Lea Ann Matura PhD
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · United States
Editorial leadership for Journal of Sleep And Sleep Disorder Research ISSN 2574-4518
Research interests
- Symptom Managment
- Sleep
- Fatigue
Biography
Dr. Lea Ann Matura is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, where her research focuses on symptom management in people with cardiopulmonary disease, particularly pulmonary arterial hypertension. She is interested in understanding the symptom experience and how symptoms affect outcomes such as functionality and health-related quality of life. Dr. Matura is currently working to understand the biological mechanisms of symptoms including genomic susceptibility with a particular interest in fatigue and sleep. Her most-cited publication, "Symptom phenotypes in pulmonary arterial hypertension: The PAH 'symptome'" (2022), reflects her contributions to characterizing symptom patterns in this patient population.
Selected publications
- Symptom phenotypes in pulmonary arterial hypertension: The PAH “symptome” 2022 cited 8×
- Perspectives and corrective processes: Evaluating social justice in a nursing PhD program 2023 cited 4×
- The symptom perception processes of monitoring, awareness, and evaluation in patients with heart failure: a qualitative descriptive study 2024 cited 2×
- Becoming the actively engaged patient: patient-driven strategies for activation in CKD care Recent 2025
- Mindfulness knowledge and practice in patients with cardiopulmonary conditions: A qualitative thematic analysis of adults living with pulmonary hypertension and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease✰ Recent 2026
Ranked by citation impact (Crossref) where available, newest otherwise · verified via ORCID.
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