Noelle V. Pavlovic

Noelle V. Pavlovic

Assistant Professor

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Noelle V. Pavlovic

Ph.D., RN

Contact

Maloney Hall

Telephone: 617-552-2139

Email: noelle.pavlovic@bc.edu

Education

  • BA, Oberlin College
  • MS, Georgetown University
  • M.S.N., Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
  • Ph.D., Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

Expertise

  • Healthy Aging
  • Chronic Disease
  • Public Health and Health Systems

Profile

Dr. Pavlovic is an Assistant Professor at the Connell School of Nursing. She received her doctorate at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and did her postdoctoral fellowship at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in cardiovascular disease epidemiology. Her program of research focuses on the physiologic mechanisms and prognostic implications of patient-reported general and exertional fatigue symptoms in individuals with, and at risk for, heart failure. The ultimate goal of her program of research is to alleviate the suffering associated with heart failure symptoms and improve patient outcomes through interdisciplinary translational science.

Dr. Pavlovic has many years of both inpatient and outpatient experience as a registered nurse caring for individuals with cardiovascular diseases, heart failure, and multiple chronic conditions. She is also active in professional organizations including the American Heart Association and the Heart Failure Society of America.

Selected Publications

  • Pavlovic, N.V., Abshire Saylor, M., Leoutsakos, J., Himmelfarb, C.R., Lee, C.S., Shah, A.M., Chang, P.P., Commodore-Mensah, Y., Matsushita, K., Ndumele, C.E. (2025). Association of Fatigue Subtype with Outcomes in Adults with Prevalent Heart Failure: The ARIC Study. Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Heart Failure 13(1), 182-184. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchf.2024.10.008. PMID: 39779181.
  • Denfeld, Q.E., Pavlovic, N.V, Lee, C.S., Jacobs, J.M., Davis, M.R., Powell, S.M., Gritsenko, M., Joseph, S.M., Habecker, B.A. (2025). Plasma Proteomic Biomarkers of Physical Frailty in Heart Failure: A Propensity Score Matched Discovery-Based Pilot Study. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 25(1), 1-9. doi: 10.1186/s12872-025-04725-5. PMCID: PMC12001641
  • Pavlovic, N.V., Denfeld, Q.E., Roberts Davis, M. Minding the Gender Gap: Self-efficacy in heart failure. (2024). European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 24(1), 56-57. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjcn/zvae134. PMID: 39388453.
  • DeGroot, L., Pavlovic, N., Perrin, N., Gilotra, N.A., Miller, H., Denfeld, Q.E., McIlvennan, C.K., Dy, S.M., Davidson, P.M., Szanton, S.L., Abshire Saylor, M. The association of unmet palliative care needs and physical frailty with clinical outcomes: a prospective study of adults with heart failure. (2024). Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 40(4), 296-303. doi: 10.1097/JCN.0000000000001087. PMID: 38635901.
  • Stutsman, N., Habecker, B., Pavlovic, N., Jurgens, C.Y., Woodward, W.R., Lee, C.S., Denfeld, Q.E. (2024). Sympathetic dysfunction is associated with worse fatigue and early and subtle symptoms in heart failure: an exploratory sex-stratified analysis. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 23(5): 532-539. doi: 10.1093/eurjcn/zvad121. PMID: 38196102
  • Pavlovic, N., Ndumele, C.E., Abshire Saylor, M., Szanton, S.L., Lee, C.S., Shah, A.M., Chang, P.P., Florido, R., Matsushita, K., Dennison Himmelfarb, C.R., Leoutsakos, J. (2023). Identification of fatigue subtypes and their correlates in prevalent heart failure: A secondary analysis of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 17(2). doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.123.010115. PMID: 38240158
  • DeGroot, L., Pavlovic, N., Perrin, N., Gilotra, N., Dy, S., Davidson, P.M., Szanton, S.L., Abshire Saylor, M. (2023) Palliative Care Needs of Physically Frail Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Heart Failure. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 65(6), 500-509. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2023.01.016. PMID:聽36736499
  • Duvall, C., Pavlovic, N., Rosen, N.S., Wand, A.L., Griffin, J.M., Okada, D.R., Tandri, H., Kasper, E.K., Sharp, M., Chen, E.S., Chrispin, J., Gilotra, N.A. (2022) Sex and Race Differences in Cardiac Sarcoidosis Presentation, Treatment, and Outcomes. Journal of Cardiac Failure, 23, S1071 鈥� 9164. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2023.03.022. PMID:聽37062472
  • Rosen, N.S., Pavlovic, N., Duvall, C., Wand, A., Griffin, J.M., Okada, D.R., Chrispin, J., Tandri, H., Mathai, S.C., Stern, B., Pardo, C.A., Kasper, E.K., Sharp, M., Chen, E.S., Gilotra, N.A. (2022) Cardiac sarcoidosis outcome differences: A comparison of patients with de novo cardiac versus known extracardiac sarcoidosis at presentation. Respiratory Medicine, 198, 106864 鈥� 106864. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2022.106864. PMID: 35550245
  • Wand, A., Pavlovic, N., Duvall, C., Rosen, N.S., Chasler, J., Griffin, J.M., Okada, D.R., Jefferson, A., Chrispin, J., Tandri, H., Mathai, S.C., Sharp, M., Chen, E.S., Kasper, E.K., Hays, A.G., Gilotra, N.A. (2022). Effects of corticosteroids on left ventricular function in patients with cardiac sarcoidosis. The American Journal of Cardiology. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2022.04.051. PMID: 35701237
  • Pavlovic, N.V., Gilotra, N.A., Lee, C.S., Ndumele, C.E., Mammos, D., Denninson Himmelfarb, C., Abshire Saylor, M. (2021). Fatigue in persons with heart failure: a systematic literature review and meta-synthesis using the Biopsychosocial Model of Heath. Journal of Cardiac Failure, 28(2), 283-315. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2021.07.005. PMID: 34329719
  • Gilotra, N., Griffin, J., Pavlovic, N., Huston, B.A., Chasler, J., Goetz, C., Chrispin, J., Sharp, M., Kasper, E., Chen, E., Blankstein, R., Cooper, L.T., Joyce, E., Sheikh, F.H. (2021). Sarcoidosis related cardiomyopathy: current knowledge, challenges, and future perspectives (State of the Art Review), Journal of Cardiac Failure, 28(1), 113-132. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2021.06.016. PMID: 34260889
  • DeGroot, L., Koirala, B., Pavlovic, N.V., Nelson, K., Allen, J., Davidson, P., & Abshire, M. (2020). Outpatient palliative care in heart failure: An integrative review. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 23(9), 1257-1269. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2020.0031. PMID:聽32522132
  • Pavlovic, N.V., Randell, T., Madeira, T., Hsu, S., Zinoviev, R., & Abshire, M. (2018). Risk of left ventricular assist device driveline infection: A systematic literature review. Heart & Lung, 48(2), 90-104. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrtlng.2018.11.002. PMID:聽30573195

Selected Appointments and Awards

  • 2025: American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing Committee Member
  • 2025: Heart Failure Society of America Nurse Council Committee Member
  • 2023: T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • 2023: Fellow of the U.S. 10-Day Seminar on the Epidemiology & Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke, University of California San Diego
  • 2022: Isabell Hampton Robb Teaching Fellowship, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
  • 2022: F31 Predoctoral Training Fellowship, National Institutes of Health
  • 2022: Eleanor C. Lambertsen Scholarship, Nurses Educational Funds
  • 2022: Predoctoral Early Career Investigator Award Finalist, American Heart Association
  • 2019: T32 Interdisciplinary Training in Cardiovascular Health Fellowship, National Institutes of Health
  • 2017: Nu Beta Chapter Membership, Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honors Society
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