Carolyn Harris, PhD, RN, OCN
Assistant Professor
Physiological Nursing
School of Nursing

Education & Training

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• Postdoc Genomics University of Pittsburgh 06/2025
• PhD Nursing University of California, San Francisco 06/2022
• BSN Nursing Goshen College 05/2009

Grants and Projects

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• Characterization of the Symptom Experience of Patients with Cutaneous Melanoma Receiving Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy, NIH, 2024-2028
• Evaluation of the Impact of the Social and Built Environments on Symptom Burden in Patients Receiving Chemotherapy, HDFCCC Survivorship and Symptom Science Hub, 2025-2026

Publications (22)

Top publication keywords:
Antineoplastic AgentsSyndromeDNA MethylationSymptom AssessmentComputational BiologyBiomarkersGenomicsOncology NursingWeight GainNursing ResearchOutpatientsNeoplasmsCluster AnalysisEpigenesis, GeneticPrecision Medicine

• Advancing Global Cancer Symptom Science: Insights and Strategies From the Inaugural Cancer Symptom Science Expert Meeting.
  Oncology nursing forum 2025 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.
  Nursing research 2025 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.
  Seminars in oncology nursing 2025 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
• 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.
  Cancer medicine 2025 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, …
• Advancing Global Cancer Symptom Science: Insights and Strategies From the Inaugural Cancer Symptom Science Expert Meeting.
  Cancer nursing 2025 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

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• The Use of Biomarkers in Precision Health Symptom Science-Opportunities and Challenges.
  Seminars in oncology nursing 2025 Harris CS, Conley YP, Bai J, Hammer MJ
• Advancing global cancer symptom science: Insights and strategies from the inaugural Cancer Symptom Science Expert Meeting.
  European journal of oncology nursing : the official journal of European Oncology Nursing Society 2025 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
• Psychological Symptom Cluster Severity Profiles Are Associated With Higher Levels of Stress and Worse Quality of Life in Postmenopausal Women With Breast Cancer.
  Cancer nursing 2024 Harris CS, Conley YP, Rosenzweig MQ, Erickson KI, Cooper BA, Bender CM
• Self-reported cancer-related cognitive impairment is associated with perturbed neurotransmission pathways.
  Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) 2024 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 in Patients With Breast Cancer Is Associated With Potassium Channel Gene Polymorphisms.
  Oncology nursing forum 2024 Oppegaard KR, Hammer MJ, Conley YP, Harris CS, Cooper BA, Paul SM, Shin J, Morse L, Abrams GM, Levine JD, Miaskowski C
• Stress and Coping in Patients With Cancer With Depression and Sleep Disturbance.
  Oncology nursing forum 2024 Calvo-Schimmel A, Shin J, Harris CS, Morse L, Paul SM, Cooper BA, Conley YP, Wright F, Hammer MJ, Levine JD, Miaskowski C
• Symptom clusters in oncology outpatients: stability and consistency across a cycle of chemotherapy.
  BMJ supportive & palliative care 2024 Harris CS, Kober K, Cooper B, Conley YP, Hammer MJ, Dhruva AA, Cartwright F, Paul S, Levine J, Miaskowski C
• Epigenetic Regulation of Inflammatory Mechanisms and a Psychological Symptom Cluster in Patients Receiving Chemotherapy.
  Nursing research 2023 Harris CS, Miaskowski CA, Conley YP, Hammer MJ, Dunn LB, Dhruva AA, Levine JD, Olshen AB, Kober KM
• Gastrointestinal Symptom Cluster is Associated With Epigenetic Regulation of Lymphotoxin Beta in Oncology Patients Receiving Chemotherapy.
  Biological research for nursing 2022 Harris CS, Miaskowski CA, Conley YP, Hammer MJ, Dhruva AA, Levine JD, Olshen AB, Kober KM
• Symptom clusters in outpatients with cancer using different dimensions of the symptom experience.
  Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer 2022 Harris CS, Kober KM, Cooper B, Conley YP, Dhruva AA, Hammer MJ, Paul S, Levine JD, Miaskowski CA
• Advances in Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Symptom Cluster Research: A 20-Year Perspective.
  ANS. Advances in nursing science 2022 Harris CS, Dodd M, Kober KM, Dhruva AA, Hammer MJ, Conley YP, Miaskowski CA
• Symptom clusters in patients receiving chemotherapy: A systematic review.
  BMJ supportive & palliative care 2021 Harris CS, Kober KM, Conley YP, Dhruva AA, Hammer MJ, Miaskowski CA
• Higher stress and symptom severity are associated with worse depressive symptom profiles in patients receiving chemotherapy.
  European journal of oncology nursing : the official journal of European Oncology Nursing Society 2021 Oppegaard K, Shin J, Harris CS, Schimmel A, Paul SM, Cooper BA, Levine JD, Conley YP, Hammer M, Dunn L, Kober KM, Miaskowski C
• Cancer-related cognitive impairment is associated with perturbations in inflammatory pathways.
  Cytokine 2021 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
• Determination of Cutpoints for Symptom Burden in Oncology Patients Receiving Chemotherapy.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2021 Miaskowski C, Paul SM, Harris CS, Shin J, Oppegaard K, Conley YP, Hammer M, Kober KM, Levine JD
• Anxiety profiles are associated with stress, resilience and symptom severity in outpatients receiving chemotherapy.
  Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer 2021 Oppegaard K, Harris CS, Shin J, Paul SM, Cooper BA, Levine JD, Conley YP, Hammer M, Cartwright F, Wright F, Dunn L, Kober KM, Miaskowski C
• Multi-Staged Data-Integrated Multi-Omics Analysis for Symptom Science Research.
  Biological research for nursing 2021 Harris CS, Miaskowski CA, Dhruva AA, Cataldo J, Kober KM