Tamryn L. Fowler, PhD, MPH, MSN, RN
Assistant Professor, UNC School of Nursing; Associate Member, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Dr. Tamryn Lashea Fowler is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing and an Associate Member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. She is an oncology and palliative care nurse scientist whose research focuses on improving the experiences and outcomes of adults and older adults and their family caregivers, with particular expertise in hematologic malignancies, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), and cellular therapies such as CAR-T.
Dr. Fowler’s program of research focuses on family caregiving, psycho-oncology, health equity, palliative and supportive care, and care transitions. Her work seeks to understand how patients and families navigate complex cancer treatment and recovery and to develop scalable, family-centered behavioral and supportive care interventions that strengthen caregiver preparedness, coping, and quality of life while promoting patient recovery and well-being. Her research is particularly focused on periods of transition from hospital-based treatment to care at home, when substantial clinical and supportive care responsibilities shift to family caregivers.
Dr. Fowler earned her BSN and MSN from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an MPH in Epidemiology from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and a PhD from the Johns Hopkins University, where she was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Future of Nursing Scholar. Her research and career development have been supported by the National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute, American Cancer Society, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program, Oncology Nursing Foundation, Cambia Health Foundation, Betty Irene Moore Fellowship for Nurse Leaders and Innovators, and the Oppenheimer Family Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care Research Grants Program at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Dr. Fowler brings clinical experience in pediatric oncology and blood and marrow transplantation to her research and has held academic and research appointments at Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Her long-term goal is to advance evidence-based, family-centered models of cancer and palliative care that improve quality of life for patients and the family caregivers who support them.
Funded Research — Active
– Workshop on Methods in Supportive Oncology Research (2R25CA181000-11A1)
Co-Investigator; NIH/National Cancer Institute; 2019–Present.
– Advanced Workshop in Research Skills in Oncology (5R25CA246746-05)
Co-Investigator; NIH/National Cancer Institute; September 1, 2024–August 31, 2028.
– Instilling HOPE in Vulnerability: Helping Outpatient Caregivers Navigate Care (Betty Irene Moore Fellowship for Nurse Leaders and Innovators)
Principal Investigator; Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; 2024–Present.
– Diversifying and Strengthening Dementia Palliative Care Clinical Trials (1R25AG076388-01)
Co-Investigator; NIH/National Institute on Aging; 2022–2027.
Funded Research — Completed
– Family Forward: Using Natural Language Processing to Evaluate the…
Principal Investigator; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; July 1, 2021–June 30, 2025.
– Expanding the Reach of Palliative Care: Engaging Caregivers through Policies and Practice (Sojourns Scholars Leadership Program)
Principal Investigator; Cambia Health Foundation; December 15, 2020–October 31, 2023.
– Distress and Coping in Caregivers of Patients Undergoing Inpatient Compared to Ambulatory Care Reduced Intensity Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Principal Investigator; Oppenheimer Family at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; September 1, 2020–August 31, 2022.
– Advanced Workshop in Research Skills in Oncology (1UE5CA246746-01)
Co-Investigator; NIH/National Cancer Institute; 2020–2023.
– Prevalence of Anxiety in Individuals Newly Diagnosed with Lymphoma and Myeloma (U54CA156732 Sub-Award; Co-PIs: Oreofe Odejide and Lizabeth Roemer)
Co-Investigator; NIH/NCI Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities; 2020–2021.
– ALIGN: Aligning with Caregivers Across Generations to Improve Quality of Life (#75564)
Principal Investigator; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; 2018–2020.
– Role of Decision Partners in Cancer Clinical Trial Participation
Principal Investigator; NIH/NCI Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities, GMaP Region 1 North Research Project Support Program; 2018.
– United in Faith, Health, and Strength: Pioneering Faith-Centered, Community-Based Advance Care Planning Within African American Churches (PIs: Rebecca Aslakson and Janice Bowie)
Research Assistant; Johns Hopkins Transdisciplinary Discovery Award; 2018.
– Clinical Trial Participation among Adults with Cancer and Decision Partners (#130861-DSCN-17-074-01-SCN; Mentors/Sponsors: Marie T. Nolan and Joseph Gallo)
Principal Investigator; American Cancer Society; 2016–2018.
– Decision Partner Involvement in Cancer Patient Decisions about Clinical Trial Participation
Principal Investigator; Oncology Nursing Society Foundation Endowment Dissertation Research Grant; 2016–2018.
– Careers Beyond the Bedside (CaBB) (D19HP2498)
Co-Investigator; Health Resources and Services Administration; 2013–2015.
Books and Chapters
1. Gray, T. F., & Odom, J. N. Supporting families in palliative care. In A. Brody, V. Batista, & H. Coats (Eds.), Oxford textbook of palliative nursing (6th ed.). Oxford University Press.
2. Gray, T. F. (2024). Pediatric oncology. In S. Nettina & C. Nelson-Tuttle (Eds.), Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice (12th ed). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
3. Tan, K. R., Gray, T. F., Erardy, A., & Kent, E. E. (2024). The burdens and rewards of informal cancer caregivers: Issues and interventions. In S. Hedlund, B. Miller, G. Christ, & C. Messner (Eds.), Oncology and palliative social work: Psychosocial care for people coping with cancer (OPSW). Oxford University Press.
4. Gray, T. F. (2023). The suffering of caregivers, loved ones, & the community. In W. Rosa & B. Ferrell (Eds.), The nature of suffering and the goals of nursing (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press.
5. Gray, T. F., & Bevans, M. (2019). Burden among caregivers of patients with unique sites of cancer and/or treatment: Caregivers of patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. In A.J. Applebaum (Ed.), Cancer Caregivers. Oxford University Press.
Refereed Papers/Articles
1. Fowler, T. L., Boyden, J.Y., Harrison, K.L., Makinde, K.W., Gelfman, L., Bryant, A.L., Van Houtven C.H., & Kent, E.E. (2026). Not every home is a haven: how policy and practice can address vulnerabilities in home-based care. The Lancet Regional Health– Americas.
2. Wang, D., Yang, Q., Cary Jr, M. P., Fowler, T. L., & Hendrix, C. C. (2026). Initial Development and Preliminary Validation of the Caregiver Motivation Appraisal Scale: Assessing Voluntary and Obligatory Caregiving Motivations. Research in Gerontological Nursing, 1-12.
3. Gray, T. F., Brazauskas, R., Patel, J., Rangarajan, H. G., Michelis, F. V., Battiwalla, M., Lehmann, L. E., Stefanski, H. E., Dias, A. L., Sharma, A., Beitinjaneh, A., Zeidan, A. M., Gómez-De León, A., Saad, A., Hamilton, B. K., Marks, D. I., Rizzieri, D. A., Szwajcer, D., Lad, D. P., Hildebrandt, G. C., Hashem, H., Murthy, H. S., Liu, H., Preussler, J. M., Yared, J. A., Aljurf, M., de Lima, M., Krem, M. M., Herr, M. M., Solh, M., Abid, M. B., Ramanathan, M., El Jurdi, N., Khera, N., Majhail, N. S., Lulla, P., Seo, S., Hong, S., Chhabra, S., Ganguly, S., Gergis, U., Agrawal, V., El-Jawahri, A. R., & Saber, W. (2026). Factors associated with clinical trial participation in adult hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) recipients: A Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR) analysis. Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Accepted (advance online publication).
4. Wells‐Di Gregorio, S., McAlister, B., Kayser, K., Siston, A., Flowers, S., Donnell, C., Fitchett, G., Gray, T.F., Fann, J.R., Vanderlan, J. and Snyder, D., 2026. The American Psychosocial Oncology Society’s Psychosocial Oncology Virtual Academy: Enhancing Access to Specialized Psychosocial Oncology Care. Psycho‐Oncology, 35(7), p.e70520.
5. Hoffman, D.I., Moore, S., Reich, A.J., Sheu, C., Ruan, M., Tabata-Kelly, M., Sciacca, K., Gray, T.F., Dohan, D., Lindvall, C. and Cooper, Z., 2026. Palliative Care for Older Adults With Hip Fracture: An Explanatory Sequential Mixed-Methods Study. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.
6. Tabata-Kelly, M., Sheu, C., Bulger, A.L., Ruan, M., Bullock, K., Gray, T.F., Healy, B.J., Wichmann, L. and Bernacki, R.E., 2026. Racially and Ethnically Marginalized Patients’ Perspectives on Nurse-Led Serious Illness Conversations. Journal of Palliative Medicine, p.10966218261451051.
7. Pozzar, R.A., Gray, T.F., Nayak, M.M., Underhill, M.L., Ehrlich, O., Haas, N.M., Ho, V., Enzinger, A.C., Hammer, M.J., Berry, D.L. User-Centered Development of the MyCare2 Comprehensive Digital Support Platform for Caregivers of Individuals With Cancer. JCO Clin Cancer Inform. 2026 Apr;10(2):e2500348. doi: 10.1200/CCI-25-00348. Epub 2026 May 14. PMID: 42133903.
8. Laidley, J., Zverev, S.R., Kwok, A., Sciacca, K., Ljungberg, B.F., Samineni, S., Coombs, L.A., Tulsky, J.A., Lindvall, C. and Gray, T.F., 2026. Patterns of Goals-of-Care Documentation in the Outpatient Oncology Setting: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Older Adults with Advanced Cancer. Journal of Palliative Medicine, p.10966218261446776.
9. Sannes, T.S., Brewer, B.W., Wiener, L., Lahijani, S., McAndrew, N.S., Pozo-Kaderman, C., Miran, D.M., Gray, T.F., Babu, P., Fank, P. and Keane, E.P., 2026. Toward Integrated Psychosocial and Palliative Care in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: Models, Gaps, and Practical Recommendations. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy.
10. Jeffery, A.D., Clark-Cutaia, M., Bounds, D.T., O’Connor, M.R., Gilbertson-White, S., Moret, J.D., Avorgbedor, F., Randolph, S.D., Edward, J., Fessele, K.L., Gray, T.F., Matovu, S., Nguyen, T.H., Nilsen, M. and Alexander, K.A. (2026) Voices of change: Perspectives from nurse scientists on dismantling systemic racism, Nursing Outlook, 73(6S), p. 102678. doi:10.1016/j.outlook.2026.102678.
11. Hoffman, D.I., Moore, S., Ruan, M., Tabata-Kelly, M., Sciacca, K., Gray, T.F., Lipsitz, S.R., Ritchie, C.S., Lindvall, C. and Cooper, Z., 2025. Natural Language Processing to Assess Palliative Care Processes and Health Care Utilization in Seriously Ill Older Adults with Severe Trauma. Journal of Palliative Medicine, p.10966218251405704.
12. Farber, O.N., Dhanani, H., Ruan, M., Tabata-Kelly, M., Comrie, C., Reich, A.J., Sciacca, K., Gray, T.F., Suh, L., Lipsitz, S.R. and Lilley, E.J., 2025. Inpatient Palliative Care and Post-operative Healthcare Utilization Among Older Surgical Patients. Annals of Surgery, pp.10-1097.
13. Tabata-Kelly, M., Bulger, A.L., Reich, A.J., Gazarian, P.K., Izumi, S., Gray, T.F., Wichmann, L., Rinaldi, S. and Bernacki, R.E., 2025. Nurses’ Experiences of Serious Illness Conversations With Marginalized Patients in COVID-19. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.
14. Gray, T.F., Revette, A.C., Nava-Coulter, B., Gould, K., Close, S., Sullivan, L.M., Flynn, K.E., Katsetos, K.A., Cutler, C., Ho, V.T. and Hammer, M.J., 2025. Caregiver experiences managing information prior to hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and after transition to home: a qualitative study. Supportive Care in Cancer, 33(5), p.402.
15. Wong, J.S.M., Wang, Y., Bollens-Lund, E., Reich, A.J., Dhanani, H., Ankuda, C.K., Lipsitz, S., Gray, T.F., Ritchie, C.S., Tabata-Kelly, M. and Cooper, Z., 2023. Prevalence of preoperative palliative care needs and association with healthcare use and cost among older adults undergoing major elective surgery. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, pp.10-1097.
16. Odejide, O. O., Cronin, A. M., Gray, T. F., Ablorh, T., Ying, A., Yang, A., Ashley, C. A., Tidswell, A. J., Shi, E., Yusufov, M., Abel, G. A., & Roemer, L. (2025). Anxiety and depression among patients newly diagnosed with lymphoma and myeloma. Blood Advances. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1182/bloodadvances.2024014821
17. Wong, J.S.M., Wang, Y., Bollens-Lund, E., Reich, A. J., Dhanani, H., Ankuda, C. K., Lipsitz, S., Gray, T. F., Kim, D. H., Ritchie, C. S., Kelley, A. S., & Cooper, Z. (2024). Long-term changes in pain, depression, function and informal caregiving after major elective surgeries among seriously ill older adults. Annals of Surgery. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000006616
18. Gray, T. F., McAndrew, N. S., Moss, K. O., & Sun, V. (2025). A beacon of wisdom: Tribute to Dr. Betty Ferrell as a devoted mentor. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 69(1), e12–e16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2024.10.002
19. Witham, G., Regier, N. G., Abshire Saylor, M., Allgood, S., Curriero, S., Gray, T. F., Gunes, E., Hansen, B. R., Levy, R., Nelson, K. E., Petchler, C. M., Singer Cohen, R., & Wright, R. (2025). A scoping review of global patterns in reporting race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion in palliative care randomized controlled trials: Recommendations for transparency. Palliative Medicine, 39(2), 190–220. https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163241291352
20. Lahijani, S., Rueda-Lara, M., McAndrew, N., Nelson, A. M., Guo, M., Knight, J. M., Wiener, L., Miran, D. M., Gray, T. F., Keane, E. P., Yek, M. H., Sannes, T. S., Applebaum, A. J., Fank, P., Babu, P., Pozo-Kaderman, C., & Amonoo, H. L. (2024). A biobehavioral perspective on caring for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant survivors with graft-versus-host disease. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, 30(9S), S493–S512. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtct.2024.05.024
21. Sannes, T. S., Parmet, T., Yusufov, M., Sutherland, J., Stefanik, J., Andrade, N., Gray, T. F., Braun, I. M., & Pirl, W. F. (2024). So what I’m stressed? A qualitative study examining caregivers’ reactions to emerging biomarkers of stress. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity – Health, 38, 100783. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2024.100783
22. Applebaum, A. J., Kent, E. E., Ellington, L., Campbell, G., Donovan, H., Trivedi, R., Van Houtven, C., Gray, T. F., Gebert, R. R., Rosa, W. E., & Odom, J. N. (2024). Top ten tips palliative care clinicians should know about caring for family caregivers. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 27(7), 930–938. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2023.0640
23. Odom, J. N., Applebaum, A., Bakitas, M. A., Bryant, T., Currie, E., Curry, K., Donovan, H., Fernandez, M. E., Ferrell, B., Azuero, A., Gray, T. F., Hendricks, B. A., Meier, D., Nightingale, C., Reinhard, S., Sannes, T. S., Sterba, K., & Young, H. M. (2023). Availability of family caregiver programs in US cancer centers. JAMA Network Open, 6(10), e2337250. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.37250
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26. Gray, T. F., Henderson, M. D., Barakat, L. P., Knafl, K. A., & Deatrick, J. A. (2023). Advancing family science and health equity through the 2022-2026 National Institute of Nursing Research strategic plan. Nursing Outlook, 71(5), 102030. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2023.102030
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28. McAndrew, N. S., Gray, T. F., Wallace, L., Calkins, K., Guttormson, J., Harding, E. S., & Applebaum, A. J. (2024). Existential distress in family caregivers: Scoping review of meaning-making interventions. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 13(e3), e676-e685. https://doi.org/10.1136/spcare-2023-004448
29. Anderson, C. M., Ardery, N., Pesut, D., Alvarez, C., Gray, T. F., Rose, K. M., Travers, J. L., Taylor, J., & Wright, K. D. (2023). Nurse scholars of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program. Nursing Outlook, 71(5), 102027. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2023.102027
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31. Collons, D., Florez, N., Petrillo, L., Dhawan, N., & Gray, T. F. (2023). Palliative care for all? An assessment of racial and ethnic disparities research with solutions. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 66(4), e521-e523. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2023.06.014
32. Starkweather, A., Cohen, B., Gray, T. F., Linder, L., & Zanville, N. (2023). Cancer-specific health equity metrics in the United States of America: A scoping review. Cancer Medicine, 12(10), 11889-11906. https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.5881
33. Hu, F. Y., Wang, Y., Abbas, M., Bollens-Lund, E., Reich, A. J., Lipsitz, S. R., Gray, T. F., Kim, D., Ritchie, C., Kelley, A. S., & Cooper, Z. (2023). Prevalence of unpaid caregiving, pain, and depression in older seriously ill patients undergoing elective surgery. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 71(7), 2151-2162. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.18316
34. Gray, T. F., Plotke, R., Heuer, L., Topping, C. E., Nipp, R. D., Wang, A. C., Gasca Banda, J., Greer, J. A., Temel, J. S., & El-Jawahri, A. (2023). Perceptions of prognosis and end-of-life care outcomes in patients with advanced lung and gastrointestinal cancer. Palliative Medicine, 37(5), 740-748. https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163231155511
35. Applebaum, A. J., Sannes, T., Mitchell, H. R., McAndrew, N. S., Wiener, L., Knight, J. M., Nelson, A. J., Gray, T. F., Fank, P. M., Lahijani, S. C., Pozo-Kaderman, C., Rueda-Lara, M., Miran, D. M., Landau, H., & Amonoo, H. L. (2023). Fit for duty: Lessons learned from outpatient and homebound hematopoietic cell transplantation to prepare family caregivers for home-based care. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, 29(3), 143-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtct.2022.12.014
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40. Bullock, K., Gray, T. F., Tucker, R., & Quest, T. E. (2022). Race roundtable series: Structural racism in palliative care. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 63(5), e455–e459. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2022.01.015
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42. Borstelmann, N. A., Gray, T. F., Gelber, S., Rosenberg, S., Zheng, Y., Meyer, M., Ruddy, K. J., Schapira, L., Come, S., Borges, V., Cadet, T., Maramaldi, P., & Partridge, A. H. (2022). Psychosocial issues and quality of life of parenting partners of young women with breast cancer. Supportive Care in Cancer, 30(5), 4265–4274. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-022-06852-7
43. Gray, T. F., Zanville, N., Cohen, B., Cooley, M. E., Starkweather, A., & Linder, L. A. (2022). Finding new ground—Fostering post-traumatic growth in children and adolescents after parental death from COVID-19. Journal of Adolescent Health, 70(1), 10–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.10.016
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49. Rosa, W. E., Parekh de Campos, A., Abedini, N. C., Gray, T. F., Huijer, H. A., Bhadelia, A., Boit, J. M., Byiringiro, S., Crisp, N., Dahlin, C., Davidson, P. M., Davis, S., De Lima, L., Farmer, P. E., Ferrell, B. R., Hategekimana, V., Karanja, V., Knaul, F. M., Kpoeh, J. D. N., … Downing, J. (2022). Optimizing the global nursing workforce to ensure universal palliative care access and alleviate serious health-related suffering worldwide. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 63(2), e224-e236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2021.07.014
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51. Huang, K., Gray, T. F., Romero-Brufau, S., Tulsky, J. A., & Lindvall, C. (2021). Using nursing notes to improve clinical outcome prediction in intensive care patients: A retrospective cohort study. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 28(8), 1660-1666. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocab051
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Funded Research — Active
– Workshop on Methods in Supportive Oncology Research (2R25CA181000-11A1)
Co-Investigator; NIH/National Cancer Institute; 2019–Present.
– Advanced Workshop in Research Skills in Oncology (5R25CA246746-05)
Co-Investigator; NIH/National Cancer Institute; September 1, 2024–August 31, 2028.
– Instilling HOPE in Vulnerability: Helping Outpatient Caregivers Navigate Care (Betty Irene Moore Fellowship for Nurse Leaders and Innovators)
Principal Investigator; Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; 2024–Present.
– Diversifying and Strengthening Dementia Palliative Care Clinical Trials (1R25AG076388-01)
Co-Investigator; NIH/National Institute on Aging; 2022–2027.
Funded Research — Completed
– Family Forward: Using Natural Language Processing to Evaluate the…
Principal Investigator; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; July 1, 2021–June 30, 2025.
– Expanding the Reach of Palliative Care: Engaging Caregivers through Policies and Practice (Sojourns Scholars Leadership Program)
Principal Investigator; Cambia Health Foundation; December 15, 2020–October 31, 2023.
– Distress and Coping in Caregivers of Patients Undergoing Inpatient Compared to Ambulatory Care Reduced Intensity Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Principal Investigator; Oppenheimer Family at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; September 1, 2020–August 31, 2022.
– Advanced Workshop in Research Skills in Oncology (1UE5CA246746-01)
Co-Investigator; NIH/National Cancer Institute; 2020–2023.
– Prevalence of Anxiety in Individuals Newly Diagnosed with Lymphoma and Myeloma (U54CA156732 Sub-Award; Co-PIs: Oreofe Odejide and Lizabeth Roemer)
Co-Investigator; NIH/NCI Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities; 2020–2021.
– ALIGN: Aligning with Caregivers Across Generations to Improve Quality of Life (#75564)
Principal Investigator; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; 2018–2020.
– Role of Decision Partners in Cancer Clinical Trial Participation
Principal Investigator; NIH/NCI Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities, GMaP Region 1 North Research Project Support Program; 2018.
– United in Faith, Health, and Strength: Pioneering Faith-Centered, Community-Based Advance Care Planning Within African American Churches (PIs: Rebecca Aslakson and Janice Bowie)
Research Assistant; Johns Hopkins Transdisciplinary Discovery Award; 2018.
– Clinical Trial Participation among Adults with Cancer and Decision Partners (#130861-DSCN-17-074-01-SCN; Mentors/Sponsors: Marie T. Nolan and Joseph Gallo)
Principal Investigator; American Cancer Society; 2016–2018.
– Decision Partner Involvement in Cancer Patient Decisions about Clinical Trial Participation
Principal Investigator; Oncology Nursing Society Foundation Endowment Dissertation Research Grant; 2016–2018.
– Careers Beyond the Bedside (CaBB) (D19HP2498)
Co-Investigator; Health Resources and Services Administration; 2013–2015.
Cancer Caregiving and Family-Centered Care
Oncology Nursing
Supportive and Palliative Care
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and CAR T-Cell Therapy
Geriatric Oncology and Care Transitions