K. M. Reeder, PhD, RN

Post Doctoral Nursing Fellow – Heart Failure
Senior Research Associate

E-mail: kreeder@kumc.edu
Phone:  913-588-0426

K. M. Reeder, PhD, RN, has a broad range of experience in cardiovascular clinical practice, management, teaching, and research. As a post-doctoral fellow and senior research associate, Dr. Reeder has worked with Dr. Carol Smith, PI, on the National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute clinical trial, testing the effect of a nurse practitioner – led heart failure group clinic intervention on clinical, social, and economic outcomes. In 2010, Dr. Reeder received the Pathway to Independence award from the National Institute of Nursing Research to study the timeliness of symptom recognition, interpretation, and reporting in heart failure (1K99NR012217). Dr. Carol Smith, Mentor, and Dr. Byron Gajewski, Co-Mentor, provide and coordinate advanced research training with interdisciplinary scientists for successful transition by Dr. Reeder to independently conduct complex intervention and clinical outcomes studies in prevention and management of cardiovascular diseases with an interdisciplinary perspective, using sophisticated analytic techniques, and formulating novel conceptualizations.

Recent Publications

• Reeder, K. M. (In press). Quality of life. In: Encyclopedia of Nursing Research (3rd ed.). J. J. Fitzpatirck & M. W. Kazer (Eds.). New York: City Springer Publishing Company.
• Piamjariyakul, U. & Reeder, K. M. (co-first authors), Wongpiriyayothar, A., & Smith, C. E. (In press). Coaching: An Innovative Teaching Strategy in Heart Failure Home Management. NOVA Science.
• Dalton, K., Reeder, K.M., Elyachar, A.M., Staley, J., Spaniol, R., Ellerbeck, E., Vasek, J.L., Smith, C.E. (2009). Screening and enrollment in clinical trials: Essential relationships for success. The Monitor, 23(4), 29-33.

Awards

• Post-Doctoral Practicum Certificate, Clinical & Translational Research Activities, Mayo Clinic, September 2010.
• Novice Investigator Award, NIH/K30: University of Kansas Medical Center, 2007-2011.