Doctor Angela Durante

Dr Angela Durante, PhD, MSN, RN, is Assistant Professor at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa and Research Nurse Manager at Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio (CNR). She earned her PhD in Nursing and Public Health cum laude in 2019 and has specialised in cardiovascular nursing since 2013. Her expertise includes cardiovascular nursing, self-care in heart failure and chronic illness, caregiver contribution and burden, patient-reported outcomes, qualitative research and mixed methods. Since 2025, she has served as Co-Director of the Master Programme in Patient Care in Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery and Cardio-Anaesthesiology at Sant’Anna. A Fulbright Scholar, she has received awards and grants from AHA, ACNAP, HFA and EANS, and has authored many indexed publications. She speaks Italian, English, Spanish and basic German, and enjoys engaging in international academic collaboration.