Villanova University's Brittany Koons in Villanova, Pennsylvania Wins a Five-Year, $3,579,843 NIH Grant: Studying How Caregivers Affect Lung Transplant Outcomes, Enrolling 410 Patient-Caregiver Dyads With Assessments at Six and 12 Months After Surgery, Under Award R01HL184123
VILLANOVA, Pennsylvania — Villanova University reported on October 15 that Brittany Koons, PhD, RN, assistant professor of Nursing in the M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing, has received a five-year, $3,579,843 grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to investigate how caregivers influence outcomes for lung transplant patients and to develop evidence that could reshape how transplant programs evaluate and support patients and families.
According to the university, while transplants can significantly extend survival and improve quality of life, as many as 20 percent of transplant candidates are considered ineligible because of inadequate caregiver support, and there is limited evidence explaining exactly how caregivers affect transplant outcomes or what constitutes adequate support. Koons said that if caregivers continue to be required as part of the transplant process, their role, their impact on outcomes and how to better support both patients and caregivers need to be understood.
The study focuses on lung transplantation, one of the most medically complex organ transplants, and studies transplant care as a dyadic partnership between patients and caregivers. The team will enroll 410 patient-caregiver dyads before transplant, follow them through transplantation and conduct assessments six and 12 months after surgery, evaluating how the pair's contributions affect survival, hospitalization, quality of life, caregiver burden and caregiver well-being, in a mixed-methods design that also includes separate in-depth interviews. Participants will be recruited through transplant centers at the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University and the University of California, San Francisco, leveraging the infrastructure of the NHLBI-funded Lung Transplant Consortium PROMISE Study. The research is supported by NHLBI under Award Number R01HL184123 and is 100 percent federally funded in the amount of $3,579,843.
来源链接：维拉诺瓦大学发布（villanova.edu，2026-10-15）： https://www.villanova.edu/university/media/press-releases/2026/nursing-grant.html
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