Assistant Professor, 2025 Excellence in Research Award, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Dr. Rita de Cassia Gengo’s main research focus area is Healthy Aging Across the Lifespan with concentrations in cardiovascular nursing, symptom management, and developing and testing complex interventions to manage unpleasant symptoms in individuals with cardiovascular diseases. Her current project aims to validate the Modified Fatigue Impact Scale for use in heart failure. She is also exploring racial/ethnic differences in predictors and outcomes of heart failure symptom clusters using the All of Us dataset to understand symptom management and health disparities in cardiovascular care. In collaboration with international scholars, Dr. Gengo is developing a decision-making framework rooted in nursing disciplinary knowledge to identify patient problems. Within the past three years, her research has been widely shared through high-impact peer-reviewed journals, manuscripts, articles, and national and international conferences.
