Lynne T. Braun, PhD, RN, CNP

Dr. Braun is a nurse practitioner in the Preventive Cardiology Center and the Heart Center for Women, Rush Heart and Vascular Institute, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, and an associate professor in the Department of Adult Health Nursing, Rush University, Chicago. She is a coinvestigator of the study, “A Couples Approach for Cardiac Risk Reduction,” funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Her clinical and research interests include cardiovascular risk reduction, exercise, hyperlipidemia and hypertension management.  Dr. Braun is a fellow of the American Heart Association.  She is on the board of directors of the American Heart Association of Metropolitan Chicago, the AHA Council on Cardiovascular Nursing, Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association and the Midwest Lipid Association.