Elisavet Papathanasoglou, PhD, MSc, BSN, RN

Area of Study / Keywords

Intensive Care Nursing stress research sepsis Mixed methods clinical trials neuroscience nursing integrative nursing

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About

Dr Papathanassoglou joined the University of Alberta in 2015. She has been academic faculty member since 1999, and has extensive teaching experience at undergraduate/ graduate education.

Her research interests combine basic science with the nursing management of acutely ill patients. She explores the effects of non-pharmacological, integrative interventions and stress responses in critical care. She studies the role of stress, stress neuropeptides and apoptosis in the pathophysiology of critical illness and multiple organ dysfunction (MODS) and the impact on non-pharmacological and integrative approaches on critically ill patients’ outcomes, including inflammation, pain and delirium. Additionally, she explores issues of inter-professional collaboration, nursing autonomy and clinical decision-making, as well as patients’ rights and ethical aspects of critical care. Another strong area of interest focuses on the phenomenological investigation of the lived experience of patients and nurses in intensive care. She employs a wide range of research methods, including physiological/ laboratory, quantitative and qualitative research

DEGREES/ TRAINING:

• Postdoctoral Fellow (Neuroendocrinology, Immunology), Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Division of Endocrinology, Boston, MA, USA (1998-1999)
• Doctor of Philosophy (Nursing, Critical Care, Immunology), University of Rochester, School of Nursing Doctoral Program, Rochester, NY, USA (1994-1998)
• Post Graduate Diploma (Research Methodology), University of Athens School of Nursing, Greece (1992-1993)
• Master of Science (Health Informatics), Erasmus European Community Inter-University Collaboration Program, EC (1991-1993)
• Bachelor’s (Nursing), University of Athens School of Nursing, Greece (1987-1991)

 

APPOINTMENTS:

• Effective July 1st 2024: Professor & Associate Dean Undergraduate Programs- University of Alberta, Faculty of Nursing
• Effective July 1st 2019 - Professor - University of Alberta, Faculty of Nursing
• July 2015 – June 2019 - Associate Professor - University of Alberta, Faculty of Nursing
• Nov 2014 – Sep 2015 - Professor (Critical Care Nursing) - Cyprus University of Technology, Department of Nursing
• June 2009 – Oct 2014 - Associate Professor (Critical Care Nursing) - Cyprus University of Technology, Department of Nursing
• Feb 2003 – Sep 2009 - Assistant Professor (Critical Care Nursing) - University of Athens Faculty of Nursing, Greece
• Dec 1999-Jan 2003- Lecturer (Critical Care Nursing) - University of Athens Faculty of Nursing, Greece

 

DISTINCTIONS:

• Elected ambassador of the World Federation of Critical Care Nurses (WFCCN) 2015-2020/ 2020-2024.
• Representative of WFCCN to Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)- 2020 Sepsis Guidelines review committee (2018-20).
• Member of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research College of Reviewers (2017- present)
• World Federation of Critical Care Nurses (WFCCN) representative to the Global Sepsis Alliance (GSA) Network (2016- present)
• Representative to the Quality improvement Committee Global Sepsis Alliance Network. (2016- 2022)
• Elected Board Member GSA (2019-2022)

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Research

Dr Papathanassoglou’s research interests combine basic science with the nursing management of acutely ill patients. She explores the effects of non-pharmacological, integrative interventions and stress responses in critical care. She studies the role of stress, stress neuropeptides and apoptosis in the pathophysiology of critical illness and multiple organ dysfunction and the impact on non- pharmacological and integrative approaches on critically ill patients’ outcomes, including inflammation, pain and delirium. Additionally, she explores the long-term outcomes and rehabilitation after acute care and issues of inter-professional collaboration, nursing autonomy and clinical decision-making, as well as patients’ rights and ethical aspects of critical care. Another strong area of interest focuses on the phenomenological investigation of the lived experience of patients and nurses in intensive care and the phenomena of caring, empathy and advocacy. She employs a wide range of research methods, including laboratory, quantitative and qualitative research. She is Scientific Director of the Neurosciences, Rehabilitation & Vision Strategic Clinical Network, Alberta Health Services, which is dedicated to improving patient outcomes through implementation of evidence, research and  innovation.

Dr Papathanassoglou has 240 peer reviewed publications. Her published work has received over 11,000 international citations (h-index: 46). She has delivered 70 invited lectures at international and national conferences, has presented another 298 papers at international and national conferences, and has received 13 awards for conference papers. She has been elected Ambassador of the World Federation of Critical Care Nurses (WFCCN), WFCCN’s representative to the Global Sepsis Alliance Network, representative of WFCCN to the 2020 International Surviving Sepsis Guidelines group, member of the Canadian Institutes of Health College of Reviewers, past co-editor of International Journal of Critical Care, the official journal of WFCCN, and Associate Editor of Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

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Teaching

Dr Papathanassoglou has been teaching at pre- and post-graduate level in the fields of intensive care nursing, research methodology, evidence-based practice, holistic nursing, advanced practice and pathophysiology since 1999.

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Kiran Pohar Manhas, Sidney Horlick, Jacqueline Krysa, Katharina Kovacs Burns, Katelyn Brehon, Celia Laur, Elizabeth Papathanassoglou, Chester Ho

Healthcare. 2024 March; 10.3390/healthcare12070730

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Christos Rossis, Koralia A. Michail, Nicos Middleton, Maria Karanikola, Elizabeth Papathanassoglou, Meropi Mpouzika

Healthcare. 2023 December; 10.3390/healthcare12010077

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Sidney Horlick, Jacqueline Krysa, Katelyn Brehon, Kiran Pohar Manhas, Katharina Kovacs Burns, Kristine Russell, Elizabeth Papathanassoglou, Douglas P. Gross, Chester Ho

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023 December; 10.3390/ijerph20247176

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Neelam Punjani, Elizabeth Papathanassoglou, Kathy Hegadoren, Saima Hirani, Zubia Mumtaz, Margot Jackson

Adolescents. 2023 September; 10.3390/adolescents3030040

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Meropi Mpouzika, Stelios Iordanou, Maria Kyranou, Katerina Iliopoulou, S, Parissopoulos, Maria Kalafati, Maria Karanikola, Elizabeth Papathanassoglou

Healthcare. 2023 August; 10.3390/healthcare11162283

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Jacqueline Krysa, Sidney Horlick, Kiran Pohar Manhas, Katharina Kovacs Burns, Mikayla Buell, Maria J. Santana, Kristine Russell, Elizabeth Papathanassoglou, Chester Ho

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023 July; 10.3390/ijerph20156457

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Jacqueline A. Krysa, Mikayla Buell, Kiran Pohar Manhas, Katharina Kovacs Burns, Maria J. Santana, Sidney Horlick, Kristine Russell, Elizabeth Papathanassoglou, Chester Ho

Healthcare. 2023 May; 10.3390/healthcare11091309

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Maria Karanikola, Meropi Mpouzika, Elizabeth Papathanassoglou, Katerina Kaikoushi, Anna Hatzioannou, Ioannis Leontiou, Chris Livadiotis, Nicos Christophorou, Andreas Chatzittofis

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022 September; 10.3390/ijerph191711049

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163. Pant U, Frishkopf M, Park T, Norris C, Papathanassoglou E

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022 March; 19 (5):3113

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162. Evans L, Rhodes A, Alhazzani W, Antonelli M, Coopersmith CM, French C, Machado FR, Mcintyre L, Ostermann M, Prescott HC, Schorr C, Simpson S, Wiersinga WJ, Alshamsi F, Angus DC, Arabi Y, Azevedo L, Beale R, Beilman G, Belley-Cote E, Burry L, Cecconi M, Centofanti J, Coz Yataco A, De Waele J, Dellinger RP, Doi K, Du B, Estenssoro E, Ferrer R, Gomersall C, Hodgson C, Møller MH, Iwashyna T, Jacob S, Kleinpell R, Klompas M, Koh Y, Kumar A, Kwizera A, Lobo S, Masur H, McGloughlin S, Mehta S, Mehta Y, Mer M, Nunnally M, Oczkowski S, Osborn T, Papathanassoglou E, Perner A, Puskarich M, Roberts J, Schweickert W, Seckel M, Sevransky J, Sprung CL, Welte T, Zimmerman J, Levy M.

Intensive Care Med. 2021 November; 47 (11):1181-1247 10.1007/s00134-021-06506-y

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160. Evans L, Rhodes A, Alhazzani W, Antonelli M, Coopersmith CM, French C, Machado FR, Mcintyre L, Ostermann M, Prescott HC, Schorr C, Simpson S, Joost Wiersinga W, Alshamsi F, Angus DC, Arabi Y, Azevedo L, Beale R, Beilman G, Belley-Cote E, Burry L, Cecconi M, Centofanti J, Yataco AC, De Waele J, Dellinger RP, Doi K, Du B, Estenssoro E, Ferrer R, Gomersall C, Hodgson C, Møller MH, Iwashyna T, Jacob S, Kleinpell R, Klompas M, Koh Y, Kumar A, Kwizera A, Lobo S, Masur H, McGloughlin S, Mehta S, Mehta Y, Mer M, Nunnally M, Oczkowski S, Osborn T, Papathanassoglou E, Perner A, Puskarich M, Roberts J, Schweickert W, Seckel M, Sevransky J, Sprung CL, Welte T, Zimmerman J, Levy M.

Crit Care Med. 2021 November; 49 (11):1974-1982 10.1097/CCM.0000000000005357

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161. Evans L, Rhodes A, Alhazzani W, Antonelli M, Coopersmith CM, French C, Machado FR, Mcintyre L, Ostermann M, Prescott HC, Schorr C, Simpson S, Joost Wiersinga W, Alshamsi F, Angus DC, Arabi Y, Azevedo L, Beale R, Beilman G, Belley-Cote E, Burry L, Cecconi M, Centofanti J, Yataco AC, De Waele J, Dellinger RP, Doi K, Du B, Estenssoro E, Ferrer R, Gomersall C, Hodgson C, Møller MH, Iwashyna T, Jacob S, Kleinpell R, Klompas M, Koh Y, Kumar A, Kwizera A, Lobo S, Masur H, McGloughlin S, Mehta S, Mehta Y, Mer M, Nunnally M, Oczkowski S, Osborn T, Papathanassoglou E, Perner A, Puskarich M, Roberts J, Schweickert W, Seckel M, Sevransky J, Sprung CL, Welte T, Zimmerman J, Levy M.

Crit Care Med. 2021 November; 49 (11):e1063-e1143

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Ortega DG, Norris CM, Papathanassoglou EDE

Australian Critical Care. 2019 January;

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Karanikola NKM, Dolougeri K, Koutrouba A, Giannakopoulou M, Papathanassoglou E

Frontiers of Psychology. 2018 January;

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Papathanassoglou E, Kutsogiannis J, Skrobik Y, Hegadoren K, Stelfox T, Norris C, Rose L, Bagshaw S, Meiers M.

British Medical Journal . 2018 January;

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Puntillo KA , Max A , Timsit J-F, Ruckly S , Chanques G, Robleda G , Roche-Campo F , Mancebo J, Divatia JV, Soares M, Ionescu DC, Grintescu IM, Maggiore SM, Rusinova K, Owczuk R, Egerod I, Papathanassoglou EDE, Kyranou M, Joynt GM, Burghi G, Freebairn RC, Ho KM, Kaarlola A, Gerritsen RT, Kesecioglu J, Sulaj MMS, Norrenberg M, Benoit DD, Seha MSG, Hennein A, Pereira FG, Benbenishty JS, Abroug F, Aquilina A, Monte JRC, An Y, Azoulay E.

Intensive Care Medicine. 2018 January;

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Papathanassoglou E, Hadjibalassi M, Lambrinou E, Papastavrou E, Paikousis L, Kyprianou T.

American Journal of Critical Care. 2018 January; 27

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Georgiou M, Papathanassoglou E, Middleton N, Papalois A, Xanthos T.

American Journal Emergency Medicine. 2016 January;

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Hadjibalassi M, Lambrinou E, Papastavrou E, Miltiadous P, Papathanassoglou E.

Connect: World J Critical Care Nursing.. 2015 January; 9 (4):158

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Georgiou E, Papathanassoglou E, Andreou P, Hadjibalassi M.

Biomed Research International. 2015 January;

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Papathanassoglou E, Mpouzika M, Giannakopoulou M, Bozas E, Mpoti S, Middleton N, Karabinis A.

Biological Research for Nursing. 2014 January; 17 (3):285-294

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Papathanassoglou E

Nursing in Critical Care. 2014 January; 85 (11):1586-1593

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Mpouzika MD, Papathanassoglou ED, Giannakopoulou M, Bozas E, Middleton N, Boti S, Patiraki EI, Karabinis A.

Neuropeptides. 2013 January; 47 (1):25-36

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Neuropeptides. 2013 January; 10.1016/j.npep.2012.07.007

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Nurs Crit Care. 2013 January; 10.1111/nicc.12015

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J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2013 January; 10.1097/HCR.0b013e3182930cbb

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J Nurs Manag. 2013 January; 10.1111/jonm.12046

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Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2012 January; 10.1097/DCC.0b013e3182445fd2

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Papathanassoglou EDE, Karanikola M, Kalafati M, Giannakopoulou M, Lemonidou C, Albarran J.

American Journal of Critical Care. 2012 January; 21 (2):e41-e52.

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Nurs Crit Care. 2012 January; 10.1111/j.1478-5153.2012.00536.x

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Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2012 January; 10.1097/DCC.0b013e31823a55b8

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Biol Res Nurs. 2012 January; 10.1177/1099800412451312

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Am J Crit Care. 2012 January; 10.4037/ajcc2012205

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Nurs Crit Care. 2011 January; 10.1111/j.1478-5153.2011.00446.x

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Nurs Crit Care. 2011 January; 10.1111/j.1478-5153.2011.00447.x

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J Emerg Nurs. 2011 January; 10.1016/j.jen.2010.03.006

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Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2011 January; 10.1097/DCC.0b013e3182052250

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J Clin Nurs. 2010 January; 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.02954.x

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Nurs Crit Care. 2010 January; 10.1111/j.1478-5153.2010.00363.x

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Nurs Crit Care. 2010 January; 10.1111/j.1478-5153.2009.00383.x

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Nurs Crit Care. 2009 January; 10.1111/j.1478-5153.2009.00349.x

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Nurs Crit Care. 2008 January; 10.1111/j.1478-5153.2008.00289.x

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Nurs Crit Care. 2008 January; 10.1111/j.1478-5153.2008.00269.x

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Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2007 January; 10.1016/j.iccn.2007.03.010

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J Nurs Manag. 2007 January; 10.1111/j.1365-2934.2006.00673.x

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J Immunol. 2006 January;

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Eur J Oncol Nurs. 2006 January; 10.1016/j.ejon.2005.07.006

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AACN Adv Crit Care. 2006 January;

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Oncol Nurs Forum. 2006 January; 10.1188/06.ONF.603-610

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Nurs Crit Care. 2006 January;

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J Nurs Manag. 2005 January; 10.1111/j.1365-2934.2004.00510.x

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Int J Nurs Stud. 2004 January; 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2003.10.006

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Int J Nurs Stud. 2004 January; 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2003.10.007

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J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2001 January;

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Shock. 2000 January;

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