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Amy Ketcham, BSN

Amy Ketcham

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aketcham@nursing.upenn.edu

Cohort Year

2018

Faculty Advisor

Dr. Barbara Riegel and Dr. Salimah Meghani

Bio

Amy Ketcham is a 3rd year pre-doctoral fellow in the NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health at Penn Nursing. She previously received her BSN from Pennsylvania State University, where she conducted research on inflammation and endothelial dysfunction in cardiovascular disease. Following her BSN, she worked as a cardiac RN at Cleveland Clinic for two years. Amy currently focuses her research on adults with heart failure, and her research interests include symptom science, social support and inflammation.

Research Experience

  • Methodological Interests
    • Mixed methods
    • Retrospective analyses
    • Mixed modeling
  • Research Experiences
    • Teaching assistant for NURS 230: Statistics for Research and Measurement
    • Member of a study team examining cardiovascular risk following COVID-19 infection

Highlights

  • Pre-doctoral fellow, Individualized Care for At-Risk Older Adults (T32NR0096356)
  • Member, Heart Failure Society of America and American Heart Association
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