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Research interests
As a behavioral scientist with advanced training in cancer prevention and control, Dr. Shirley Bluethmann has focused her career on optimizing cancer outcomes and aging through lifestyle interventions, including physical activity and self-management practices.
Her long-term goal as a faculty member at Penn State College of Medicine is to build a program of research to better serve the needs of older cancer survivors (especially those 65 and older), including identifying opportunities for interventions to improve mobility and general health and to manage cancer-related symptoms or co-morbidities.
Dr. Bluethmann is also interested in identifying aging-friendly technologies to promote independence and facilitate self-management of care.
Teaching and educational interests
Dr. Shirley Bluethmann is the co-instructor for PHS 574, a graduate-level course on Methods in Clinical Research and Public Health Interventions.
She is interested in using theory and advanced methods in behavioral research to connect behavioral determinants to effective behavior-change techniques.
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REJOIN: Using Exercise to Improve Arthralgia and AI Adherence
1/1/19 → 1/1/23
Project: Research project
Research Output
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Author Correction: Suicide among cancer patients (Nature Communications, (2019), 10, 1, (207), 10.1038/s41467-018-08170-1)
Zaorsky, N. G., Zhang, Y., Tuanquin, L., Bluethmann, S. M., Park, H. S. & Chinchilli, V. M., Dec 1 2020, In: Nature communications. 11, 1, 718.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Mobility Device Use and Mobility Disability in U.S. Medicare Beneficiaries With and Without Cancer History
Bluethmann, S. M., Flores, E., Campbell, G. & Klepin, H. D., Dec 2020, In: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 68, 12, p. 2872-2880 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Physical activity in older cancer survivors: What role do multimorbidity and perceived disability play?
Bluethmann, S. M., Foo, W., Winkels, R., Mama, S. K. & Schmitz, K. H., 2020, In: Journal of Aging and Physical Activity. 28, 2, p. 311-319 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prostate cancer in Pennsylvania: The role of older age at diagnosis, aggressiveness, and environmental risk factors on treatment and mortality using data from the Pennsylvania Cancer Registry
Bluethmann, S. M., Wang, M., Wasserman, E., Chen, C., Zaorsky, N. G., Hohl, R. J. & McDonald, A. C., May 1 2020, In: Cancer medicine. 9, 10, p. 3623-3633 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Rural-urban differences in meeting physical activity recommendations and health status in cancer survivors in central Pennsylvania
Mama, S. K., Bhuiyan, N., Foo, W., Segel, J. E., Bluethmann, S. M., Winkels, R. M., Wiskemann, J., Calo, W. A., Lengerich, E. J. & Schmitz, K. H., Oct 1 2020, In: Supportive Care in Cancer. 28, 10, p. 5013-5022 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Scopus citations