Expertise

Her program of research is focused in the area of behavioral oncology, with a special emphasis on interventions to promote colorectal and breast cancer screening and reduce cancer risk. Her studies, funded by the National Cancer Institute and the National Institute for Nursing Research, have tested computer-based, tailored health promotion interventions to motivate colorectal cancer screening. 

Expertise: Cancer screening, prevention, early detection and quality of life.

Past Affiliations

Member, Indiana University Simon Cancer Center, Cancer Prevention & Control Program

Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Center, School of Nursing, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Assistant Research Scientist, School of Nursing, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Project Director, Mary Margaret Walther Program for Cancer Care Research

Director, Graduate Program

Associate Professor, Nursing, Purdue University (past)

Research Assistant, College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago (past)

Instructor, School of Nursing

Staff Nurse, Medical Intensive Care

Staff/Charge Nurse, Surgical Intensive Care and Emergency

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Investigator, Mary Margaret Walther Program for Cancer Care Research

Communities
Oncology, Nursing, Nursing
Degrees
PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago, Nursing Science, 1989
MS, University of Illinois at Chicago, Clinical Nurse Specialist: Medical-Surgical Nursing, 1985
BSN, University of Illinois at Chicago, Nursing, 1979
Keywords
cancer or carcinogenesis colorectal, pancreatic & stomach cancers health promotion cancer prevention nursing oncology colorectal cancer ostomy adjustment symptom management cancer screening computer tailored interventions randomized clinical trials
Languages
English
Honors

Rebecca T. Markel Excellence in Mentoring Award, Sigma Theta Tau International, Alpha Chapter, 2011

Member, Initial Review Group, National Institutes of Health (NIH) (National Institute of Nursing Research, NIH), 2009-2012

Fellow, American Academy of Nursing, American Academy of Nursing, 2009

Peer Reviewer, Cancer Control and Prevention: Psychosocial and Behavior Research Panel, American Cancer Society (ACS) (American Cancer Society), 2008-2011

Prestigious External Award Recognition (PEAR), Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis (Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis), 2008

Senior Scientist Award, Midwest Nursing Research Society (Midwest Nursing Research Society), 2008

Scientific Peer Reviewer, National Institutes of Health (NIH) (National Cancer Institute), 2008

Mary and John Barron Quality of Life Investigator Award, Indiana University School of Nursing, Mary and John Barron Endowment (Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis), 2004

Excellence in Research Award, Sigma Theta Tau International, Alpha Chapter (Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis), 2004

Scientific Peer Reviewer, National Institutes of Health (NIH) (National Cancer Institute), 2003

Danielson Award for Clinical Cancer Research, Walther Cancer Institute, 2002

Scientific Peer Reviewer, US Department of Defense (US Department of Defense, Ovarian Cancer Research Program), 1999

Institutional National Research Service Award; Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Institute of Nursing Research (Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis), 1998-2000

Sigma Xi, Northwest Indiana Chapter (Purdue University Calumet), 1996

Fellowship for the Summer Institute in Research on Aging, National Institute on Aging and the Brookdale Foundation (National Institutes of Health), 1992

Sigma Theta Tau International, Mu Omega Chapter Charter Member (Purdue University Calumet), 1991

Sigma Theta Tau International, Alpha Lambda Chapter (University of Illinois at Chicago), 1984

Federal Nurse Traineeship Awards, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1982-1985

Advanced Nurse Training Grant, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Edward G. Hines Veterans Administration Medical Center, Hines, Illinois, 1982-1983

Chicago Lung Association Postgraduate Nursing Scholarship Award, Chicago Lung Association, 1982

Associations
American Academy of Nursing
American Cancer Society
American Nurses Association
American Society of Preventive Oncology
Behavioral Cooperative Oncology Group
Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science
Midwest Nursing Research Society
Oncology Nursing Society
Sigma Theta Tau, Alpha Lambda Chapter
Sigma Theta Tau, Mu Omega Chapter
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
Society for Behavioral Medicine
Wound, Ostomy & Continence Nurses Society