BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Academic & Professional Background

• B.S.N. (Nursing) 1981 - Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois
• M.S.N. (Nursing) 1986 - Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois
• Ph.D. (Nursing) 1994 - Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois
• Postdoctoral Research Fellowship 1994-1996 - VA Hospital, Hines, Illinois
• Advanced Career Development Awardee 1999-2002 - Rehabilitation Research and Development, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC
• M.S. (Exercise Science) 2001- Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois

Current Research Interests

• Aging
• Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
• Exercise Physiology
• Quality of Life

Selected Publications

Collins EG, Langbein WE, Orebaugh C, Maloney C, Williams K, Reda D, Edwards L, Littooy FN. Polestriding exercise and vitamin E for management of peripheral vascular disease. Medicine & Science in Sports and Exercise (in press), 2003.

Langbein WE, Collins EG, Orebaugh C, Maloney C, Williams KJ, Littooy FN, Edwards LC. Increasing exercise tolerance of persons limited by claudication pain using Polestriding. J of Vascular Surgery 35:887-895, 2002.

Collins EG, Langbein WE, Fehr L, Maloney C. Breathing pattern retraining and exercise in persons with COPD. AACN Clinical Issues Advanced Practice in Acute and Critical Care, 2001.

Collins EG, White-Williams C, Jalowiec A. Spouse quality of life before and one year after heart transplantation. Crit Care Nursing Clin of North America 12:103-110, 2000.

Walter JS, Wheeler JS, Creasy G, Chintam RS, Riedy L, Bruninga K, Collins E, Nemchausky B, Anderson D. Optimization of sacral ventral root stimulation following SCI: Two cases. J Spinal Cord Medicine 21:211-219, 1998.

Collins EG, Mozdzierz G. Ethical considerations with oncology patients in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Nursing Quart, 18(4):44-53, 1996.

Collins E, Lawson L, Lau MT, Barder L, Weaver F, Bayer D, Schultz M, Byrne R, Hauser M, Nvebia A, Dries D. Care of central venous catheters for TPN. Nutrition in Clinical Practice 11:109-115, 1996.

Collins EG, White-Williams C, Jalowiec A. Impact of the heart transplant wait on spouses. J of Heart Lung Transplant 15(6):623-630, 1996.

Collins EG, White-Williams C, Jalowiec A. Spouse stressors while awaiting heart transplant. Heart and Lung 25(1):4-13, 1996.

Collins EG, Pfeifer P, Mozdzierz G. Decision not to transplant: Futility or rationing? J Cardiovasc Nurs 9(3):23-29, 1995.

Projects Completed or Active (Selected)

• Home-Based Exercise and Nutrition Program for Pain Control in Overweight Osteoarthritics
• Effect of Ventilation-Feedback on Exercise in COPD
• Assessing Outcomes of Pulmonary Rehabilitation
• Compendium of Energy Cost of ADLs in Persons with SCI
• Exercise Effect on Aerobic Capacity and QOL in Heart Failure
• Polestriding Exercise and Vitamin E for Management of Claudication Pain
• Quality of Life Predictors: Heart Transplant Spouses
• QUERI - Spinal Cord Injury

Research Funding Sources

• American Nurses Foundation
• AMVETS of Illinois Reactivation Center - Treatment/Research Initiative
• International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
• Sigma Theta Tau International
• VA Health Services Research & Development
• VA Rehabilitaiton Research & Development

Research Methods Employed

• Survey Research Methods
• Measurement of Quality of Life
• Experimental, Quasi-Experimental
• Exercise Testing and Training

Professional Accomplishments

• 2002-2005 - Member, Scientific Review and Evaluation Board, HSR&D
• 1999-present - Co-Chairperson/Chairperson, Hines/North Chicago Human Studies Subcommittee
• 1996-present - Editorial Board Member, Progress of Transplantation
• 1994-present - Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development
• 1994-1997 - Chairperson, Hines Cooperative Studies Human Rights Committee
• 1993-present - Manuscript Reviewer, Heart & Lung
• 1993-1997 - Abstract Reviewer and Research Committee, International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation
• 1988-1991 - Chairperson, Hines Cooperative Studies Human Rights Committee
• 1988-1989 - President, Alpha Beta Chapter/Sigma Theta Tau

Honors

• 2000 - New Investigator Award, American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
• 1997 - McManus Distinguished Alumni Award, Mother Theodore Guerin High School
• 1993 - Professional Employee of the Quarter, Hines VAH
• 1993 - Nurse Researcher of the Year, Hines VAH
• 1986 - Member, Sigma Theta Tau, Alpha Beta Chapter