Barbara Riegel, DNSc, RN, FAAN, FAHA, has been selected as the 10th recipient of the Claire M. Fagin Distinguished Researcher Award at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Dr. Riegel will present the Fagin Lecture about her research journey on April 5, 2012, at Penn Nursing. Dr. Riegel, the Edith Clemmer Steinbright Chair of Gerontology and director of the Center for Biobehavioral Research at Penn Nursing, is internationally recognized for her research in heart failure. Through her interdisciplinary research, Dr. Riegel has advanced knowledge about the management of patients with heart failure and has contributed to guidelines that have changed the care provided to those with acute myocardial infarction. Her articles have been published in Heart & Lung, the American Heart Journal, the Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, and the European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. Dr. Riegel is editor of The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing and a fellow in both the American Academy of Nursing and the American Heart Association.