Mary Morris, BSN, MS

Research Coordinator

University of Nebraska Medical Center
College of Public Health

Professional Summary

I have been the Survivorship Research Coordinator in PSM since May 2000. Previously I served as coordinator of the Cancer Clinical Trials Office Data Management Center as well as a database coordinator in the department of Internal Medicine at UNMC.

Education 

• MS  Counseling, Creighton University, 1993
• BSN  UNMC College of Nursing, 1984
  

Research Interest & Projects

My primary research interest is in long-term follow up and quality of life of cancer survivors. Our current protocol, IRB #084-01, 'Quality of life post-hematopoietic stem cell transplant', is a five year study of late effects and quality of life of adult stem cell transplant recipients at The Nebraska Medical Center. I also have research interest in the long-term impact of cancer on caregivers and family members.

Selected Publications

• Morris ME, Lynch JC, Bociek GR, Tarantolo S, Bierman PJ, Vose JM, Armitage JO. Preliminary quality-of-life findings of patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplant utilizing the City of Hope National Medical Center and Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy instruments. Clinical Therapeutics, 2003 Oct; 25(supl.D): D21-22.
• Bishop MR, Tarantolo SR, Pavletic ZS, Lynch JC, Morris ME, Zacharias D, Armitage JO, Kessinger A. Filgrastim as an alternative to donor leukocyte infusion for relapse after allogeneic stem-cell transplantation. J. Clin. Oncol.,2000 Jun; 18(11): 2269-2272.
• Boyd NF, Connelly P, Lynch H, Knaus M, Michal S, Fili M, Martin LJ, Lockwood G, Tritchler D. Plasma lipids, lipoproteins and familial breast cancer.  Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 1995 Mar.; 4(2): 117-122.
• Darrington DL, Vose JM, Anderson JR, Bierman PJ, Bishop MR, Chan WC, Morris ME, Reed EC, Sanger WG, Tarantolo SR, et al. Incidence and characterization of secondary myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myelogenous leukemia following high-dose chemoradiotherapy and autologous stem-cell transplantation for lymphoid malignancies. J. Clin. Oncol. 1994 Dec; 12(12):2527-2534.
• Lynch HT, Watson P, Lynch JF, Conway TA, Fili M. Hereditary ovarian cancer: Heterogeneity in age at onset. Cancer. 1993 Jan 15;71 (2 suppl): 573-581.

Professional Affiliations

• Certified Clinical Research Professional- Society of Clinical Research Associates