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Kathleen D Lyons, ScD

Title(s)
Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry

Additional Titles/Positions/Affiliations
Senior Scientist

Department(s)
Psychiatry

Education
Boston University, Boston, MA - Sc.D., 2003
University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH - M.S., 1999
University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH - B.S., 1993

Programs
Center For Aging
Dartmouth Cancer Center

Contact Information

7750 Psychiatry Dept
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
1 Medical Center Dr
Lebanon NH 03756

Phone: 603-653-3656
Fax: 603-653-9091
Email: Kathleen.D.Lyons@dartmouth.edu


Professional Interests

Cancer Rehabilitation
Palliative and Supportive Care
Mixed Methods Research
Implementation Science

Grant Information

Principal Investigator. Optimizing Functional Recovery of Breast Cancer Survivors. National Cancer Institute; 1R01CA225792-01A1 (2/1/19 to 1/31/24).

Co-investigator. Implementing Palliative Care: Learning Collaborative vs. Technical Assistance. National Cancer Institute. 1R01 CA229197-01 (9/24/18 to 9/23/23).

Co-principal Investigator. A Remotely Supervised Exercise Program for Lung Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemoradiation. Alliance (NCI) NCORP Research Base grant 5UG1CA189823. (8/1/17 to 7/31/19).

Co-principal Investigator. A feasibility study of unsupervised, pre-operative exercise program for patients scheduled for lung cancer surgery. Norris Cotton Cancer Center Population Sciences Developmental Fund. (12/13/16 to 5/31/19).
Principal Investigator. Reducing Disability in Older Adult Cancer Survivors. American Cancer Society. (Mentored Research Scholar Grant). (9/1/12 to 8/31/18).

Principal Investigator. Supporting Caregivers of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Patients: A Feasibility Study of the Ready to CARE program. American Occupational Therapy Foundation. (7/1/17 to 6/30/18).

Principal investigator. Functional and Emotional Health of Older, Rural Cancer Survivors. American Cancer Society. (#IRG-82-003-24)(4/1/09 to 3/31/11).

Tiffany Blake Fellowship. Functional Performance of Older Adults with Cancer. Hitchcock Foundation. (7/1/08 to 6/30/10).

Co-investigator. National Cancer Institute. Participation Restrictions in Young-Middle Adult Rural Breast Cancer Survivors. (4/1/10 to 3/31/13).

Project coordinator. Improving Palliative Care for Patients with Cancer. National Cancer Institute. (1 R01 CA101704-01; PI: Ahles/Hegel).(1/21/03 to 12/31/09).

Co-investigator. Preserving Function in Rural Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy. National Cancer Institute. (1 R03 CA124200-01; PI: Hegel). (9/1/06 to 8/31/09).

Principal investigator. Functional Recovery After Bone Marrow Transplantation. Hitchcock Foundation.(11/1/06 to 10/31/08).


Selected Publications

 

Telephone-Based Rehabilitation Intervention to Optimize Activity Participation After Breast Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Lyons KD, Wechsler SB, Ejem DB, Stevens CJ, Azuero A, Khalidi S, Hegel MT, Dos Anjos SM, Codini ME, Chamberlin MD, Morency JL, Coffee-Dunning J, Thorp KE, Cloyd DZ, Goedeken S, Newman R, Muse C, Rocque G, Keene K, Pisu M, Echols J, Bakitas MA
JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Mar 4;7(3):e242478. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.2478. Epub 2024 Mar 4.
PMID: 38517442

Strategies to support cancer survivors at work: content analysis of cancer survivor, healthcare provider, and employer perspectives.
Forcino RC, Morrissette KJ, Stevens CJ, Lichtenstein JD, Rotenberg S, Schiffelbein JE, Connolly D, Lyons KD
J Cancer Surviv. 2024 Feb 5; doi: 10.1007/s11764-024-01539-w. Epub 2024 Feb 5.
PMID: 38316725

A Process Evaluation of Intervention Delivery for a Cancer Survivorship Rehabilitation Clinical Trial Conducted during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Stevens CJ, Wechsler S, Ejem DB, Khalidi S, Coffee-Dunning J, Morency JL, Thorp KE, Codini ME, Newman RM, Echols J, Cloyd DZ, Dos Anjos S, Muse C, Gallups S, Goedeken SC, Flannery K, Bakitas MA, Hegel MT, Lyons KD
Curr Oncol. 2023 Oct 16;30(10):9141-9155. doi: 10.3390/curroncol30100660. Epub 2023 Oct 16.
PMID: 37887560

Preferences on Delivery of Cancer Rehabilitation Services for Cancer-Related Disability Among Older Individuals Surviving Breast Cancer: A Qualitative Study.
Brick R, Lyons KD, Bender C, Eilers R, Ferguson R, Pergolotti M, Toto P, Skidmore E, Leland NE
Rehabil Oncol. 2023 Jul;41(3):139-148. doi: 10.1097/01.reo.0000000000000341. Epub 2023 Apr 12.
PMID: 37841364

Enhancing Efficiency and Reach Using Facebook to Recruit Breast Cancer Survivors for a Telephone-Based Supportive Care Randomized Trial During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Ejem DB, Wechsler S, Gallups S, Khalidi S, Coffee-Dunning J, Montgomery AP, Stevens CJ, Keene K, Rocque GB, Chamberlin M, Hegel MT, Azuero A, Pisu M, Ellis D, Ingram SA, Lawhon VM, Gilbert T, Morrissette K, Morency J, Thorp K, Codini M, Newman R, Echols J, Cloyd D, Dos Anjos S, Muse C, Goedeken S, Laws KE, Herbert J, Bakitas M, Lyons KD
JCO Oncol Pract. 2023 Nov;19(11):1020-1030. doi: 10.1200/OP.23.00117. Epub 2023 Sep 21.
PMID: 37733975

Finding the Optimal Exercise Dose While Living With Cancer-Related Fatigue: A Qualitative Study.
Wechsler S, Fu MR, Wood Magee L, Lyons KD
Oncol Nurs Forum. 2023 Aug 17;50(5):551-562. doi: 10.1188/23.ONF.551-562.
PMID: 37677758

Reporting Rigor of Cancer Rehabilitation Interventions: Application of the CReDECI-2 Guidelines.
Brick R, Voss L, Arbid S, Joshi Y, Ammendolia Tome G, El Hassanieh D, Sleight AG, Klein C, Sabir A, Wechsler S, Campbell G, Campbell KL, Lam A, Lyons KD, Padgett L, Jones JM
Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2023 Nov 1;102(11):1029-1033. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000002324. Epub 2023 Aug 18.
PMID: 37594223

International consensus on occupational therapy interventions for people with palliative care needs: A European Association for Palliative Care Group Concept Mapping study.
Waehrens EE, Morgan DD, la Cour K, Lyons KD, Lozano ML, De Carlo MMP, Rezende G, Pilegaard MS
Palliat Med. 2023 Oct;37(9):1389-1401. doi: 10.1177/02692163231188155. Epub 2023 Aug 3.
PMID: 37534430

A Day in the Life of...A Nurse Scientist.
Godzik CM, Bruce ML, Lyons KD
Home Healthc Now. 2023 Jul-Aug 01;41(4):233-234. doi: 10.1097/NHH.0000000000001176.
PMID: 37417579

Exploring Acceptability of Employment Interventions to Support People Living With Cancer: Qualitative Study of Cancer Survivors, Health Care Providers, and Employers.
Forcino RC, Rotenberg S, Morrissette KJ, Godzik CM, Lichtenstein JD, Schiffelbein JE, Stevens CJ, Sundar V, Brucker DL, Connolly D, Keysor J, Lyons KD
JMIR Form Res. 2023 Jun 26;7:e47263. doi: 10.2196/47263. Epub 2023 Jun 26.
PMID: 37358907

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