PhD, Human Development, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 1979
MS, Nursing, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 1972
BS, Nursing, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 1969
Research:
Improving heart failure outcomes. Newhouse (PI) funded by American Nurses Credential Center, Thomas 10% effort
Research Interests:
Psychosocial Factors in Cardiovascular Health
Depression in Heart Failure Patients
Family Coping
Recent Publications:
Ross, A., Thomas, S.A. (2010). The Health benefits of yoga and exercise: A review of comparison studies. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine;16(1): pp 3-12.
Kao,C.W., Friedmann, E., Thomas, S.A. (2010). Quality of life predicts one-year survival in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators. Qual Life Res: Feb. 3.
Thomas, S.A., Friedmann, E., Gottlieb, S.S., Liu, F., Morton, P.G., Chapa, D.W., Lee, H-J, Nahm, E-S. on behalf of the Sudden Cardiac Death Heart Failure Trial (SCD-HeFT) Investigators (2009). Changes in psychosocial distress in heart failure (HF) outpatients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators. Heart Lung 38; 109-120.
Lee, H-J, Chapa, D., Kao, C-W, Jones, D., Kapustin, J., Smith, J., Krichten, C., Donner, T., Thomas, S.A., Friedmann, E. (2009). Relationship of depression, quality of life and glycemic control in Type 2 diabetic outpatients after controlling for demographics and diabetic complications. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners; 21(4):214-24
Friedmann, E., Thomas, S.A., Cook, L.M., Tsia, C., Picot, S. J. A friendly dog as potential moderator of cardiovascular response to speech in older hypertensives. Anthrozoos, 20: 51-63, 2007.
Friedmann, E., Thomas, S.A., Iguito, P., Kao, C-W., Metcalf, M., Kelley, F.J., Gottlieb, S.S. Quality of life and psychological status of patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators, Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology, 17(1):65-72, 2006.
Friedmann, E., Thomas, S.A., Liu, F., Morton, P.G., Chapa, D., Gottlieb, S.S. for the SCD-HeFT Investigators. Relationship of depression, anxiety, and social isolation to chronic heart failure outpatient mortality. American Heart Journal. 152:940-48, 2006.
Van Horn, A., Thomas, S.A., Friedmann, E., Gearon, J. Breast cancer screening in the VA: A review of challenges and tools for success. Federal Practitioner, 23:42-48, 2006.
Thomas, S.A., Friedmann, E., Kao, C-W., Iguito, P, Metcalf, M., Kelley, F.J. Gottlieb, S.S. Review of the quality of life and psychological status of patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators. American Journal of Critical Care 15:389-398, 2006
