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Grace Campbell is a clinician and nationally recognized scientist in disability, rehabilitation, and cancer survivorship. Her clinical practice and research focus on improving the functional status and quality of life of cancer survivors and their family caregivers. Through the Betty Irene Moore Fellowship for Nurse Leaders and Innovators, she is designing and implementing a tailored pre-treatment rehabilitation (“Pre-Hab”) intervention, in gynecologic oncology. For this project, she is currently leading a team of nationally recognized scholars in cancer rehabilitation, as well as patient advocates, local implementation partners, and patient partners to develop, refine, and pilot test an evidence-based intervention. Dr. Campbell is also Co-Investigator for a newly awarded NIH-funded study to design and field test an assistive toileting device for older adults and individuals with disabilities. She is Project PI for Implementing a Stepped, "SmartRehab" Program for Persons with Cancer-Related Disabilities: A Systemwide Scale-Up Project, part of the NIDILIRR-funded Center for Research, Training, and Dissemination of Family Support for People with Disabilities Across the Life Course through the Health Policy Institute at the University of Pittsburgh. Her expertise was recognized by the National Academies of Science, Medicine, and Engineering by being named to the consensus study panel for the Diagnosing and Treating Adult Cancers and Associated Impairments study. She is a Fellow of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses and received that organization's President's Award in 2016 for contributions to the field of cancer rehabilitation. She also received the 2016 Junior Scholar Award in Population Sciences from the Hillman Cancer Institute.

Dr. Campbell teaches in the BSN program in the School of Nursing. She is active in several professional organizations including the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses, Oncology Nursing Society, and the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. She is a Quality Coach for the American Society of Clinical Oncology's Quality Training Program and serves as a reviewer for multiple journals. She volunteers for the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition by co-facilitating a monthly virtual caregiver support group, speaking at local and national survivor events, and fundraising by participating in three half-marathons and the annual Together in Teal Walk benefitting ovarian cancer survivors and their families.

Education

  • Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing Cancer Survivorship program, 2013-2015
  • PhD, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, 2013
  • BSN, University of Pittsburgh, 1994
  • MSW, University of Pittsburgh, 1985
  • BA, Psychology, Allegheny College, 1983

Research Interests or Expertise

  • Cancer survivorship
  • Rehabilitation
  • Family Caregivers
  • Older adults
  • Quality Improvement

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