Dr. PASCAL JEAN-PIERRE - Department of Psychology

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Dr. PASCAL JEAN-PIERRE
University of Notre Dame Neurocognitive Translational Research Lab
Department of Psychology Cancer Control Research Program
109 Haggar Hall Brownson Hall, Suite 202
Notre Dame, IN 46556 Notre Dame, IN 46556
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [email protected]
EDUCATION
2009 M.P.H. – PUBLIC HEALTH, CLINICAL INVESTIGATION
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York
2005 Ph.D. – CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island
2003 M.A. – CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island
1999 B.A. – PSYCHOLOGY
Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, New York
SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2011 Near-Infrared Spectroscopy and Diffuse Optical Tomography (NIRS-DOT) Visiting
Fellowship. MGH/MIT/HMS Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging.
2008 Functional MRI Visiting Fellowship: Intensive Introduction to Brain Imaging.
MGH/MIT/HMS Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging.
2008 Certificate - ROCHESTER CLINICAL RESEARCH CURRICULUM
University of Rochester, Community & Preventive Medicine Department
2005 – 2007 Cancer Control and Prevention Fellowship (NCI R25)/Postdoctoral Studies
University of Rochester Medical Center & James P. Wilmot Cancer Center.
2005 Pre-doctoral Clinical Psychology Internship (APA-Approved)
Pilgrim Psychiatric Center, West Brentwood, Long Island, NY.

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RESEARCH SUPPORT
NCI 1R25CA10261801A1 Project Dates: 2005 – 2007
Cancer Control Research Training Curriculum
Principal Investigator: Gary Morrow, PhD, MS
Role: Cancer Control & Prevention Fellow
NCI 1R21CA118883 Project Dates: 2008 – 2009
Patient Expectations and Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea
Role: Co-Investigator
National Institutes of Health Project Dates: 2006 – 2011
Loan Repayment for Health Disparities Research
3U01CA116924-03S1 Project Dates: 2007 – 2009
NCI Diversity Research Supplement
University of Rochester Patient Navigator Research Project
National Cancer Institute, Comprehensive Biomedical Branch, Bethesda, MD
Role: Co-Investigator
NCI/NIH U01 CA116924-01 Project Dates: 2005 – 2010
Title: RCT of Primary Care-based Patient Navigation-Activation
Major goal of project: To evaluate the impact of patient navigation on cancer related quality of care and
racial and socioeconomic disparities in cancer-related care.
Role: Co-Investigator
ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2012-Present ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
Primary: Department of Psychology
Member: Harper Cancer Research Institute
2010-2012 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY (Tenure-Track)
University of Miami Leonard Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
Primary: Department of Radiation Oncology
Member: Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
2010-Present ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY
Primary: Radiation Oncology
2005-2009 RESEARCH ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY
Primary: Radiation Oncology
Secondary: Family Medicine
2002-2005 ADJUNCT LECTURER IN PSYCHOLOGY
Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY

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2003-2003 VISITING PROFESSOR, PSYCHOLOGY
Connecticut College, New London, CT
DISTINCTIONS, HONORS & AWARDS
2012 – 2015 Member, American Society of Clinical Oncology’s (ASCO) Health Disparities Advisory
Group. Appointed by ASCO Boards of Directors.
2012 National Institute of Health, Summer Institute in Behavioral Medicine and Sleep
Disorders Research. Program to Increase Diversity (PRIDE) in Behavioral Medicine and
Sleep Disorders Research.
2012 National Institute of Arthritis & Muscoloskeletal & Skin Disease Special Emphasis
Panel, 2012/08 Council. Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information Science
(PROMIS), Grant Review Panel.
2010 – 2012 Member, Florida Cancer Control Research Advisory Council (CCRAB).
Appointed by Florida Governor Charlie Crist in 2010.
2010 – 2012 Member, American Public Health Association, The Nation’s Health Advisory Committee.
Leadership Appointment by APHA Executive Board.
2010 New York State Governor’s Advisory Panel on Prostate Cancer Awareness.
2010 – 2012 Florida Pediatric Society /Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Board
Member (Alternate Representative, Florida District 8).
2010 NIH/National Cancer Institute Symptom Management & Quality of Life Clinical Trials
Planning Meeting on Cancer-Related Fatigue.
2010 National Patient Navigator Leadership Summit, Patient Reported Outcomes, Working
Group Member, American Cancer Society.
2010 – 2011 National Institutes of Health – Loan Repayment for Health Disparities Research.
2009 Member, New York State Prostate and Testicular Cancer Detection and Education
Advisory Council. Appointed by The New York State Office of the Governor.
2009 National Institutes of Health, National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
(NCMHD), Special Emphasis Panel.
2009 NIH/National Cancer Institute, Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information
Science (PROMIS), Grant Review Panel
2009 Best of ASCO 2009. "Neuroprotective effect of SSRI among 781 cancer patients receiving
chemotherapy: A URCC CCOP Study." Oral Presentation selected as Best of ASCO at
the 2009 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

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2009 Best Poster Award (2nd Prize) American Society of Preventive Oncology, 33rd Annual
Meeting, Tampa, Florida.
2008 Best of ASCO 2008. A Phase III randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial of a
eugeroic agent in 642 cancer patients reporting fatigue during chemotherapy: A URCC
CCOP Study (Oral Presentation, 2008 annual meeting of the American Society of
Clinical Oncology.
2008 – 2010 National Institutes of Health – Loan Repayment for Health Disparities Research.
2008 University of Rochester Medical School Dean’s nomination for New York State Academy
of Sciences 2008 Blavatnik Award for young scientist.
2008 Best Poster award (3rd Prize) MD Anderson Conference on Mechanisms and Treatment
of Cancer-related Symptoms.
2007 Seventh annual NIH Summer Institute on the Design and Conduct of Randomized
Clinical Trials Involving Behavioral Interventions.
2007 National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute, Minority Investigators Workshop
on Advanced Behavioral Methodologies.
2007 NIH/National Cancer Institute, Second Annual Minority Investigators Workshop on
Behavioral Methodologies. Washington, D.C.
2006 American Cancer Society/American Association for Cancer Research scholarship to
attend the 2006 AACR Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research meeting in Boston, MA
2006 – 2008 National Institutes of Health – Loan Repayment for Health Disparities Research.
2006 NIH/National Cancer Institute, Conference on Understanding and Reducing Disparities in
Health: Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Contributions. Bethesda, MD.
2006 National Cancer Institute – Second Biennial Career Development Workshop To Increase
diversity in Research Funding. Palm Desert, CA.
2006 National Cancer Institute/Office of Behavioral & Social Science Research Third Annual
Advanced Training Institute on Behavior Health Theory.
2006 MASCC - Young Investigator Award
Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, Toronto, Canada.
2006 National Cancer Institute - Cancer Control and Prevention Fellow
University of Rochester Medical Center, James P. Wilmot Cancer Center.
2005 Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology (SMEP) – Minority Students
Conference, Howard University, Washington, D.C.

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2005 Stanley Berger Award for Outstanding Commitment to further the goals of
Multiculturalism and/or Commitment to Underserved Populations
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
2005 Finalist, Peter Merenda Prize in research methodology and statistics,
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
2003-2004 Multicultural Fellow, Psychology Department Multicultural Task Force
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
2002-2003 URI-Foundation Fellowship, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
2001-2002 Multicultural Fellow, Psychology Department Multicultural Task Force
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
1999-2001 URI Graduate Fellowship, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
1999 Psi Chi, National Honor Society in Psychology
Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY
1999-2000 Ascend/McNair Scholar
Brooklyn College, City University of New York
1998 Golden Key National Honor Society
Brooklyn College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, N.Y.
1997 Dean’s Honor List, Brooklyn College, City University of New York.
PUBLISHED PEER-REVIEWED MANUSCRIPTS
1) Jean-Pierre, P., Mustian, K., Kohli, S., Roscoe, J., Hickok, J., Morrow, G. Community-Based
Clinical Research Trials for Cancer-Related Fatigue. Journal of Supportive Oncology, 2006;
4(10), 511-516.
2) Roscoe, J.A., Jean-Pierre, P., Morrow, G.R., Hickock, J., Issell, B., wade, JL., King, DK.
Exploratory analysis of the usefulness of acupressure bands when severe chemotherapy-related
nausea is expected. Journal of the Society for Integrative Oncology, 2006; 4(1), 16-20.
3) Roscoe, J.A., Jean-Pierre, P., Shelke, AR., Kaufman, ME, Bole, C., Morrow, G.R. The role of
patients’ response expectancies in side effect development and control. Current Problems in
Cancer, 2006; 30(2), 40.98.
4) Jean-Pierre, P., Figueroa-Moseley, C., Kohli, .S., Fiscella, K., Palesh, O., and Morrow, G.R.
Assessment of cancer related fatigue: Implications for clinical diagnosis and treatment. The
Oncologist, 2007; 12 (Supplement 1), 11-21.
5) Figueroa-Moseley, C., Jean-Pierre, P., Roscoe, J., Ryan, J., Kohli, S., Palesh, O., Ryan, EP.,
Carroll, J., and Morrow, G. Behavioral interventions in treating anticipatory nausea and
vomiting. Jnl of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, 2007; 5(1), 44-50.