Grace Dean, PhD, RN

• Post Doctoral Fellow, Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology and School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania
  
• PhD, School of Nursing, University of California, Los Angeles
  
• MSN, College of Nursing, California State University, Los Angeles
  
• BSN, Alfred University, Alfred, NY

• Quality of life and symptom management in patients with cancer
• Currently testing interventions to improve sleep in cancer survivors with insomnia and educating health care providers in sleep disorders screening and brief interventions

• NUR 199 Freshman Seminar
• NUR 479 Advanced Clinical Seminar
• NUR 701 State of the Nursing Science
• NUR 705 Designing and Testing Interventions and Innovations

Alameri, R., Dean, G. E., Castner, J., Volpe, E., Elghoneimy, Y., & Jungquist, C. (2019). Efficacy of precise foot massage therapy on pain and anxiety following cardiac surgery: Pilot study. Pain Management Nursing. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmn.2019.09.005

Dickerson, S. S., TenBrock, E., Smith, P., Kwon, M., Chacko, T., Li, C.-S., & Dean, G. E. (2020). Mixed methods feasibility study of Breathe2Sleep™ a peer modeling approach to PAP self-management. The Journal of Cardiopulmonary and Acute Care: Heart & Lung. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrtlng.2020.04.015 

Dean, G. E., Weiss, C., Jungquist, C. R., Klimpt, M. L., Alameri, R., Ziegler, P. A., Steinbrenner, L. M., Dexter, E. U., Dhillon, S. S., Lucke, J. F., & Dickerson, S. S. (2019). Nurse-delivered brief behavioral treatment for insomnia in lung cancer survivors: A pilot RCT. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 1-13. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/15402002.2019.1685523 

Dean, G. E., Ziegler, P., Chen, H., Steinbrenner, L., & Dickerson, S. S. (2019). Trajectory of insomnia symptoms in lung cancer: A mixed methods study. Support Cancer Care, 27(6), 2255-2263. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-018-4488-3

Carey, M. A., Baldzizhar, A. N., Miterko, C. R., Qualls, B., Vincent, R. L., Merrick, R., & Dean, G. E. (2018). A quiet firehouse: Reducing environmental stimuli among professional on-duty firefighters. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 60(2), 186-190. doi:10.1097/JOM.0000000000001199

Matthews, E. E., Carter, P. A., Page, M. S., Dean, G. E., & Berger, A. M. (2018). Sleep-wake disturbance: A systematic review of evidence-based interventions for management in patients with cancer. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 22(1), 37-52. doi:10.1188/18.CJON.37-52

Matthews, E. E., Hacker, E. D., Otte, J. L., & Dean, G. E. (2018). Agenda for sleep research in older adults with cancer: A conference report. Cancer Nursing, 41(2), 109-116. doi:10.1097/NCC.0000000000000464

Dean, G. E., Weiss, C., Morris, J. L., & Chasens, E. R. (2017). Impaired sleep: A multifaceted geriatric syndrome. Nursing Clinics of North America, 52(3), 387-404. doi:10.1016/j.cnur.2017.04.009

Matthews, E. E., Danaher Hacker, E., Otte, J., & Dean, G. E. (2017). Agenda for sleep research in older adults with cancer: A conference report. Cancer Nursing, 40, 1-8.

Weiss, C., Dickerson, S. S., Jungquist, C., & Dean, G. E. (2017). Effects of morning bright light therapy on circadian activity rhythms in lung cancer survivors. Sleep, 40(suppl_1), A258. doi:10.1093/sleepj/zsx050.695

Dean, G. E., Klimpf, M. L., Morris, J. L., & Chasens, E. R. (2016). Excessive sleepiness. In M. Boltz, E. Capezuti, T. Fulmer, & D. Zwicker (Eds.), Evidence-based geriatric nursing protocols for best practice (5^th ed.) (pp. 431-442). New York, NY: Springer.

Dickerson, S. S., Jungquist, C. R., TenBrock, E., Aquilina, A.T., Smith, P., Abu Sabbah, E., Alameri, R., & Dean, G. E. (2016). Feasibility testing of a self-management program book to improve adherence to PAP in persons newly diagnosed with sleep apnea. Behavioral Sleep Medicine. doi:10.1080/15402002.2016.1228644

Dean, G. E., Abu Sabbah, E., Yingrengreung, S., Ziegler, P., Chen, H., Steinbrenner, L. M., & Dickerson, S. (2015). Sleeping with the enemy: Sleep and quality of life in patients with lung cancer. Cancer Nursing, 38 (1), 60-70. doi:10.1097/NCC.0000000000000128

Dickerson, S., Abu Sabbah, E., Ziegler, P., C Steinbrenner, L. M., Chen, H., Dean, G. E. (2015). Experiences of patients with advanced lung cancer: Being resigned to sleep-wake disturbances while maintaining hope for optimal treatment outcomes. Cancer Nursing, 38 (5).

• Ellen Volpe Memorial Award, Faculty Posters, School of Nursing Virtual Poster Session, Fall 2020 (Is Brief Behavioral Treatment for Insomnia (BBTI) an Effective Intervention?: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis)
• Susan Baird Excellence in Clinical Writing Award, Oncology Nursing Society, 2019
• Dean's Award for Excellence in Research, University at Buffalo, School of Nursing, 2014, 2019
• Jean Kimber Brown Faculty Scholar Grant, University at Buffalo, School of Nursing, 2014, 2019
• Visiting Scholar, Augusta University, College of Nursing, Augusta, GA, March 3, 2016 
• Invited Participant, NIA-AGS Sleep, Circadian Rhythms, and Aging: New Avenues for Improving Brain Health, Physical Health and Functioning, Bethesda, MD, October 4-6, 2015

• Member, NIH Center for Scientific Review Clinical Management of Patients in Community-Based Settings study section, 2020-2024 
• Ad hoc Reviewer, NIH-NINR Study Section, Chicago, IL, 2019
• Ad hoc Reviewer, NIH-NINR Study Section, Bethesda, MD, 2018-2019