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Finding Cures. Saving Children.
Cheryl Cox, PhD
Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty
Departments
Epidemiology and Cancer Control
Contact Information
Cheryl Cox, PhD
Epidemiology and Cancer Control
MS 735
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
Email: cheryl.cox@stjude.org
Phone: (901) 595-4789
Education
BSN - Nursing, University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences at Memphis (1970)
MSN - Nursing, Vanderbilt University (1972)
PhD - Nursing, University of Rochester (1982)
Research Interests
- Health and risk behavior in chronic illness
- Motivation in health behavior
Current Research
- Evaluation of Cardiovascular Outcomes among Survivors (ECHOS), Co-Principal Investigator
- Physical Activity to Modify Sequelae and Quality of Life (QOL) in Childhood ALL: A Nursing Trial, Principal Investigator
- Evaluation of The Effect of Hand Hygiene Education and Promotion on Hand Hygiene Compliance at Hospital Nacional De Ninos Benjamin Bloom (HNNBB), San Salvador, El Salvador, Collaborator
- Aerobic and Strengthening Exercise for Acute Leukemia (ABHH2), Co-Investigator
- Aerobic and Strengthening Exercise for Acute Leukemia (XRCISL), Co-Investigator
- The Epidemiology of Chronic Hepatitis C Infection in Childhood Chronic Disease Survivors (NCI, RO1, CA085891-05) Co-Investigator
- Pilot Exercise Demonstration in Acute Leukemia (COG), Co-Investigator
Current Research Consultations
- Research Consultant, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation), Project: Physical Activity Management for Clients with Arthritis. (Rowland Chang, MD, PI), NIH, AR052912, 2005-2009
Selected Publications
Janson C, Leisenring W, Cox CL, Termuhlen AM, Mertens AC, Whitton JA, Goodman P, Zeltzer L, Robison LL, Krull KR, Kadan-Lottick NS. Predictors of marriage and divorce in adult survivors of childhood cancer: A report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18:2626-2635, 2009.
Cox CL, Montgomery M, Oeffinger KC, Leisenring W, Zeltzer L, Whitton JA, Mertens AC, Hudson MM, Robison LL. Promoting physical activity in childhood cancer survivors: results from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. Cancer 115(3):642-654, 2009.
Cox CL, Hudson MM, Mertens A, Oeffinger K, Whitton J, Montgomery M, Robison LL. Medical screening participation in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. Arch Intern Med 169(5):454-462, 2009.
Cox CL, Oeffinger KC, Montgomery M, Hudson MM, Mertens A, Whitton J, Robison, LL. Determinants of mammography screening participation in adult childhood cancer survivors: results from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. Oncol Nurs For 36: 335–44, 2009.
Cox CL, Hudson MM, Mertens A, Oeffinger K, Whitton J, Montgomery M, Robison LL. Medical screening participation in the childhood cancer survivor study. Arch Intern Med 169:454–62, 2009.
Cox CL, Montgomery M, Oeffinger KC, Leisenring W, Zeltzer L, Whitton JA, Mertens AC, Hudson MM, Robison LL. Promoting physical activity in childhood cancer survivors: results from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. Cancer 115:642–54, 2009.
Cox CL, Rai SN, Rosenthal D, Phipps S, Hudson MM. Subclinical cardiotoxicity in childhood cancer survivors: Impact on self-reported health. Cancer 112:1835-1844, 2008.
Cox C, Montgomery M, Rai S, McLaughlin R, Steen B, Hudson M. Supporting breast self-examination in female childhood cancer survivors: A secondary analysis of a behavioral intervention. Oncol Nurs Forum 35:423-430, 2008.
Hudson M, Rai S, Nunez C, Merchant T, Marina, N, Zalamea N, Cox C, Phipps S, Pompeu R, Rosenthal. Non-invasive evaluation of late anthracycline cardiac toxicity in childhood cancer survivors. J Clinical Oncology 25 (24): 3635-3643, 2007.
Cox C, McLaughlin R, Steen B, Hudson M. Predicting and modifying substance use in adolescent survivors of childhood cancer. Oncol Nurs Forum 33(1):51-60, 2006.
Cox C, McLaughlin R, Rai S, Steen B, Hudson M. Adolescent childhood cancer survivors: A clinical trial in health promotion. Ped Blood and Cancer 54: 144-154, 2005.
Finnegan L, Marion L, Cox C. Profiles of self-rated health in midlife adults with chronic illnesses. Nurs Res 54(3) 167-177, 2005.
Cox C, Lensing S, Rai S, Hinds P, Burghen E, Pui C. Proxy assessment of quality of life in pediatric clinical trials: Application of the Health Utilities Index 3. Qual of Life Res 14(4): 1045 – 1056, 2005.
Cox C. A model of health behavior to guide studies of childhood cancer survivors. Oncol Nurs Forum 30(5): E1-E8, 2003.
Last update: October 2009
