Shannon Halloway, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA
Associate Professor
Heung Soo & Mi Ja Kim Endowed Faculty Scholar
Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
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College of Nursing
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About
Shannon Halloway, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, is an Associate Professor and the inaugural Heung Soo and the Mi Ja Kim Endowed Faculty Scholar at University of Illinois Chicago College of Nursing. She earned her BSN from Pacific Lutheran University and her PhD from Rush University College of Nursing. Dr. Halloway is considered a leader for her focus on practical, scalable behavioral strategies to optimize cardiovascular and cognitive health for older adult populations. In particular, she has a special attention on lifestyle health behaviors that can promoted as part of a daily routine to prevent Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. As principal investigator, Dr. Halloway has led interdisciplinary teams in nine grants totaling nearly $7 million and five grants as co-investigator totaling over $75 million. Dr. Halloway publishes in high-impact multi-disciplinary journals while additionally publishing advocacy publications in prominent media outlets with an estimated outreach of over 200 million readers/listeners. Her excellence in research has been recognized by the American Heart Association Marie Cowan Promising Early Career Investigator Award, Midwest Nursing Research Society Harriet H. Werley New Investigator Award and a Society of Behavioral Medicine Leadership Fellowship. She was named a Fellow of American Heart Association and Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.