Dr. Natany da Costa Ferreira Oberfrank is an Assistant Professor in the University of Iowa College of Nursing. Her research centers on advancing heart failure self-care, with a focus on validating nursing-sensitive outcomes and interventions that improve patient symptom recognition and management. Her long-term goal is to advance symptom science by developing effective, sustainable strategies for optimal heart failure self-care through clinical research that targets patients’ knowledge and motivation needs, ultimately reducing hospital readmissions in older adults with heart failure. 

Dr. Oberfrank has received honors including the Midwest Nursing Research Society New Investigator Award and the University of Iowa College of NursingTeaching Excellence Award. Her work has been supported by the Barbara and Richard Csomay Center for Gerontological Excellence and by the Association for Common European Nursing Diagnoses, Interventions and Outcomes (ACENDIO). In addition to her research and teaching, she contributes to editorial boards, peer review activities, and leadership roles in professional nursing organizations, including the American Heart Association (AHA) and the Alliance for Nursing Informatics (ANI).

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