1. Please briefly describe your
current research.
Right
now we are still conducting data analyses and writing up results from a
longitudinal study of breast cancer survivors who we followed for two years
after end of treatment, measuring quality of life, mood, spirituality, and
social support. We have a lot of qualitative and quantitative data that we are
mining. I’d also like do conduct similar research with ovarian cancer
survivors.
2 How did you come to be in this
area of study?
When
I was nine years old my father developed prostate cancer. He was an
ophthalmologist but he began to examine the cancer literature, looking for the
most recent medical breakthroughs in prostate cancer. So by the time I got to
college I knew a bit about cancer. I had already decided that I didn’t want to
be a MD (I’m too squeamish) but the year I started college was the year the
term “behavioral medicine” was coined. My father sent me an article on that and
I immediately decided that’s what I would do with a focus on cancer. The term
“Psycho-oncology” hadn’t been coined yet (it would be around 10 years later)
but that’s what I knew I wanted to do.
3. What do like best about doing
research?
I
love working with the people involved-other researchers, students, participants
as well as writing and data analysis. It’s like solving a mystery, collecting
clues and analyzing them. I like grant writing but it’s so hard to get funding
these days that it gets very frustrating so I much prefer actually having the
grant and carrying it out.
4. What do you dislike the most
about doing research?
Coping
with rejection from grant sources and journals. Putting my heart and soul into
something just to have it rejected.
5. Advice for new researchers who
would like to be published?
The
person with the most grants and publications has the most rejections. I live by
that thought. Be tenacious and don’t give up. Somewhere there’s a journal for
you. But make sure it’s a reputable journal and not one that will make you pay
to publish. If your grant covers that OK. But don’t spend your own pocket money
on it.
Some sample publications I have
had recently:
Levine, E. G., Yoo, G., Aviv, C., Ewing,
C., & Au, A. (2012). Spiritual coping among breast cancer survivors from
different ethnic groups. In CA Stark & DC Bonner (eds.) Spirituality: Belief Systems, Societal Impact, and Roles in Coping (p. 61-84). New York: Nova Science Publishers,
Inc.
Levine, E. G., Yoo, G, J., & Aviv,
C. (2016). Predictors of quality of life among breast cancer survivors from
different ethnic groups. Journal of
Applied Quality of Life. DOI: 10.1007/s11482-016-9447-x
Yoo, G. J., Sudhakar, A., Le, M-N.,
& Levine, E. G. (2015). Exploring coping strategies among young Asian
American women breast cancer survivors. Journal
of Cancer Education, Published online October 8, 2015.
Levine, E. G., Vong, S., & Yoo, G.
J. (2015). Development and initial validation of a spiritual support subscale
for the MOS Social Support scale. Journal
of Religion & Health. Published online Feb 14, 2015. DOI: 10.1007/s10943-015-0005-x
Lagman, R. A., Yoo, G. J., Levine, E.
G., Donnell, K. A., & Lim, H. R. (2014). “Leaving it to God” Religion and
spirituality among Filipina immigrant breast cancer survivors. Journal of Religion and Health, 53(2),
449-460. DOI: 10.1007/s10943-012-9648-z
Yoo, G. J., Levine, E. G., & Pasik,
R. (2014). Breast cancer and coping among women of color: A systematic review. Supportive Care Cancer, 22, 811-824.
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-013-
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