Todd Ruppar, PhD, RN, GCNS-BC, FAHA, FAAN

Todd Ruppar, PhD, RN, GCNS-BC, FAHA, FAAN is an internationally recognized expert on medication adherence. His work uses both meta-analysis and clinical research methods to quantify the various influences on adherence to cardiovascular medications and to then improve patient outcomes by developing effective interventions through which patients and providers can work together to address medication non-adherence.

Funding for Ruppar’s work has been provided by many organizations, including the John A. Hartford Foundation’s Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity program, the University of Missouri Interdisciplinary Center on Aging, the PhRMA Foundation, the American Heart Association, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholars Program. He serves on committees for the cardiovascular nursing councils of the American Heart Association and European Society of Cardiology, and has been a grant reviewer for several organizations including PCORI, AHA, and NIH. Ruppar has active roles in several professional organizations, including the Midwest Nursing Research Society and the European Society for Patient Adherence, Compliance, and Persistence. 

Ruppar completed BSN and MSN degrees at Saint Louis University, a PhD at the University of Missouri, and a post-doctoral fellowship in medication adherence at the University of Leuven, Belgium.