Tina Hines Ph.D., R.N., is a professor at the UMKC School of Nursing. She is a scholar whose research targets cardiovascular function during pregnancy. A research position focused on the life sciences, her appointment is the first endowed professorship in nursing at UMKC. Her endowed professorship was established through a bequest of the late Dale and Dorothy Thompson.  

Dr.Hines's federally funded research explores changes in the cardiovascular function during pregnancy. Her work has been funded consistently by both internal and external sources since she began her pre-doctoral training. National Institutes of Health funding for her research totals $1.35 million. In addition to her research grants, Dr. Hines has published numerous articles about her findings in journals including the American Journal of Physiology, the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the Journal of Nursing Education.

Following 10 years of clinical practice in obstetrics and pediatrics, Dr. Hines earned her doctoral degree in physiology from the University of Louisville. She completed post-doctoral fellowships in obstetrics at the University of Chicago and in Neurophysiology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Dr.Hines was associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing prior to her appointment at UMKC.