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Convention Daily
Highlights*
from the 38th Biennial Convention
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
Monday, November 14, 2005; Indianapolis, Indiana
The Baxter International Foundation's Episteme Award presentation, sponsored by The Baxter International Foundation, acknowledges a major break-through in nursing knowledge development that has resulted in a significant and recognizable benefit to the public. The Baxter International Foundation generously provides a $15,000 stipend to the award winner. In the tradition of the Nobel Prize, The Episteme Award is presented to a person or team for highly significant research.
The Episteme Laureate and keynote speaker this year is Marylin J. Dodd, RN, PhD, FAAN, Director, UCSF Research Center for Symptom Management.
Marylin J. Dodd, RN, PhD, FAAN is Professor and Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, and the Sharon A. Lamb Endowed Chair in Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing. For over 30 years, she has tested a variety of self-care interventions designed to reduce the severity and distress of cancer-related symptoms and treatment-related side effects experienced by oncology patients. As a leader in the field of oncology nursing and symptom management, she has been a mentor for oncology nursing researchers. Many of her students hold leadership positions in university schools of nursing in the United States, Europe, Canada, Japan, and Taiwan. Others are clinical specialists and administrators who are instrumental in influencing the care of oncology patients.
Dr. Dodd's research and scholarship meets the criteria for new knowledge development and is highly deserving of the Episteme Award. Professor Dodd and the Research Center for Symptom management (RCSM) are internationally recognized for making an exceptional contribution to nursing care, leading to better symptomatic management, especially for patients with cancer and their families. The range of symptoms researched is very diverse, and includes symptoms of cancer therapy, sleep disruptions and respiratory problems in minority populations. Her scholarship and research has been validated through intramural and foundation funding. The advances made to symptom management are outstanding, comprehensive, and methodical in terms of improved public benefit, development of new knowledge, collaboration and cooperation amongst the various health care disciplines, and support in preparing nurses for research training.
Dr. Dodd has published her research in more than 300 articles and chapters, and recently published the fourth edition of her textbook, Managing the Side Effects of Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy: A Guide for Patients and Their Families. She is currently testing self-care interventions (PRO-SELF Program) to manage the side effects of cancer treatment (e.g., mucositis, lymphedema) and symptoms of cancer (fatigue, pain). These randomized clinical trials include team members from the schools of medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, physical therapy, and exercise physiology. Dr. Dodd has consistently engaged in projects to diminish the symptoms of cancer therapy so that patients can self-manage those symptoms. As Dr. Dodd's nominator said, "Her work ensures that patients don't feel as if the cure is worse than the disease."
* Selected and edited for use by UCSF.
Revised: Nov. 2005 Contact: info@nursing.ucsf.edu
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