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Paul Jacobsen
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Ph.D. Area: Clinical
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My interest is in behavioral and psychosocial aspects of cancer. The goal of this work is to demonstrate how an understanding of psychological principles can be used to reduce cancer-related morbidity. From 1994 to 2016, I worked at the Moffitt Cancer Center where my students and I conducted numerous studies investigating the etiology and management of many common symptoms experienced by people undergoing treatment for cancer. From 2016 to 2022, I worked at the National Cancer Institute in Maryland where I directed the Healthcare Delivery Research Program. In this role, I led a team whose mission was to advance innovative research to improve the delivery of cancer-related care to patients, families, and communities. I am currently engaged in providing psychosocial care to people with cancer through the Department of Supportive Care Medicine at Moffitt Cancer Center.
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Clinical
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Jacobsen, P. B., de Moor, J., Doria-Rose, V. P., Geiger, A. M., Kobrin, S. C., Sampson, A., & Smith, A. W. (2022). The National Cancer Institute’s role in advancing health-care delivery research. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 114(1): djab096. doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djab096
Hyland, K.A., Nelson, A.M., Eisel, S.E., Hoogland, A.I., Ibarz-Pinilla, J., Sweet, K., Jacobsen, P.B., Knoop, H., & Jim, H.S.L. (2021). Fatigue perpetuating factors as mediators of change in a cognitive behavioral intervention for targeted therapy-related fatigue in chronic myeloid leukemia: A pilot study. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaab035
Norton, W. E., Kennedy, A. E., Mittman, B. S., Parry, G. Srinivasan, S., Tonorezos, E., Vanderpool, R. C., & Jacobsen, P. B. (2023). Advancing rapid cycle research in cancer care delivery: a National Cancer Institute workshop report. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 115, 498-504. doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djad007
Breitbart, W S., Butow, P. N., Jacobsen, P. B., Lam, W. W. T., Lazenby, M., & Loscalzo, M. J. (Eds.). (2021). Psycho-Oncology, Fourth Edition. New York: Oxford University Press.