Tiny Jaarsma
Heart Failure & Transplant
Linköping University
About
Tiny Jaarsma works in Heart Failure & Transplant affiliated with Linköping University.
Tiny Jaarsma is a professor in the Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences at Linköping University in Sweden. She also holds a part-time position as a professor in Nursing Science at the University Medical Center Utrecht in the Netherlands. Her research focuses on developing interventions to improve self-care and quality of life for patients with chronic heart failure.
Research focus
Heart Failure Self-Care InterventionsPalliative Care Integration in Heart FailureSexual Counseling for Cardiovascular PatientsExergaming and Physical Activity in Heart FailurePatient Education and Self-Management in Chronic Cardiac Disease
Impact
1,043 pubs · 120,500 cites · h-index 111
Training
PhD
Maastricht University
1999
Masters Degree in Health Sciences
University Maastricht
1986
Bachelor of Nursing Science
Academie voor gezondheidszorg Nederland
1982
Affiliations
Work Experience
Professor
Linköping University · 2009 - Present
Professor in Nursing Science (part-time)
University Medical Center Utrecht · 2018 - Present
Associate Professor in Cardiology
University Medical Centre Groningen · 2002 - 2010
Post-doc Fellow in Heart Failure
Netherlands Heart Foundation · 2000 - 2002
Assistant Professor
University Maastricht · 1998 - 2000