Sue Penckofer, Ph.D., R.N.
	Title:	Professor
	Office:	Building 105, Room 2857, Medical Center Campus
	Phone:	708.216.9303
	E-mail:	spencko@luc.edu

Personal Information

Current Funding:
American Nurses Foundation,  Exploring Dysphoric Symptoms in
Women with Type 2 Diabetes
Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K-23) NINR-NIH:  A Psychoeducational Intervention for Women with Type 2 Diabetes

Previous Funding:
NINR-NIH: Predoc (F31), Postdoctoral (T32), and AREA(R-15); Chicago American Heart Association

Special Panel, Society for Women's Health Research:
Sex and Gender Differences in Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease  

Research Interests:
Women's Health - Cardiovascular disease and prevention, menopause, hormone replacement therapy, diabetes, and depression.

Editorial Board:
Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Journal Reviewer:
Journal of Women's Health, Journal of Biological Research for Nursing

Special Honors:
 Loyola University Faculty Scholar, INA Distinguished Researcher  

Selected Publications:

• Saban, K. & Penckofer, S. (2007). Patient expectations of quality of life following lumbar spinal surgery. Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 39, 180-189.
  
  
• Lustman, P., Penckofer, S., Freeland, K. (2007). Recent advances in understanding depression in adults with diabetes. Current Diabetes Reports, 7, 114-122.
  
  
• Giurgescu, C., Penckofer, S., Maurer, M., Bryant, F. (2006). Impact of Uncertainty,Social Support, and Prenatal Coping on the Psychological Well-being of High-risk Pregnant Women. Nursing Research, 55, 356-365.
  
  
• DeVon, D., Penckofer, S., Zerwic, J. (2005). The symptoms of unstable angina in patients with and without diabetes. Nursing Research In Health, 28, 135-143.
  
  
• Penckofer, S., Ferrans, C., Fink, N., Barrett, M., Holm, K. (2005). Quality of life in women before and three months after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Nursing Science Quarterly, 18, 176-183.
  
  
• Penckofer, S. Filliung, D., Labropoulos, N.(2005). Cardiovascular Risk in Postmenopausal Women with Diabetes. Journal of Vascular Nursing, 23, 1-7.