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2018 NINR Director's Lecture - Dr. Andrea Barsevick "The Science of Symptom Management"

March 1, 2018 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (ET)

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On March 1, 2018, Dr. Andrea Barsevick presented the first 2018 NINR Director’s Lecture, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon in Lipsett Amphitheater in the Clinical Center (Bldg. 10) 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.

About the Event

The NINR Director’s Lecture series is designed to bring the nation’s top nurse scientists to the NIH campus to share their work and interests with a transdisciplinary audience.