Title: Leveraging eHealth Interventions to Enhance Supportive Care for Couples Coping with Prostate Cancer
Date: Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Lunch will be provided
Location: NUR 1.112 (MPR) | UT Austin School of Nursing | 1710 Red River, Austin, TX
*CNE: Attendees may earn up to 1 CNE
Presented by: Lixin Song, PhD, RN, FAAN
Hugh Roy Cullen Endowed Professor
Nancy Smith Hurd President's Chair in Geriatric Nursing & Aging Studies
Vice Dean for Research & Scholarship
Director of the Smart Center at the School of Nursing
UT Health San Antonio
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Dr. Lixin Song is the Hugh Roy Cullen Endowed Professor, Nancy Smith Hurd President's Chair in Geriatric Nursing & Aging Studies, Vice Dean for Research & Scholarship, and Director of the Smart Center at the School of Nursing, UT Health San Antonio. She also serves as the Director of Caregiver Research and holds a cross-appointment as Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Mays Cancer Center, UTHSA. Prior to joining UTHSA, Dr. Song was a Full Professor (with tenure) and the Beerstecher-Blackwell Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Nursing & Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Song earned her PhD in Nursing from the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor and completed her postdoctoral training in chronic illness management at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
A renowned oncology nurse-scientist, Dr. Song conducts clinical research on survivorship issues affecting cancer patients and their family caregivers. Her work focuses on dyadic research methodologies, quality of life, symptom management, technology-augmented interventions, and addressing health disparities. She has served as Principal Investigator on numerous observational studies and clinical trials funded by prestigious institutions, including the NIH (National Institute of Nursing Research [NINR], National Cancer Institute [NCI], National Library of Medicine [NLM]), the Department of Defense (DOD), and university systems at UNC and UT.
In addition to review for high impact multidisciplinary journals such as Cancer, JMIR, and Psycho-oncology, Dr. Song has an extensive record of service on grant review panels and study sessions for NIH, DOD, NSF, and other foundations in the U.S. and internationally. Her global contributions include serving as a reviewer for KWF Funding through the Dutch Cancer Society (Netherlands), the European Science Foundation (France), and the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia (PCFA). She is also a standing member of the Lifestyle Change and Behavioral Health (LCBH) panel at NIH.
This presentation highlights her NIH-funded project, titled A randomized trial evaluating a tailored eHealth intervention for symptom management in couples coping with prostate cancer. This innovative study exemplifies her commitment to advancing survivorship supportive care and improving the health outcomes (e.g., quality of life) for cancer patients and their caregivers using technology-based interventions.
This event is made possible by the Helen L. Erickson, PhD, RN, FAAN Lecture Series in Holistic Healing.
Parking: Parking for this event is available for a fee in Trinity Garage (TRG) at the corner of MLK and Trinity, or at the Health Center Garage (HCG). If you need an accommodation to participate in this event or you are a faculty member who would like to bring a class, please contact Amber Shah at ashah@nursing.utexas.edu or 512-471-7964.
*Accreditation: This activity is accredited by UT Austin School of Nursing to provide 1.0 CNE. University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.