Research Projects

Click on the category of interest to find out more about active research projects in Biobehavioral Sciences.

Enhancing Survival
Through interventions and assessments, we are defining strategies for enhancing quality of life after cancer treatment. Particular foci include long-term and late effects of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Neurotoxicity
Cognitive changes can result from chemotherapy, analgesics or other etiologies during cancer treatment. We are studying outcomes, risks and treatments.

Pain Management
We have a major commitment to improving cancer pain treatment through pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic research.

Collaboration
We collaborate with a number of other Cancer Research Groups.

Related Information

Survivorship Program

Clinical Activities

Patient Materials

For information on publications see Faculty profiles:

• Karen Syrjala, PhD
• Danny Shen, PhD
• Jesse Fann, MD, MPH
• Brenda Kurland, PhD
• Shelby Langer, PhD

Quality of Life (QOL) Measures

• Sexual Function Questionnaire (SFQ); male and female versions and manual
• Cancer and Treatment Distress (CTXD); acute version, long-term version, and manual
• Cognitive-Affective Side Effects (CASE; for measuring opioid non-analgesic outcomes) and manual [for measure and manual, send an email request to Karen Syrjala]
• Somatic Side Effects (SSE; for measuring opioid non-analgesic outcomes) and manual [for measure and manual, send an email request to Karen Syrjala]


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