Psychosocial Behavioral Studies of Patients with Cancer: Depression in Cancer Patients
Quality of Life in Cancer Patients – Intervention to Urinary Incontinence of Prostate Cancer Survivors
Cancer Disparities
Research Projects
Principal Investigator, "Improving Urinary Continence and Quality of Life in Prostate Cancer Patients," National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (1R01CA127493-01A2), 1/2009-11/2012.
Principal Investigator, “Assessing Depression in African American Cancer Patients,” National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute (R03 CA115191-01A2), 2006-2008.
Principal Investigator, "Psychosocial Intervention for Functional Impairment in Cancer Patients," American Cancer Society (Ohio Division, Inc.).
Principal Investigator, "A Tool to Measure Family Concordance on End-of-Life Care," American Cancer Society (Institutional Research Grant #IRG-91-022-06).
Co-Principal Investigator, "Family Conflicts and Decision-Making for Advanced Cancer," PI: Laura Siminoff. National Institute of Health, National Cancer Institute (RO1 CA89513-01), 2001-2005.
Co-Investigator, “Culturally Sensitive Electronic Nursing Interventions,” PI: Shirley Moore. National Institutes of Health, National Institute for Nursing Research (R03 NR08551), 2003-2006.
Training Projects
Collaborating Faculty, “Multiple Morbidities in Vulnerable Populations: Nurse Scientist Training.” Program Director: Shirley Moore. National Institutes of Health, National Institute for Nursing Research (T32 NR009761), 2006-2011.
Education Interests
Statistics
Research Methodology
Educational Background
BA, Journalism, Peking University, Beijing, China
MS, Clinical Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, PA
PhD, Cross-Cultural Studies in the Behavioral and Social Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, PA
Post-doc, AHCPR Postdoctoral Fellow, NIMH Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California-Berkeley
