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Irene Ewing, RN, BSN
CLinical Researchy Coordinator
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Irene Ewing came to the UC emergency department with 22 years of nursing experience. She worked as a critical care nurse for 10 years and later she worked as a hospital supervisor gaining extensive management experience. She began her research career when she joined the Greater Cincinnati Northern Kentucky Stroke Team in 1998. As a member of the GCNKY team she was involved in a variety of research studies. She coordinated the Cincinnati portion of the SPARCLE Trial which was a Pharmaceutical study looking at prevention of secondary stroke with the use of Lipitor. She coordinated the NIH funded neurosurgical trial COSS, a multi-center randomized trial evaluating the efficacy of EC/IC bypass surgery in patients with carotid occlusion who have experienced a stroke. She also co-coordinated a large NIH-funded Epidemiology project which examined the incidence rates, causes, and treatment of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke among Blacks and Whites. This trial involved coordinating a team of nurses who interviewed patients and abstracted charts at 16 area hospitals. She also worked on numerous sub-studies (K grants) that were associated with this Epidemiologic study. Since joining the Emergency Department team, Irene has coordinated the Cincinnati effort for the NIH funded “Specialized Programs of Translational Research in Acute Stroke (SPOTRIAS)” grant. SPOTRIAS is a national network of centers that perform early phase clinical projects, share data, and promote new approaches to therapy for acute stroke. One of the projects in the SPOTRIAS network was the CLEAR trial for which Irene was the project manager. The CLEAR Trial was an acute multi-center stroke trial involving the use of Eptifibatide and rt-PA lead by Dr. Arthur Pancioli. Her newest project is coordinating the local hub for the Neurological Emergency Treatment Trials (NETT) grant, a $26 million dollar NINDS project committed to establishing a national framework for neurological emergencies. |
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