Innovative Nursing Solutions for Promoting Patient-Centered Outcomes (INSPIRE) Laboratory » College of Nursing

Over 40 authored or co-authored papers published in the last three years

6 Nurse researchers collaborating together

Broad foci Mechanistic studies to systems-level research

College of Nursing

INSPIRE Laboratory

Our mission: To improve health outcomes of individuals and families managing acute and chronic conditions by leveraging biobehavioral interactions for personalized care and eradicating sociopolitical and structural barriers.

If you are interested in participating in a study or collaborating on research, please contact Dr. Kelly or Dr. Starkweather.

Our lab team

Principal Investigators

Debra Lynch Kelly PhD, RN, OCN, CNE, FAAN

Associate Dean For Academic Affairs – Undergraduate Education And Associate Professor

dlynchkelly@ufl.edu

Students

PhD student

Shuruq Alsayed

Area of Interest: Mental health and well-being, psychosocial and psychiatric; autism

PhD Student

Alexandria Carey

Area of Interest: Emergency medicine

PhD Student

Elham Samami Kodiji

PhD Student

Aliya Bai

Area of Interest: Non-pharmacological interventions for cancer pain management

BSN Student

Nicholas Moyer

Area of interest: New methods of care and intervention for chemotherapy patients

BSN Student

Chloe Bensch

BSN Student

Chloe McKinnon

Postdocs

Studies

Neurophysiological and transcriptomic predictors of chronic low back pain: towards precision pain management (NEAT Study)

Identifying neurophysiological and gene expression biomarkers of the transition from acute to chronic low back pain.

Emotion regulation as a primary mechanism of action in yoga interventions for chronic low back pain: An RCT testing biological and psychological pathways

Comparing the effects of yoga and physical activity on chronic low back pain outcomes.

Comprehensive Outcomes for After Cancer Health (COACH): The Feasibility and Impact of an mHealth Augmented Coaching Program for Self-Management in Cancer Survivors

Assessing the effect of a 6-month digital health coaching program in cancer survivors within 1 year of primary treatment and longitudinally measure its impact on multifaceted health outcomes.

External Collaborations

Indoor Air Quality Initiative (UConn)

Mission: To empower the public with the know-how to clean their own indoor air to actively reduce their exposure to airborne infectious disease, mold, dust and chemical pollutants, all of which which can worsen asthma symptoms.

In addition to sharing these crucial tools with the public, we are further studying this solution to determine how well and for how long these DIY air filters work in real world settings.

Publications

Debra Lynch Kelly PhD, RN, OCN, CNE, FAAN

Publications:

2023
The association of wound factors and symptoms of fatigue and pain with wound healing in chronic venous leg ulcers.
International wound journal
2023
Comparison of serum metabolomics in women with breast Cancer Prior to Chemotherapy and at 1 year: cardiometabolic implications.
BMC women's health
2023
Biomarkers of sleep disturbance in adults with chronic illness: A scoping review.
Chronic illness
2022
Self-Efficacy for Symptom Management in Long-Term Adult Hematopoietic Stem Cell Survivors.
Transplantation and cellular therapy
2022
Pandemic-Related Innovations in Oncology Nursing Research: Seeking the Positive.
Oncology nursing forum
2022
Longitudinal Analysis of Sleep Disturbance in Breast Cancer Survivors.
Nursing research
2022
Exploring the relationship between DNA methylation age measures and psychoneurological symptoms in women with early-stage breast cancer.
Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer
2022
Blood-based biomarkers of cancer-related cognitive impairment in non-central nervous system cancer: A scoping review.
Critical reviews in oncology/hematology
2022
Biobehavioral Implications of Covid-19 for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Recipients.
Frontiers in immunology
2021
Multidimensional Pain Characteristics in Older Adults with Chronic Venous Leg Ulcers.
Advances in wound care
2021
Microbiota phylogenic analysis revealed decreased abundance of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, an anti-inflammatory commensal bacterium, in patients with chronic graft-versus-host disease.
Hematology/oncology and stem cell therapy
2021
Hospital Characteristics and Mortality in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.
The Journal of neuroscience nursing : journal of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses
2021
Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis Associated with Persistent Fatigue in Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Survivors.
Transplantation and cellular therapy
2021
Biobehavioral Research and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: Expert Review from the Biobehavioral Research Special Interest Group of the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy.
Transplantation and cellular therapy
2021
A systematic review of the association between fatigue and cognition in chronic noncommunicable diseases.
Chronic illness
2020
Telomere lengths in women treated for breast cancer show associations with chemotherapy, pain symptoms, and cognitive domain measures: a longitudinal study.
Breast cancer research : BCR
2020
Global Metabolomics in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Recipients Discordant for Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease.
Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation
2020
Differential DNA methylation following chemotherapy for breast cancer is associated with lack of memory improvement at one year.
Epigenetics
2020
Consortium Building for Nurse Scientists Interested in Symptoms Research in the Era of Precision Health.
Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
2019
Systematic review of genetic polymorphisms associated with psychoneurological symptoms in breast cancer survivors.
Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer
2018
The Effect of Tobacco Smoking on Musculoskeletal Health: A Systematic Review.
Journal of environmental and public health
2018
The Effect of Tobacco Smoking on Bone Mass: An Overview of Pathophysiologic Mechanisms.
Journal of osteoporosis
2018
Putative mechanisms of cognitive decline with implications for clinical research and practice.
Nursing forum
2018
Pilot Study of Metabolomics and Psychoneurological Symptoms in Women With Early Stage Breast Cancer.
Biological research for nursing
2018
Lifestyle Behaviors, Perceived Stress, and Inflammation of Individuals With Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease.
Cancer nursing
2017
Variations in COMT and NTRK2 Influence Symptom Burden in Women Undergoing Breast Cancer Treatment.
Biological research for nursing
2017
Relationships among psychoneurological symptoms and levels of C-reactive protein over 2 years in women with early-stage breast cancer.
Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer
2016
The relationship of cognitive performance to concurrent symptoms, cancer- and cancer-treatment-related variables in women with early-stage breast cancer: a 2-year longitudinal study.
Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology
2016
Relationship of systemic cytokine concentrations to cognitive function over two years in women with early stage breast cancer.
Journal of neuroimmunology
2016
Biological Basis for the Clustering of Symptoms.
Seminars in oncology nursing
2015
Symptoms, Cytokines, and Quality of Life in Patients Diagnosed with Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease Following Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.
Oncology nursing forum
2015
Randomized sham controlled trial of cranial microcurrent stimulation for symptoms of depression, anxiety, pain, fatigue and sleep disturbances in women receiving chemotherapy for early-stage breast cancer.
SpringerPlus
2015
Perceptions of Distress in Women with Ovarian Cancer.
Oncology nursing forum
2014
Health Promoting Life-Style Behaviors and Systemic Inflamma-tion in African American and Caucasian Women Prior to Chemo-therapy for Breast Cancer.
Health promotion perspectives

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