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VA HSR&D Stroke QUERI Center Investigator
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Maude R. Rittman, PhD
Core Investigator, Stroke QUERI Center
North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System
1601 SW Archer Road, 151B
Gainesville, FL 32608 |
PHONE: 352-374-6108
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| E-mail: Maude.Rittman@med.va.gov |
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- Research Health Scientist, Rehabilitation Outcomes Research Center
- Chief, Nursing Service for Research (CNSR), Malcom Randall VA Medical Center, NF/SG Veterans Health System
- Research Associate Professor, College of Nursing, University of Florida
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Maude Rittman, PhD, RN, is the Associate Chief of Nursing Services for Research with the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, and Research Assistant Professor at the University of Florida College of Nursing. Her major responsibilities at the VA include directing the nursing research program; serving as investigator and coordinator of Research Focus 3; along with being the Assistant Director of the Career Development Program for HSR&D/RR&D, RORC. She is a qualitative researcher specializing in understanding the everyday lives of persons with stroke, their caregivers, and the experience of chronic illness. She earned her BSN, MN, and Ph.D. in nursing from the University of Florida. Her clinical experience has been in psychiatric nursing and the dynamics of nursing care. She has published several studies in these areas. She is currently conducting qualitative studies in understanding the everyday lives of persons with stroke, their caregivers, and the experience of chronic illness. She mentors pre and post-doctoral students, serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Aging Studies and is a reviewer for the journal of Psychosomatic Medicine and the Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development.
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- Racial Differences in Care
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- Tiegs TJ, Heesacker M, , Ketterson TU, Pekich DG, Rittman MR, Rosenbek JC, Stidham BS, Gonzalez-Rothi LJ. Coping by stroke caregivers: sex similarities and differences. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation (2006); 13; 52-62.
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- Van Puymbroeck M, Rittman MR. Quality-of-life predictors for caregivers at 1 and 6 months poststroke: Results of path analyses. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development (2005); 42; 747-760.
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- Boylstein C, Rittman M, Gubrium J, Behrman A, Davis S. The social organization in constraint-induced movement therapy. J Rehabil Res Dev (2005); 42; 263-275.
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- Williams CL, Rittman MR, Boylstein C, Faircloth C, Haijing Q. Qualitative and quantitative measurement of depression in veterans recovering from stroke. J Rehabil Res Dev (2005); 42; 277-290.
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- Faircloth CA, Boylstein C, Rittman M, Gubrium JF. Constructing the stroke: sudden-onset narratives of stroke survivors. Qual Health Res (2005); 15; 928-941.
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- Chumbler NR, Rittman MR, Qin H, Wu SS. Changes in Sense of Coherence and Depressive Symptoms among Informal Caregivers of Stroke Survivors Across Two-Years. American Heart Association/American Stroke Association International Stroke Conference 2006. Orlando, FL. 2006 Feb 17.
- Hannold E, Young M, Rittman M, Behrman A. Empowerment: The Value of a Patient-Centered Approach to Care [Oral Presentation]. Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) Service National Meeting, Plenary Session. Baltimore, MD. 2005 Feb 17 .
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| Reviewed/Updated Date: 8/27/2007 |
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