Cheryl L. Cox, RN, PhD

Member
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Epidemiology, Cancer Prevention and Control
262 Danny Thomas Place
S-6037
Memphis, TN
USA 38105-2794

Biographical Sketch: BSN, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 1970 MSN, Family Nurse Clinician, Vanderbilt University, 1972 PhD in Nursing, University of Rochester, 1982 Current position: Associate Faculty, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital Current Grants: NCI, R01 CA129384, “Physical Activity to Modify Sequelae and QOL in Childhood ALL: A Nursing Trial”(PAQOL), Principal Investigator. NINR, R01 NR011322; "Evaluation of Cardiovascular Health Outcomes among Survivors (ECHOS)", Co-Principal Investigator. NCI, R21, CA142921, “Investigating the Needs of Childhood Cancer Survivors: The Unreported Experience” (INSURE). Principal Investigator. Have spent the last 7 years translating my previous 22 years of conceptual and empirical work (health promotion and risk reduction behavior) done with the general population into modifying the health and risk behaviors of childhood cancer survivors.

Papers:
3066.0 Health perceptions, behavior, and medical care utilization: Links to mortality in adult survivors of childhood cancer 3461.0 Nursing interventions: Maximizing enrollment and retention in community-based randomized clinical trials