several publications examining the effects of social determinants of health on heart failure disease management.