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Heidi Donovan, PhD, RN

Assistant Professor
Acute and Tertiary Care

School of Nursing
336 Victoria Building
3500 Victoria St
Pittsburgh, PA 15261

Phone:	412-624-2699
Fax:	Fax not listed
Email:	donovanh@pitt.edu

Research

My research focuses on symptom management for women with ovarian cancer, with a particular emphasis on developing psycho-education programs to help women manage their multiple symptoms. Much of my work is conducted in collaboration with the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition (NOCC). Currently, we have developed a theory-guided symptom management intervention to be delivered by nurses via secure internet messaging to women with ovarian cancer, and plan to assess beliefs that may interfere with symptom reporting.

Teaching

I teach NUR 2003 Health Promotion, a core course in the graduate program. I guest lecture in undergraduate courses on care of women with ovarian cancer. I also serve as a preceptor for students in the graduate level research practicum.

Service

I am an active member of multiple professional organizations including the Oncology Nursing Society, the American Pain Society, the Society of Gynecologic Nurse Oncologists, Sigma Theta Tau, and the Eastern Nursing Research Society. I serve on the Medical Advisory Board of the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition. I am also a reviewer for Oncology Nursing Forum.

Education

PhD	University of Wisconsin, Madison , WI
	Nursing
MS	University of Wisconsin, Madison , WI
	Nursing – CNS Oncology
AD	Lane Community College, Eugene , OR
	Nursing
BA	University of Colorado Boulder , CO
	Biology

Professional Experience

1/01–5/01

University of Wisconsin, School of Nursing Madison , WI, Teaching Assistant: Nursing Research

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