Cardiovascular nurse scientist Christopher S. Lee, Ph.D., RN, FAHA, FAAN, FHFSA, is a Professor and the Associate Dean for Research at the Boston College William F. Connell School of Nursing. Dr. Lee has dedicated his career to better understanding heart disease and improving long term outcomes for patients and their families. He is known for his expertise in heart failure self-care and symptom science and patient and care-partner dyadic research in chronic conditions, as well the application of advanced statistical methods. Dr. Lee’s research involving older adults with heart failure has been support by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the Office of Research on Women’s Health and the American Heart Association (AHA). Dr. Lee’s research on older adults with heart failure has earned him multiple honors including the 2009 Martha Hill New Investigator Award, the 2013 Marie Cowan Promising New Investigator Award and the 2015 CVSN Atherosclerosis/Heart Failure Translational Re