Debra L. Barton
Professor
Nursing, Populations and Leadership
University of Michigan
United States of America
Biography
Notable Awards / Honors: Fellow, American Academy of Nursing, 2008 Group Award for PDQ Editorial Board, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 2010 Education: PhD, Indiana University Purdue University School of Nursing, Indianapolis IN 2002 MS, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL 1991 BSW, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL 1979
Research Interest
Research has focused on the following areas: cognitive dysfunction, sleep, nausea and vomiting, hot flashes, libido, vaginal atrophy, fatigue and peripheral neuropathy. One key trial demonstrated efficacy of American ginseng for cancer related fatigue. She is currently launching a randomized phase II trial of 97 women with a history of breast and gynecologic cancer to evaluate mind-body interventions for improving self-image and sexual health and is also the Co-PI and Director of a P20 Center for Self-Management.
Publications
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Barton DL, Liu H, Dakhil SR, Linquist B, Sloan JA, Nichols CR, McGinn TW, Stella PJ, Seeger GR, Sood A, Loprinzi, CL. (2013) Wisconsin Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) to Improve Cancer Related Fatigue: A Randomized, Double-Blind Trial, N07C2. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute ; doi: 10.1093/jnci/djt181.
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Vincent A, Whipple MO, OhTH, Guderian JA, Barton DL, Luedtke CA. Early experience with a brief, multimodal, multidisciplinary treatment program for fibromyalgia. Pain Manag Nurs, 14(4): 228-235, 2013. PMID: 24315246
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Barton DL, Thanarajasingam G, Sloan JA, Diekmann B, Fuloria J, Kottschade LA, Lyss AP, Jaslowski AJ, Mazurczak MA, Blair SC, Terstriep S, Loprinzi CL. Phase III Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of Gabapentin for the Prevention of Delayed CINV (Chemotherapy Induced Nausea and Vomiting) in Patients Receiving Highly Emetogenic Chemotherapy, NCCTG N08C3 (Alliance)" Cancer, 2014 Nov 15;120(22):3575-3583. DOI: 10.1002/cncr.28892. Epub 2014 Jul 9. PMID: 25043153, NIHMS615268.
