University of Washington School of Nursing Family and Child Nursing Associate ProfessorAppointed: 2005 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Public Health Sciences Joint Associate MemberAppointed: 2005 University of Washington School of Nursing de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging DirectorAppointed: 2005 | |
QualificationsPh.D., University of Washington, Nursing Science, 1992. M.N., University of Washington, Physiological Nursing, 1986. B.S., University of Alaska Anchorage, Nursing, 1982. B.A., University of Oregon, Psychology, 1976. Expertise and Research InterestsOlder women's health. Clinical and research expertise include gerontology and healthy aging, postmenopausal hormone therapy, symptoms and symptom management, psychosocial oncology, cardiovascular nursing. Methodological areas of expertise include data and safety monitoring, multi-center clinical trials, intervention research, and qualitative research (grounded theory). KeywordsCOS Keywords:Cancer or Carcinogenesis, Cancer Prevention, Cardiovascular Diseases, Gerontology, Health Behavior, Health Promotion, Hormones, Nursing, Oncology, Public Health, Women's Health.Additional Terms:Healthy Aging, Psychosocial Oncology.Languages(Reading, Writing, Speaking)English: (Fluent, Fluent, Functional) French: (Functional, Basic, Basic) MembershipsAmerican Academy of Nursing American Geriatrics Society American Heart Association American Nurses Association American Psychosocial Oncology Society American Society on Aging Gerontological Society of America National Council on Aging National Gerontological Nursing Association North American Menopause Society Oncology Nursing Society Sigma Theta Tau International Western Institute of Nursing Honors and Awards2006, Fellow,
American Academy of Nursing
2003, PSONS Quarterly Writing Award, "Obtaining funds for research" (with Linda Eaton),
Puget Sound Chapter of the Oncology Nursing Society
1997, Research Fund Award, "Breast Cancer Awareness: Learning about your Risk",
Positive Yoga
1994, Fellow, Twentieth Ten-Day Seminar on the Epidemiology and Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases,
American Heart Association (AHA)
1994, Research Excellence Award,
National Association of Women's Health Professionals
1992, Excellence in Writing Award in Research, "Breast cancer: Demands of illness" (with Katherine Klaich),
Oncology Nursing Society/Cetus
1990, Research Fund Award, “Women’s Experience Following Acute Myocardial Infarction”,
Psi Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau
Previous Positions1993-2005, Affiliate Assistant Professor,
University of Washington,
School of Nursing,
Family and Child Nursing
1992-2005, Senior Staff Scientist,
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center,
Cancer Prevention,
Public Health Sciences
1982-1985, Staff Nurse, Clinical Level III of IV,
Providence Hospital,
Coronary Care
Funding Received- University of Washington School of Nursing Research Intramural Funding Program:
Examining a Diffusion of Benefit Hypothesis: Does a Woman with Breast Cancer Benefit from an Intervention Delivered to her Partner? PI,
2006
to 2007.
- University of Washington School of Nursing Research Intramural Funding Program:
Autonomy, Dependency and Obligation: Negotiations in Female Patient-Caregiver Dyads, Co-Investigator (PI: Jamie Shirley),
2006
to 2007.
- RAND/Hartford:
University of Washington Center for Interdisciplinary Geriatric Research, Co-PI (Co-PI: Elizabeth Phelan),
2006
to 2008.
- National Institutes of Health (NIH):
Estrogen and Progesterone Related Gene Variants and Colorectal Cancer Risk, Co-Investigator, PI of FHCRC Subcontract (PI: Shumin Zhang, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA),
2006
to 2010.
- Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA):
Nursing Leadership in Long-Term Skilled Care, Co-Project Director (Project Director: Ruth Craven),
2006
to 2009.
- National Institutes of Health (NIH):
Frailty in WHI: Drugs, Inflammatory and Genetic Markers; Co-Investigator (PI: Andrea LaCroix),
2005
to 2008.
- National Institutes of Health (NIH):
Biochemical and Genetic Markers of Hypertension in Women; Co-Investigator, PI of FHCRC Subcontract (PI: Howard Sesso, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA),
2004
to 2008.
- Lustgarden Pancreatic Cancer Foundation:
A Prospective Study of Pancreatic Cancer Pathogenesis; Co-Investigator, Principal Investigator of FHCRC Subcontract (PI: Charles Fuchs, Data Farber Cancer Center, Boston, MA); Dana Farber Cancer Center and Lustgarden Pancreatic Cancer Foundation,
2003
to 2004.
- United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (Department of Defense)/Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program—Breast Cancer Research Program:
Serum Estrogen Hormone Metabolites, Hormone Replacement Therapy and the Risk of Breast Cancer; Co-Investigator, Principal Investigator of FHCRC Subcontract (PI: Francesmary Modugno, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA),
2002
to 2004.
- National Institutes of Health (NIH):
Helping the Mother with Breast Cancer Support her Child; Co-Principal Investigator, Principal Investigator of FHCRC subcontract (PI: Frances Marcus Lewis, University of Washington),
2000
to 2006.
- National Institutes of Health (NIH):
Sex Steroid Hormones and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease; Co-Investigator, Principal Investigator of FHCRC Subcontract (PI: Kathryn Rexrode, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA),
2000
to 2004.
- National Institutes of Health (NIH):
Genetic Risk Information for a Defined Population; Co-Investigator (PI: Deborah Bowen),
1998
to 2001.
- United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (Department of Defense)/Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program--Breast Cancer Research Program:
Enhancing Positive Reactions to Breast Cancer Risk Appraisal; Principal Investigator,
1994
to 1998.
- National Institutes of Health (NIH):
Clinical Coordinating Center for the Clinical Trial and Observational Study of the Women's Health Initiative; Co-Investigator (PI: Ross Prentice),
1992
to 2011.
Publications- Robinson JG, Wallace R, Limacher M, Sato A, Cochrane B, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Et Al (2006) Older women diagnosed with nonspecific chest pain may be at increased cardiovascular risk: Women's Health Initiative, Journal of Women's Health, 15 (10), 1151-1160
- Michael YL, Perrin N, Bowen D, Cochrane B, Wisdom J, Brzyski R, Ritenbaugh C (2006) Expression and ambivalence over expression of negative emotion: Cross-sectional associations with psychosocial factors and health related quality of life, Journal of Women and Aging, 18 (2), 25-40
- Modugno F, Kip KE, Cochrane B, Kuller L, Klug TL, Rohan TE, Chlebowski RT, Lasser N, Stefanick M (2006) Obesity, hormone therapy, estrogen metabolism and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer, International Journal of Cancer, 118 (5), 1292-1301
- Wactawski-Wende J, Kotchen JM, Anderson GL, Assaf A, Brunner RL, O'Sullivan MJ, Et Al. (2006) Calcium plus Vitamin D Supplementation and the Risk of Colorectal Cancer, New England Journal of Medicine, 354 (7), 684-96
- Woods NF, LaCroix AZ, Gray SL, Aragaki A, Cochrane BB, Brunner RL, Masaki K, Murray A, Newman AB, Women's Health Initiative (Aug 2005) Frailty: emergence and consequences in women aged 65 and older in the
Women's Health Initiative observational study., Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 53 (8), 1321-30
 - Ockene JK, Barad DH, Cochrane BB, Larson JC, Gass M, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Manson JE, Barnabei VM, Lane DS, Brzyski RG, Rosal MC, Wylie-Rosett J, Hays J (Jul 2005) Symptom experience after discontinuing use of estrogen plus progestin., Jama : the Journal of the American Medical Association, 294 (2), 183-93
 - Barnabei VM, Cochrane BB, Aragaki AK, Nygaard I, Williams RS, McGovern PG, Young RL, Wells EC, O'Sullivan MJ, Chen B, Schenken R, Johnson SR, Women's Health Initiative Investigators (May 2005) Menopausal symptoms and treatment-related effects of estrogen and
progestin in the Women's Health Initiative., Obstetrics and Gynecology, 105 (5 Pt 1), 1063-73
 - Cochrane BB, Lewis FM (May 2005) Partner's adjustment to breast cancer: a critical analysis of intervention
studies., Health Psychology : Official Journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association., 24 (3), 327-32
 - Howard BV, Kuller L, Langer R, Manson JE, Allen C, Assaf A, Cochrane BB, Larson JC, Lasser N, Rainford M, Van Horn L, Stefanick ML, Trevisan M, Women's Health Initiative (Mar 2005) Risk of cardiovascular disease by hysterectomy status, with and without
oophorectomy: the Women's Health Initiative Observational
Study., Circulation, 111 (12), 1462-70
 - Hendrix SL, Cochrane BB, Nygaard IE, Handa VL, Barnabei VM, Iglesia C, Aragaki A, Naughton MJ, Wallace RB, McNeeley SG (Feb 2005) Effects of estrogen with and without progestin on urinary incontinence., Jama : the Journal of the American Medical Association, 293 (8), 935-48
 - Michael YL, Perrin N, Bowen D, Cochrane BB, Wisdom JP, Brzyski R, Ritenbaugh C (2005) Expression and ambivalence over expression of negative
emotion:psychometric analysis in the Women's Health
Initiative., Journal of Women & Aging, 17 (1-2), 5-18
 - Young HM, Cochrane BB (Mar 2004) Healthy aging for older women., The Nursing Clinics of North America, 39 (1), 131-43
 - Wassertheil-Smoller S, Shumaker S, Ockene J, Talavera GA, Greenland P, Cochrane B, Robbins J, Aragaki A, Dunbar-Jacob J (Feb 2004) Depression and cardiovascular sequelae in postmenopausal women. The
Women's Health Initiative (WHI)., Archives of Internal Medicine, 164 (3), 289-98
 - Stefanick ML, Cochrane BB, Hsia J, Barad DH, Liu JH, Johnson SR (Oct 2003) The Women's Health Initiative postmenopausal hormone trials: overview and
baseline characteristics of participants., Annals of Epidemiology, 13 (9 Suppl), S78-86
 - Cochrane BB, Lund B, Anderson S, Prentice R (2003) The Women's Health Initiative: Aspects of management and coordination In JW Hawkins, LA Haggerty (eds), Diversity in Health Care Research: Strategies for Multisite, Multidisciplinary, and Multi-ethnic Projects, New York, Springer, 181-207 pages (bookchapter)
- Hsia J, Rodabough R, Rosal MC, Cochrane B, Howard BV, Snetselaar L, Frishman WH, Stefanick ML (Oct 2002) Compliance with National Cholesterol Education Program dietary and
lifestyle guidelines among older women with self-reported
hypercholesterolemia. The Women's Health Initiative., The American Journal of Medicine, 113 (5), 384-92
 - Cochrane BL (Jun 1992) Acute myocardial infarction in women., Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 4 (2), 279-89
 - Cowan MJ, Young Graham K, Cochrane BL (Jan 1992) Comparison of a theory of quality of life between myocardial infarction and malignant Melanoma: a pilot study, Progress in Cardiovascular Nursing, 7 (1), 18-21
- Loveys BJ, Klaich K (Jan-Feb 1991) Breast cancer: demands of illness., Oncology Nursing Forum, 18 (1), 75-80
 - Loveys B (May 1990) Transitions in chronic illness: the at-risk role., Holistic Nursing Practice, 4 (3), 56-64
 - Lewis FM, Cochrane BB, Fletcher KA, Zahlis EH, Shands ME, Gralow JR, Wu SM, Helping Her Heal: A pilot study of an educational counseling intervention for spouses of women with breast cancer, Psycho-Oncology, In Press
- Shands ME, Lewis FM, Sinsheimer J, Cochrane B, Core concerns of couples living with early stage breast cancer, Psycho-Oncology, In Press
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