Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 4.
Published in final edited form as: Nurs Outlook. 2014 Dec 6;63(2):189–203. doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2014.11.014

Table 2.

Fellowship Experience and Mentors

Fellows & Status Months in Fellowship Nurse Scientist Mentor (Title, Areas of Focus) Interdisciplinary Mentor (Credentials, Title, Areas of Focus)
Initial Cohort
 • Fellow 1, complete 24
7/11–7/13
Director, The Phyllis F. Cantor Center, DFCI, and Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School (HMS)
Research focus: Cancer symptom management, patient-centered decision making
MD, MPH; Director, GastroIntestinal Cancer Genetics and Prevention Clinics, DFCI, & Professor of Medicine, HMS
Research focus: GI cancer, cancer genetics and prevention
 • Fellow 2, complete 3 consecutive summers
2011–2013
Director, The Phyllis F. Cantor Center, DFCI, & Associate Professor of Medicine, HMS
Research focus: See above
MD, MPH; Clinical Director, GI Cancer Center, DFCI, & Associate Professor, Harvard School of Medicine
Research focus: GI cancer
 • Fellow 3, did not complete 8 months
2011–2012
Assistant Professor of Medicine, DFCI & HMS
Research focus: Cancer prevention & early detection
PhD; Associate Professor of Anthropology, UMB
Research focus: Minority health disparities
 • Fellow 4, did not complete 2 consecutive summers
2010–2012
Professor, UMB
Research focus: Child and adolescent health, childhood obesity, health promotion interventions, prevention of cardiovascular disease
PhD; Associate Professor, UMB
Research focus: Clinical health psychology, health promotion interventions

Second Cohort
 • Fellow 5, complete 12
7/13–7/14
Director, The Phyllis F. Cantor Center, DFCI, & Associate Professor of Medicine, HMS
Research focus: See above
MD; Director, Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies, DFCI, Assistant Professor of Medicine, HMS
Research focus: Breast Oncology
 • Fellow 6, current 15
7/13–10/14
Director, The Phyllis F. Cantor Center, DFCI, & Associate Professor of Medicine, HMS
Research focus: See above
PhD; Director, Harvard Global Equity Initiative, Associate Professor, HMS
Research focus: Health Policy
 • Fellow 7, current 21
1/13–10/14
Nurse Scientist, The Phyllis F. Cantor Center, DFCI, & Associate Professor of Nursing, UMB
Research focus: Cancer nursing research, palliative care, lung cancer, health promotion interventions for cancer survivors
MD, MPH; Faculty Director for Cancer Care Equity, Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, Assistant Professor of Medicine, HMS
Research focus: Thoracic Medicine