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Ryan Shaw

Associate Professor in the School of Nursing
School of Nursing
311 Trent Dr., Office 2286, Durham, NC 27710
307 Trent Dr., DUMC 3322, Durham, NC 27710

Research Interests


Digital health
Telehealth
Electronic Health Records (EHRs)
health informatics
chronic illness management

Selected Grants


Nurse LEADS: Training in Nurse-LEd models of care ADdressing the Social Determinants of Health

Inst. Training Prgm or CMECo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Applying Reinforcement Learning to Create a Precision Medicine Weight Loss Intervention

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Wisconsin - Madison · 2024 - 2027

EXpanding Technology-Enabled, Nurse-Delivered Chronic Disease Care (EXTEND)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Nursing Research · 2021 - 2025

(2/2) Log2Lose: Incenting Weight Loss and Dietary Self-Monitoring in Real Time to Improve Weight Management

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · 2020 - 2025

Nurse LEADS: Training in Nurse-LEd models of care ADdressing the Social Determinants of Health

Inst. Training Prgm or CMECo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Applying Reinforcement Learning to Create a Precision Medicine Weight Loss Intervention

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Wisconsin - Madison · 2024 - 2027

EXpanding Technology-Enabled, Nurse-Delivered Chronic Disease Care (EXTEND)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Nursing Research · 2021 - 2025

(2/2) Log2Lose: Incenting Weight Loss and Dietary Self-Monitoring in Real Time to Improve Weight Management

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · 2020 - 2025

Using Partners to Enhance Long-term Weight Loss

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Wisconsin - Madison · 2018 - 2023

Engaging Black Men in Digital Health to Improve Self-Management of Type 2 Diabetes: An Iterative Participatory Design Approach

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2022

Integrating Patient-Generated Digital Health Data into Electronic Health Records in Ambulatory Care Settings

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Oregon Health & Science University · 2020 - 2021

NRI: INT: Customizing Semi-Autonomous Nursing Robots using Human Expertise

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2018 - 2021

Technology-Mediated Symptom Management in Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Care

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2020

Line Snugglers Central Venous Catheter Line Covers (CVCLC): Evaluation in an Adult Critical Care Population

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Nursing & Patient Care Innovations · 2018 - 2019

From Episodic to Real-Time Care in Diabetes Self-Management

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2019

Incentivizing Behavior Change Skills to Promote Weight Loss

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2019

A Three-Month RCT to Sustain Weigh-Loss among Obese Persons through Tailored SMS

FellowshipPI-Fellow · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2013