Dr. Kathleen Hegadoren

Clinical and Teaching Areas

  • Clinical Nurse Specialist - child and adolescent psychiatry and adult psychiatry
  • Advanced Practice in Mental Health
  • Neurobiology and neuropsychopharmacology
  • Gender issues in psychiatry
  • Stress and Women's Health
  • Drug metabolism
  • Pharmacotherapeutics
  • Recreational drug use

Research

  • Women and stress disorders
  • Gender differences in psychiatric treatment response
  • Role of stress and stress hormones in etiology of depression
  • Childhood interpersonal trauma and adaptation
  • Posttraumatic stress syndromes
  • Risks involved in the recreational use of "Ecstasy' in humans. My doctoral thesis titled Metabolic, Behavioral and Neurochemical Studies of 3,4-Methylenedioxy Analogues of Amphetamine involved a multidimensional approach to characterize the popular recreational drugs "Ecstasy" and "Eve". Two recent reviews have been published regarding the risks.

Recent Publications

  • Norris, C. M., Patterson, L., Galbraith, D., & Hegadoren, K. M. (2009). All you have to do is call; a pilot study to improve the outcomes of patients with coronary artery disease. Applied Nursing Research, 22(2), 133-137.
  • Norris, C. M., Hegadoren, K. M., Patterson, L., & Pilote, L. (2008). Sex differences in prodromal symptoms of patients with acute coronary syndrome: A pilot study. Progress in Cardiovascular Nursing, 23(1), 27-31.
  • Slater-MacLean, L., Cembrowski, G., Chin, D., Shalapay, C., Binette, T., Hegadoren, K., et al. (2008). Accuracy of glycemic measurements in the critically ill. Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics, 10(3), 169-177.
  • Woods, D. L., Kovach, C. R., Raff, H., Joosse, L., Basmadjian, A., & Hegadoren, K. M. (2008). Using saliva to measure endogenous cortisol in nursing home residents with advanced dementia. Research in Nursing and Health, 31(3), 283-294.
  • Lasiuk, G. C., & Hegadoren, K. M. (2007). The effects of estradiol on central serotonergic systems and its relationship to mood in women. Biological Research for Nursing, 9(2), 147-160.
  • Nicole, L., Duffett-Leger, L., Stewart, M., Hegadoren, K., Dennis, C., Rinaldi, C. M., et al. (2007). Canadian mothers' perceived support needs during postpartum depression. JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing, 36(5), 441-449.
  • Norris, C. M., Hegadoren, K., & Pilote, L. (2007). Depression symptoms have a greater impact on the 1-year health-related quality of life outcomes of women post-myocardial infarction compared to men. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 6(2), 92-98.

Kathleen M. Hegadoren, RN PhD
Professor
Canada Research Chair in Stress-related Disorders in Women

Email: kathy.hegadoren@ualberta.ca
Website: http://www.nurs.ualberta.ca/whru/
Phone: 780.492.4591
Fax: 780.492.2551
Office: 4-130G CSB

Mailing address:
Faculty of Nursing
Level 3, Edmonton Clinic Health Academy 
11405 87 Avenue
University of Alberta
Edmonton Alberta T6G 1C9

  • Nursing Diploma, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton (1971)
  • Post-RN B.Sc. (Nursing) University of Alberta, Edmonton (1987)
  • M.Sc. in Psychiatry (Neurochemistry), Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta (1990)
  • Ph.D. in Medical Sciences - Psychiatry, University of Alberta (1995)
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship - Department of Pharmacology, University of Alberta (1996)