Eeeseung Byun PhD, RN

My program of research has focused on the development of knowledge related to symptom management, specifically sleep disturbance, fatigue, depression, and impaired cognition, as well as underlying mechanisms evoking these symptoms in persons with stroke, including subarachnoid hemorrhage. I have also identified symptom experiences of family caregivers of persons with stroke, and begun to develop interventions to foster symptom self-management by stroke survivors. My work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Nursing Research (K23NR017404), John A. Hartford Foundation, and Neuroscience Nursing Foundation. I have a clinical background in neuro critical care. My research and clinical experiences to date have fueled my desire to contribute to the improvement of health and quality of life in persons with stroke as well as their family members.

Education

• BSN, Ewha Womans University
• MSN, University of Pennsylvania
• PhD, University of Pennsylvania
• Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco

What classes do you teach?

• NMETH 801 Practice Doctorate Project
• NMETH 403 Introduction to Research in Nursing
• NURS 445 Special Topics in Nursing (BSN Honors Program)
• NCLIN 306 Practicum: Foundational Skills for Professional Nurses

What do you love about the UW School of Nursing?

University of Washington School of Nursing is an ideal place for collaborative interdisciplinary research and education through which investigators and students in multiple fields can work together to improve care for persons with acute and chronic illnesses and their family caregivers.

Awards, Accolades, and Distinguished Memberships

• 2023 Harborview Medical Center Endowed Professorship in Critical Care
• 2021 Research Article Award, Association of Rehabilitation Nurses
• 2019 Stroke Article of the Year Award, American Heart Association, Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing, Stroke Council
• 2019 Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research Scholar Award, Rutgers University
• 2017 Institute of Translational Health Sciences Translational Research Scholar Award, University of Washington
• 2013 Martha N. Hill New Investigator Award Finalist, American Heart Association
• 2013 Marion R. Gregory Award for a Distinguished Completed Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
• 2013 Sigma Theta Tau International Xi Chapter Leadership Award for Demonstrating Exceptional Leadership
• 2013 Fellow, National Institute of Nursing Research Summer Genetics Institute
• 2011 Research Award, Sigma Theta Tau International Xi Chapter
• 2010 John A. Hartford Foundation Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity Predoctoral Scholar Award

Department

Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Informatics

Research Areas

• Innovative Interventions
• Symptom Science
• Health Equity
• Lifespan Health

Research Centers

• de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging
• Center for Innovation in Sleep Self-Management