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ICCAC 2020 Research Grant Awards
ICCAC is excited to announce the winners of the ICCAC Research Grant Award for 2020!

We would like to congratulate Laura Coyle, MSN, ACNP-BC and Sarah Schroeder, ACNP-BC, MSN RN, AACC for earning the ICCAC 2019 Research Grant Awards. They both submitted original work ideas to the Research Workforce. Both of the grant proposals were scored and each project was felt to be exemplary in the field of MCS research. 

Laura's topic is the Impact of Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation on Patient Health Status in LVAD Patients.

Sarah's topic is Feasibility Analysis of Frailty Assessment in Mechanical Circulatory Support.

Please join our Research Workforce in congratulating both individuals for jobs well done. We look forward to hearing their research project updates at our Annual Meeting in June 2021!

Research Grant Proposals will open up again May 2020 and close in September 2020 for the upcoming year. More details to come.