Carolyn Harris, PhD, RN, OCN

Education

Honors & Awards

• 2025
  Division of Cancer Prevention Early Career Scientist, NCI Division of Cancer Prevention
• 2024
  Environmental Health Research Institute for Nurse and Clinician Scientists Workshop scholarship
• 2023
  Distinguished Dissertation Award in Nursing, Moving the Science of Symptom Cluster Research Forward: Phenotypic and Mechanistic Considerations, UCSF School of Nursing
• 2023
  Genomics for Social Scientists – Epigenetics Workshop, Travel Award, University of Michigan
• 2019
  Oncology Certified Nurse of the Year, Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the Oncology Nursing Society

Selected Publications

1. Colomer-Lahiguera S, Pozzar RA, Harris CS, Brant JM, Conley YP, Cooley ME, Eicher M, Hinds PS, Howell D, Mitchell SA, Ribi K, Rosenzweig MQ, Wesmiller SW, Miaskowski C, Hammer MJ Advancing Global Cancer Symptom Science: Insights and Strategies From the Inaugural Cancer Symptom Science Expert Meeting.  View on PubMed
2. Colomer-Lahiguera S, Pozzar RA, Harris CS, Brant JM, Conley YP, Cooley ME, Eicher M, Hinds PS, Howell D, Mitchell SA, Ribi K, Rosenzweig MQ, Wesmiller SW, Miaskowski C, Hammer MJ Advancing Global Cancer Symptom Science: Insights and Strategies From the Inaugural Cancer Symptom Science Expert Meeting.  View on PubMed
3. Colomer-Lahiguera S, Pozzar RA, Harris CS, Brant JM, Conley YP, Cooley ME, Eicher M, Hinds PS, Howell D, Mitchell SA, Ribi K, Rosenzweig MQ, Wesmiller SW, Miaskowski C, Hammer MJ Advancing Global Cancer Symptom Science: Insights and Strategies from the Inaugural Cancer Symptom Science Expert Meeting.  View on PubMed
4. Le C, Lewis M, Harris CS, Berger L, Chavez-Iglesias E, Morse L, Sucher A, Roy R, Olshen A, Hammer MJ, Paul S, Wallhagen M, Chan R, Sayer M, Yom S, Cho NW, Chan A, Levine J, Dhruva A, Miaskowski C, Conley YP, Kober KM A Data-Driven Epigenetic Characterization of Morning Fatigue Severity in Oncology Patients Receiving Chemotherapy: Associations With Epigenetic Age Acceleration, Blood Cell Types, and Expression-Associated Methylation.  View on PubMed
5. Colomer-Lahiguera S, Pozzar RA, Harris CS, Brant JM, Conley YP, Cooley ME, Eicher M, Hinds PS, Howell D, Mitchell SA, Ribi K, Rosenzweig MQ, Wesmiller SW, Miaskowski C, Hammer MJ Advancing Global Cancer Symptom Science: Insights and Strategies From the Inaugural Cancer Symptom Science Expert Meeting.  View on PubMed
6. Harris CS, Conley YP, Bai J, Hammer MJ The Use of Biomarkers in Precision Health Symptom Science-Opportunities and Challenges.  View on PubMed
7. Colomer-Lahiguera S, Pozzar RA, Harris CS, Brant JM, Conley YP, Cooley ME, Eicher M, Hinds PS, Howell D, Mitchell SA, Ribi K, Rosenzweig MQ, Wesmiller SW, Miaskowski C, Hammer MJ Advancing global cancer symptom science: Insights and strategies from the inaugural Cancer Symptom Science Expert Meeting.  View on PubMed
8. Harris CS, Conley YP, Rosenzweig MQ, Erickson KI, Cooper BA, Bender CM Psychological Symptom Cluster Severity Profiles Are Associated With Higher Levels of Stress and Worse Quality of Life in Postmenopausal Women With Breast Cancer.  View on PubMed
9. Oppegaard KR, Conley YP, Paul S, Cooper B, Harris CS, Shin J, Morse L, Levine JD, Cartwright F, Roy R, Melisko M, Kober KM, Hammer MJ, Miaskowski C. Self-reported cancer-related cognitive impairment is associated with perturbed neurotransmission pathways. J Neural Transm (Vienna). 2025 Feb; 132(2):275-286.  View on PubMed
10. Oppegaard KR, Hammer MJ, Conley YP, Harris CS, Cooper BA, Paul SM, Shin J, Morse L, Abrams GM, Levine JD, Miaskowski C. Self-Reported Cancer-Related Cognitive Impairment in Patients With Breast Cancer Is Associated With Potassium Channel Gene Polymorphisms. Oncol Nurs Forum. 2024 Apr 18; 51(3):263-274.  View on PubMed
11. Calvo-Schimmel A, Shin J, Harris CS, Morse L, Paul SM, Cooper BA, Conley YP, Wright F, Hammer MJ, Levine JD, Miaskowski C. Stress and Coping in Patients With Cancer With Depression and Sleep Disturbance. Oncol Nurs Forum. 2024 Apr 18; 51(3):243-262.  View on PubMed
12. Harris CS, Kober K, Cooper B, Conley YP, Hammer MJ, Dhruva AA, Cartwright F, Paul S, Levine J, Miaskowski C. Symptom clusters in oncology outpatients: stability and consistency across a cycle of chemotherapy. BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2024 Jan 08; 13(e3):e1198-e1211.  View on PubMed
13. Harris CS, Miaskowski CA, Conley YP, Hammer MJ, Dunn LB, Dhruva AA, Levine JD, Olshen AB, Kober KM. Epigenetic Regulation of Inflammatory Mechanisms and a Psychological Symptom Cluster in Patients Receiving Chemotherapy. Nurs Res. 2023 May-Jun 01; 72(3):200-210.  View on PubMed
14. Harris CS, Miaskowski CA, Conley YP, Hammer MJ, Dhruva AA, Levine JD, Olshen AB, Kober KM. Gastrointestinal Symptom Cluster is Associated With Epigenetic Regulation of Lymphotoxin Beta in Oncology Patients Receiving Chemotherapy. Biol Res Nurs. 2023 Jan; 25(1):51-64.  View on PubMed
15. Harris CS, Kober KM, Cooper B, Conley YP, Dhruva AA, Hammer MJ, Paul S, Levine JD, Miaskowski CA. Symptom clusters in outpatients with cancer using different dimensions of the symptom experience. Support Care Cancer. 2022 Aug; 30(8):6889-6899.  View on PubMed
16. Harris CS, Dodd M, Kober KM, Dhruva AA, Hammer MJ, Conley YP, Miaskowski CA. Advances in Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Symptom Cluster Research: A 20-Year Perspective. ANS Adv Nurs Sci. 2022 Oct-Dec 01; 45(4):309-322.  View on PubMed
17. Harris CS, Kober KM, Conley YP, Dhruva AA, Hammer MJ, Miaskowski CA. Symptom clusters in patients receiving chemotherapy: A systematic review. BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2022 Mar; 12(1):10-21.  View on PubMed
18. Oppegaard K, Shin J, Harris CS, Schimmel A, Paul SM, Cooper BA, Levine JD, Conley YP, Hammer M, Dunn L, Kober KM, Miaskowski C. Higher stress and symptom severity are associated with worse depressive symptom profiles in patients receiving chemotherapy. Eur J Oncol Nurs. 2022 Jun; 58:102031.  View on PubMed
19. Oppegaard K, Harris CS, Shin J, Paul SM, Cooper BA, Chan A, Anguera JA, Levine J, Conley Y, Hammer M, Miaskowski CA, Chan RJ, Kober KM. Cancer-related cognitive impairment is associated with perturbations in inflammatory pathways. Cytokine. 2021 12; 148:155653.  View on PubMed
20. Miaskowski C, Paul SM, Harris CS, Shin J, Oppegaard K, Conley YP, Hammer M, Kober KM, Levine JD. Determination of Cutpoints for Symptom Burden in Oncology Patients Receiving Chemotherapy. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2022 01; 63(1):42-51.  View on PubMed

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