Center of Innovation for Complex Chronic Healthcare
Karen Saban, PhD, RN, CNRN, FAHA, FAAN
Dr. Saban completed a three-year nursing post-doctoral fellowship at CINCCH. She is also the Associate Dean for Research and Scholarly Innovation in the Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing at Loyola University Chicago. She has over twenty years of experience as a neuroscience, critical care, and trauma nurse.
Dr. Saban’s research seeks to integrate social context and inflammation with epigenetic signature to explain disparities in cardiovascular disease/stroke in disadvantaged women and to examine interventions that may ameliorate stress-related inflammation in vulnerable populations. She is currently a Principal Investigator for a NIH funded randomized controlled trial examining the impact of a stress reduction on well-being, inflammation, and DNA methylation in women at risk for cardiometabolic disease (R01AG081251). Her Nursing Research Initiative (NRI) examined the effectiveness of an 8-week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program in improving psychological well-being, reducing inflammatory burden, and decreasing cardiovascular risk in women Veterans. She also completed an NINR K01 examining social stress and epigenetic signature in women at risk for cardiovascular disease. Most recently, she is examining the effectiveness of a stress reduction intervention in decreasing stress and inflammation in women at risk for cardiometabolic disease.
CURRENT POSITIONS
- Professor, Marcella Neihoff School of Nursing, Loyola University Chicago
EDUCATION
- PhD, Nursing, Loyola University Chicago, 2006
- MSN, Nursing Administration, Loyola University Chicago, 1990
- BSN, Nursing, Loyola University Chicago, 1986
CONTACT INFORMATION
Karen.Saban@va.gov
PUBLICATIONS
See Dr. Saban's Dimensions AI profile including publications and projects here
