On Thursday, March 1, Dr. Andrea Barsevick presented the first 2018 NINR Director’s Lecture on the NIH Campus in Bethesda, Maryland. In her presentation, “The Science of Symptom Management,” Dr. Barsevick described her program of research which addresses cancer-related symptoms and quality of life research.
About the Speaker
Andrea Barsevick, PhD, RN, FAAN, AOCN is a Professor in the Population Science Division of Medical Oncology at Thomas Jefferson University. She is known internationally for her research on symptom clustering during and after cancer treatment, particularly fatigue and its interactions with sleep disturbances, depressed mood, and quality of life.
Dr. Barsevick is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and a past member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Guidelines Panel on cancer-related fatigue.