• Ph.D., Academy of Medicine, Kaunas, Lithuania
• M.D., Kaunas Institute of Medicine, Lithuania
• B.S., Kaunas Institute of Medicine, Lithuania
• CPH, Graduate School, Public Health, University of Connecticut

Educational Background:

• Thesis on Effectiveness of Rapid Pacing Transesophageal for Termination of Supraventricular Tachycardias
• Evaluation of Antiarrhythmic Drugs Effect on Electrophysiologic Functions of The Heart

• Anatomy and Physiology
• Human Biology
• Genetics
• Advance Pathophysiology
• Advance Physiology
• Psychopharmacology
• Cardio-Renal Physiology
• Pharmacogenomics
• Immunology
• Endocrinology
• Neuroscience
• Public Heath
• Epidemiology
• Cardiac Arrhythmias
• Interpretation of Clinical Lab Values
• Body Fluid and Electrolytes

• Cardiac Arrhythmias and Radiofrequency Ablation
• Gender Differences in Cardiovascular Disease
• Sudden Cardiac Death
• Advanced Method of Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias

Electrophysiology and Radiofrequency Ablation for Ventricular Tachycardia Termination

• Recurrence of Ventricular Tachycardia after Radiofrequency Ablation
• The Impact of Ischemic Scar location on Effectiveness of ICDs

Opportunities

• Gender Differences in Cardiac Arrhythmias

Requirements

• Background in Biology

Expectations

• One or two semesters project and presentation at USJ Symposium

Interview Process

• Schedule by e-mailing to [email protected]

• King R, Giedrimiene D. The impact of comorbidities on preventive care of patients with myocardial infarction: is there still a gender gap? European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 2022; 29 (Supplement_1), zwac056. 043.
• Giedrimiene D, Tolat A, Fakess S, Alvarez C, Kluger J. Success of ICD therapy during early period after radiofrequency ablation for patients with ventricular tachycardia. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2022; 79 (9_Supplement), 164-164. https://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/10461.
• Giedrimiene D. Kluger J. Outcomes and Success Of Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation In Patients With Implantable Cardioverters Defibrillators. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 2022;15:A259. https://doi.org/10.1161/circoutcomes.15.suppl_1.259
• Algarate PT, Krithika Ch, Giedrimiene D, Kluger J. Gender Differences In Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias Undergoing Catheter Ablation. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 2022;15:A155. https://doi.org/10.1161/circoutcomes.15.suppl_1.155
• Wyse J. Giedrimiene D. Gender Differences in Sudden Cardiac Death Prevalence and Predictors. Abstracts. 16th Annual Conference of the Organization for the Study of Sex Differences, Marina Del Ray, CA, May 02-05, 2022.
• Giedrimiene D, Algarate P, Chagari K, Kluger J. Gender Differences in Patients with Ventricular Arrhythmias Undergoing Catheter Ablation.   Abstracts. 16th Annual Conference of the Organization for the Study of Sex Differences, Marina Del Ray, CA, May 02-05, 2022.
• Babar Natasha, Giedrimiene Dalia. Updates on Baroreflex Activation and Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Treatment of Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction // Cardiology Research (CR). 2022, 13, (1), p.11-17, doi 10.14740/cr1330.
• Giedrimiene D., Harrison J.W., Duvall L., Kluger J. Can Sotalol Impact the Effectiveness of Antitachichycardia Pacing in Patients with Ventricular Arrhythmias? // 16th Annual Congress of the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society, EUROPACE. Congress Materials. 2023.
• Algarate PT, Krithika Ch, Giedrimiene D, Kluger J. Gender Differences in Comorbidities and Treatment of Patients with Heart Disease // Abstracts. Annual Conference of the Organization for the Study of Sex Differences, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May 7-11, 2023.
• Giedrimiene D, Alvarez C, Tolat A, Fakess S, Kluger J. Early Recurrence of Ventricular Tachycardia and the Impact of Radiofrequency Ablation on Success of ICD therapy. Circulation. 2023; 148:A 15656.
• Giedrimiene D, White M. Gender Differences in Patients with Ventricular Tachycardia // Abstracts. Annual Conference of the Organization for the Study of Sex Differences, Bergen, Norway, May 6-8, 2024.

• Giedrimiene D., Harrison J.W., Duvall L., Kluger J. The Impact of Amiodarone Use on Antitachycardia Pacing Failure in Patients with Implantable Cardioverters. International Congress of European Society of Cardiac Arrhythmias. Marseille, France. EUROPACE, Congress materials, 2019.
• Harrison JW, Manola A, Kalluri LK, Duvall WL, Giedrimiene D, Kluger JW. Clinical Predictors of antitachycardia pacing response in implantable cardioverter defibrillator patients. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2019 Sep;42(9):1219-1225. doi: 10.1111/pace.13760. Epub 2019 Aug 16.
• King R, Giedrimiene D. Identifying a Target Population for Preventive Cardiology: A study of Trends in Cardiology Admissions for Acute Myocardial Infarction. Washington, DC. Annual Conference AHA. Quality of Care & Outcomes Research. Virtual presentation, May 2020.
• King R, Giedrimiene D. Primary Care Physician Status is an Important Factor in Addressing Healthcare Disparities in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease”. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2020;13:A104. Abstract. https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/hcq.13.suppl_1.274.
• King R, Giedrimiene D. Primary care physician services and the frequency of comorbidities in patients with acute myocardial infarction. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology 2021, 28, Suppl 1. https://academic.oup.com › eurjpc › 28 › zwab061.265.pdf.

Students’ Presentations

• Giedrimiene D., Tarsilo M., Giedrimas D. Adherence to Warfarin and Oral Anticoagulants: Outcomes of 12 Months Follow-up in Patients with Non-valvular Atrial Fibrillation. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes Research. 2019 ;12:A223. Originally published 4 Apr 2019.
• Wyse J. Giedrimiene D. Gender Differences in Sudden Cardiac Death Prevalence and Predictors. Abstracts. 16th Annual Conference of the Organization for the Study of Sex Differences, Marina Del Ray, CA, May 02-05, 2022.
• Giedrimiene D, Algarate P, Chagari K, Kluger J. Gender Differences in Patients with Ventricular Arrhythmias Undergoing Catheter Ablation.   Abstracts. 16th Annual Conference of the Organization for the Study of Sex Differences, Marina Del Ray, CA, May 02-05, 2022.
• Babar Natasha, Giedrimiene Dalia. Updates on Baroreflex Activation and Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Treatment of Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction // Cardiology Research (CR). 2022, 13, (1), p.11-17, doi 10.14740/cr1330. Algarate PT, Krithika Ch, Giedrimiene D, Kluger J. Gender Differences in Comorbidities and Treatment of Patients with Heart Disease // Abstracts. Annual Conference of the Organization for the Study of Sex Differences, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May 7-11, 2023.

• Trustee and Board Member of Trinity Health, West Hartford, CT.
• Chair of Quality Committee, and Member of Strategic Planning Committee, Mercy Community, West Hartford, CT.
• Board Member and Co-founder of BALTNET (Baltic-New England Development Network).
• Membership at Heart Rhythm Society, American College of Cardiology, Heart Failure Society of America, European Society of Cardiac Arrhythmias, Organization For the Study of Sex Differences.
• Elected Member of American-Lithuanian Community Council.
• Elected Member of World-Lithuanian Council.

• Ph.D., Rutgers University
• M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University
• B.S., Carnegie Mellon University

• EDUC 251/551: Teaching in Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Classrooms
• EDUC 535: Multilingualism and Multilingual Learners
• EDUC 567: Advanced Studies of Culture and Learning: Intercultural Perspectives
• EDUC 559: Second Language Assessment
• ECSE 530: Parents, Families, and Communication
• ECSE 520: Language Development and Emergent Literacy

Her work focuses on the schooling experiences of multilingual learners
and has been published in journals such as Language, Identity, and Education, Linguistics and Education, Latinos and Education.

Research Gate

• Mangual Figueroa, A. & McConnochie, M. (2021). Critical language ethnography as a community-centered research paradigm. In C. Clauss-Ehlers (Ed). The Cambridge Handbook of Community Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Contextual Perspectives. New York: Cambridge University Press.
• McConnochie M. (2024). Reframing English Learners and Latinx Families as ‘First-class Multilingual Citizens’ in the New Latino Diaspora of New Jersey. In E. Hamann, S. Herrera, S. Wortham, & E. Murillo (Eds). Teaching and Learning in the New Latino Diaspora: Creating Culturally Responsive Practice. Teachers College Press.
• McConnochie, M. (2022). “Needs to put in more effort”: How teachers deficit beliefs frame the moral worth of Latinx students and families in school-based discourses. Journal of Latinos and Education.
• McConnochie, M. (2021). Co-constructing frames of peer help during Writers Workshop in a second grade bilingual class. Journal of Language, Identity, and Education.
• McConnochie, M. & González, E. (2023). Developing Critical Language Awareness through Narrative (Funds of) Knowledging. 2023 Special Issue: Journal of Language, Identity, and Education.
• McConnochie, M. & Mangual Figueroa, A. (2017). “Dice que es bajo” (“She says he’s low”): Negotiating breaches of learner identity in two Mexican families. Linguistics and Education.

• The Sister Mary Ellen Murphy Faculty Scholarship Award, University of Saint Joseph, 2024;
• Finalist for the Frederick Erickson Outstanding Dissertation Award,
  Council of Anthropology and Education, 2018;
• The Arleen H. Urban Award for Excellence in Dissertation, Rutgers Graduate School of Education Alumni Association, 2018