Janine Cataldo, PhD, APRN-BC
Assistant Professor
As a research nurse with a specialty in gero-oncology, I have spent over 10 years understanding the factors involved in older adult smoking. My research and clinical foci include: the impact of tobacco industry activities on older smokers; stigma, symptom burden, and quality of life among lung cancer patients; and clinical trials for smoking cessation interventions for cancer patients and cancer survivors. I am also piloting an Avatar intervention for enhancing coping ability with lung cancer stigma. With a team in Australia, I am comparing symptom occurrence and severity in both young and older cancer patients during active treatment.
Department:
Physiological Nursing
Current Areas of Teaching:
- Smoking Cessation and Tobacco Control
- Cancer Symptom Management and Research
- Care of the Older Adult/Gero-Psychiatry
- Theory Development and Application
Professional Activities:
- American Nurses Association
- Oncology Nursing Society
- American Geriatrics Society
- Nightingales Nurses, Tobacco Control Advocacy Group
- International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer
- Sigma Theta Tau
- Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, Associate Editor
Selected Honors and Awards:
| 2010 | Research Fellowship Award "Molecular Basis of Lung Cancer Stigma and Symptom Management," ONS Foundation |
| 2010 | NINR P30 Faculty Scholar Symptom Management |
| 2010 | Research Award for New Investigators, American Cancer Society |
| 2009 | Core Scientific Planning Committee Member for 2011 IASLC World Conference on Lung Cancer |
Selected Publications:
- Cataldo JK, Slaughter R, Jahan TM, Pongquan VL, Hwang WJ. (2011). Measuring stigma in people with lung cancer: Psychometric testing of the Cataldo Lung Cancer Stigma Scale. Oncology Nursing Forum, 38(1), E46-54. PMID: 21186151
- Cataldo JK, Bero LA, Malone RE. (2010). ‘A delicate diplomatic situation’: Tobacco industry efforts to gain control of the Framingham Study. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 63(8), 841-853. PMID: 20630333
- Cataldo JK, Dubey S, Prochaska JJ. (2010). Smoking cessation: An integral part of lung cancer treatment. Oncology, 78(5-6), 289-301. PMID: 20699622
- Cataldo JK, Prochaska JJ, Glantz SA. (2010). Cigarette smoking is a risk factor for Alzheimer’s Disease: An analysis controlling for tobacco industry affiliation. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 19(2), 465-480. PMID: 20110594
- Cataldo JK, Malone RE. (2008). False promises: The tobacco industry, "low-tar" cigarettes, and older smokers. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 56(9), 1716-1723. PMID: 18691279
Contact Info
Office Phone:
415-476-4721
Office Fax:
415-476-8899
Office Address:
2 Koret Way, N-611Q
San Francisco, CA
94143-0610