Biography
Dr. Nancy Pike is a distinguished nursing scientist with a strong background in acute care adult and pediatric nursing. Her specialties include congenital heart disease, adult and pediatric cardiovascular disease (prevention and disease management), psychosocial and neurocognitive outcomes, self-care, and quality of life.
An American Heart Association-recognized leader, Dr. Pike has contributed significantly to the understanding of biobehavioral and neurocognitive aspects in children with congenital heart disease by probing the biological interface of poorly understood areas of cognition/memory and brain structural injury. Her highly innovative research has evolved with a focus on cognitive interventions to improve working memory and ability for self-care. Dr. Pike has successfully obtained external research funding and has demonstrated a keen ability to mentor doctoral, post-doctoral, graduate, and undergraduate students, and junior faculty in research projects.
Research Interests
Expertise & research Populations: Lifespan Congenital Heart Disease, Cardiometabolic and Cardiovascular Disease, and Populations with Chronic Medical Conditions and Intellectual or Physical Disabilities.
Concepts: Quality of Life, Neurodevelopment, Neurocognition, Neuroimaging, Mental Health [Anxiety / Depression], Social Determinants of Health, Self-Care, Adolescent Transitional Care, Cognitive Retraining Interventions
Methods: Mixed Quantitative and Qualitative, grant and manuscript writing, career mentorship
Education
BSN Penn State University, 1985, Nursing
MN Cardiopulmonary Specialty, University of California, Los Angeles, 1993, Nursing
FNP University of California, San Francisco, 1997, Nursing
PhD University of California, Los Angeles, 2007, Nursing
Acute Care PNP Duke University, 2009, Nursing
Primary Care PNP University of California, Los Angeles, 2016 Nursing
Honors and Awards
- 1994 Nursing Excellence Award, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford
- 1999 American Association of Critical Care Nurses, Outstanding Advanced Practice Nurse Award
- 2005 American Heart Association-Fellow in the Council of Cardiovascular Nursing (FAHA)
- 2006 Chironian Merit Based Scholarship Award, UCLA School of Nursing
- 2007 Reynolds Estate Merit Based Scholarship Award, UCLA School of Nursing
- 2007 Shirley Novel Nursing Alumni Award, Penn State University, School of Nursing
- 2012 UCLA Faculty Career Development Award
- 2013 National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) – Los Angeles Chapter Nurse Practitioner of the Year Award
- 2013 Society of Pediatric Nursing – Excellence in Nursing Research Award
- 2013 Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN)
- 2013 Top 19 Medical and Nursing Professors in California by statestats.org
- 2014 National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners – Lisa Milonovich Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Scholar Award.
- 2014 Nursing Faculty Speaker – UCLA School of Nursing Pinning Ceremony
- 2015 UCLA Newsroom Top Story of the Week – “High School Students Take Researcher’s Study to Heart”
- 2015 European Society of Cardiology, London – Best Research Abstract
- 2016 Invited Speaker – Association for European Paediatric Cardiology (AEPC) Working Group, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
- 2016 American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), Featured Nurse Scientist of the Month, published in Policy Beat, March 2016, Volume 8, Issue 3
- 2016 American Heart Association, Council of Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing, Research Article of the Year Award 2016.
- 2018 UCLA School of Nursing Distinguished Alumni Award
- 2018 Association of Faculties of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners – 2018 Outstanding Researcher of the Year Award.
- 2018 Featured Nurse Researcher in American Heart Association Scientific Sessions Meeting Highlights for 2018. Published in the Journal of the American Heart Association 2019 “Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing Council Science in Review”.
- 2019 Invited Key Note Speaker – T. Garrett Rauch Nursing Lecture – 22nd Annual Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease.
- 2019 Featured cover story in the July issue of “Working Nurse” magazine covering teaching, research and clinical practice.
- 2019 Invited Key Note Speaker – Nancy Koster Memorial Lecturer at the Society of Pediatric Cardiovascular Nursing Annual Meeting in Philadelphia.
- 2020 American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing 2020 Excellence in Clinical Practice Award.
- 2021 Invited Pediatric Grand Rounds Speaker – Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
- 2022 Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing: International Nursing Researcher Hall of Fame Class of 2022 [Edinburgh, Scotland]
- 2022 Daisy Award – Teaching Excellence, UCLA School of Nursing
- 2023 3rd Annual Florence Nightingale Invited Speaker – Association for European Paediatric Cardiology (AEPC) [Dublin, Ireland]
- 2024 Western Institute of Nursing, 2024 Anna M. Shannon Mentorship Award
