Kirsten K. Ness, PT, PhD

Kirsten K. Ness, PT, PhD

Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty

Departments

Epidemiology and Cancer Control
Pediatric Medicine

Contact Information

Kirsten Ness, PT, PhD
Epidemiology and Cancer Control
MS 735, Room S-6013
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
Email: kiri.ness@stjude.org
Phone: (901) 595-5157
FAX: (901) 595-5845

Education

BA - College of St. Scholastica (1983)
MA - Augsburg College (1998)
MPH - University of Minnesota (2002)
PhD - University of Minnesota (2004)


Clinical Interests


Research Interests


Current Research


Selected Publications

Brinkman TM, Li Z, Neglia JP, Gajjar A, Klosky JL, Allgood R, Stovall M, Krull KR, Armstrong GT, Ness KK. Restricted access to the Environment and Quality of Life in Adult Survivors of Childhood Brain Tumors. J Neurooncol 111(2):195-203, 2013.

Marina N, Hudson M, Jones, K, Mulrooney D, Avendian R, Donaldson S, Popat R, West DW, Fisher P, Leisenring W, Stovall M, Robison LL, Ness KK. Changes in Health Status Among Aging Survivors of Pediatric Upper and Lower Extremity Sarcoma: A Report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS). Am Arch Rehabil Ther Feb 1, 2013 [Epub ahead of print].

Tomlinson D, Hinds PS, Ethier MC, Ness KK, Zupanec S, Sung L. Psychometric properties of instruments used to measure fatigue in children and adolescents with cancer: A systematic review. J Pain Symptom Manage 45(1):83-91, 2013.

Armstrong GT, Joshi V, Zhu L, Srivastava DK, Ness KK, Stokes DC, Krasin M, Fowler JA, Robison LL, Hudson MM, Green DM. Elevated Tricuspid Regurgitant Jet Velocity by Doppler Echocardiography in Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A report from the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Study. J Clin Oncol Jan 7, 2013 [Epub ahead of print].

Wilson CL, Ness KK, Neglia JP, Hammond S, Shnorhavorian M, Leisenring WL, Stovall M, Robison LL, Armstrong GT. Renal carcinoma following therapy for cancer in childhood: A report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. J Natl Cancer Inst 2012 (in press).

Ness KK, Chemaitilly W, Kaste SC. Vertebral compression fractures during chemotherapy for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: commentary on a report from the STeroid Associated Osteoporosis in the Pediatric Population (STOPP) research program. Transl Pediatr 1(2):65-67, 2012.

Ojha RP, Oancea SC, Ness KK, Lanctot JQ, Srivastava DK, Robison LL, Hudson MM, Gurney JG. Assessment of potential bias from non-participation in a dynamic clinical cohort of long-term childhood cancer survivors: Results from the St. Jude Lifetime Study. Pediatr Blood Cancer Sep 28, 2012 [Epub ahead of print].

Armenian S, Sun CL, Vase T, Ness KK, Blum E, Francisco L, Kalyanasundaram V, Samoa R, Wong L, Forman S, Bhatia S. Cardiovascular risk factors in hemaotopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) survivors: role in development of subsequent cardiovascular disease. Blood 120(23):4505-12, 2012.

Gawade P, Ness KK, Sharma S, Li Z, Srivastava K, Spunt S, Nottage K, Krasin M, Hudson MM, Kaste SC. Association of bone mineral density with incidental renal stone in long-term survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. J Cancer Surviv 6(4):388-97, 2012.

Nolan VG, Gapstur R, Gross CR, DeSain LA, Neglia JP, Gajjar A, Klosky JL, Merchant TE, Stovall M, Ness KK. Sleep disturbances in adult survivors of childhood brain tumors. Qual Life Res June 6, 2012 [Epub ahead of print].

Gurney JG, Ojha RP, Ness KK, Huang S, Sharma S, Robison LL, Hudson MM, Kaste SC. Abdominal aortic calcification in young adult survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: Results from the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Study. Pediatr Blood Cancer 59(7):1307-9, 2012.

Armstrong G, Plana JC, Zhang N, Srivastava D, Green DM, Ness KK, Daniel Donovan F, Metzger ML, Arevalo A, Durand JB, Joshi V, Hudson MM, Robinson LL, Flamm SD. Screening adult survivors of childhood cancer for cardiomyopathy: comparison of echocardiography and cardiac MRI. J Clin Oncol 30(23):2876-84, 2012.

Rabin C, Dunsiger S, Ness KK, Marcus BH. Web-based physical activity intervention targeting young adult cancer survivors. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol 1(4):188-194, 2011/2012.

Kurt BA, Nolan VG, Ness KK, Neglia JP, Tersak JM, Hudson MM, Armstrong GT, Hutchinson RJ, Leisenring WM, Oeffinger KC, Robison LL, Arora M. Hospitalization rates among survivors of childhood cancer in the childhood cancer survivor study cohort. Pediatr Blood Cancer 59:126-32, 2012.

Mulrooney DA, Ness KK, Solovey A, Hebbel RP, Neaton JD, Peterson BA, Lee CK, Kelly AS, Neglia JP. Pilot Study of Vascular Health in Survivors of Hodgkin lymphoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer 59(2):285-9, 2012.

Green DM, Cox CL, Zhu L, Krull KR, Srivastava DK, Stovall M, Nolan VG, Ness KK, Donaldson SS, Oeffinger KC, Meacham LR, Sklar CA, Armstrong GT, Robison LL. Risk factors for obesity in adult survivors of childhood cancer: A Report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. J Clin Oncol 30:246-55, 2012.

Sharma S, Leung WH, Deqing P, Yang J, Rochester R, Britton L, Neel MD, Ness KK, Kaste SC. Osteonecrosis in children after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation: Study of prevalence, risk factors, and longitudinal changes using MR imaging. Bone Marrow Transplant 47(8):1067-74, 2012.

Mandrell BN, Wise M, Schoumacher, RA, Pritchard M, West N, Ness KK, Crabtree VM, Merchant TE, Morris B. Excessive daytime sleepiness and sleep-disordered breathing disturbances in survivors of childhood central nervous tumors. Pediatr Blood Cancer 58:746-51, 2012.

Klosky JL, Howell C, Li Z, Foster RH, Mertens AC, Robison LL, Ness KK. Risky health behavior among adolescents in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study cohort. J Pediatr Psychol 37(6):634-46, 2012.

Wilson CL, Dilley K, Ness KK, Leisenring W, Sklar C, Kaste S, Stovall M, Green D, Armstrong GT, Robison LL, Kadan-Lottick NS. Fractures among long-term survivors of childhood cancer: A report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. Cancer 118(23):5920-8, 2012.

Ness KK, Hudson MM, Pui CH, Green DM, Krull KR, Huang TT, Robison LL, Morris EB. Neuromuscular impairments in adult survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: associations with physical performance and chemotherapy doses. Cancer 118:828-838, 2012.

Parsons SK, Phipps S, Sung L, Baker KS, Pulsipher MA, Ness KK. NCI, NHLBI/PBMTC First International Conference on Late Effects after Pediatric Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: Health-Related Quality of Life, Functional, and Neurocognitive Outcomes. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 18:162-71, 2012.

Smith WA, Nolan VG, Robison LL, Hudson MM, Ness KK. Physical activity among cancer survivors and those with no history of cancer – A report from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2003-2006. Am J Transl Res 3:342-50, 2011.

Ferrari A, Sultan I, Huang TT, Rodriguez-Galindo C, Shehadeh A, Meazza C, Ness KK, Casanova M, Spunt SL. Soft tissue sarcoma across the age spectrum: A population-based study from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results database. Pediatr Blood Cancer 57:943-9, 2011.

Kirchhoff AC, Krull KR, Ness KK, Armstrong GT, Park ER, Stovall M, Robison LL, Leisenring W. Physical, Mental and Neurocognitive Status and Employment Outcomes in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study Cohort. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 20:1838-49, 2011.

Last update: February 2013