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Amy Y. Zhang

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Amy Zhang 216-368-0968  
Program of Research:
  • 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

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