Kathleen B. Mooney

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, RN, FAAN is an American scientist, currently the Louis S. Peery and Janet B. Peery Presidential Endowed Chair in Nursing and Distinguished Professor of Nursing at the

University of Utah The University of Utah (U of U, UofU, or simply The U) is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the flagship institution of the Utah System of Higher Education. The university was established in 1850 as the University of De ...

. She is one of two co-leaders of the Cancer Control and Population Sciences Program at the Huntsman Cancer Institute. Her research focuses on

palliative care Palliative care (derived from the Latin root , or 'to cloak') is an interdisciplinary medical caregiving approach aimed at optimizing quality of life and mitigating suffering among people with serious, complex, and often terminal illnesses. Wit ...

symptom management for cancer patients and their family caregivers, clinical cancer outcomes, and technology aided interventions and

telehealth Telehealth is the distribution of health-related services and information via electronic information and telecommunication technologies. It allows long-distance patient and clinician contact, care, advice, reminders, education, intervention, mon ...

Education & Career

Mooney received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the

University of San Francisco The University of San Francisco (USF) is a private Jesuit university in San Francisco, California. The university's main campus is located on a setting between the Golden Gate Bridge and Golden Gate Park. The main campus is nicknamed "The Hil ...

and a

Master of Nursing A Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) is an advanced-level postgraduate degree for registered nurses and is considered an entry-level degree for nurse educators and managers. The degree also may prepare a nurse to seek a career as a nurse adminis ...

from the

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattle a ...

, followed by a Doctorate of Philosophy in Health Education from the

. In May 2013, Mooney was promoted to the rank of distinguished professor in the College of Nursing at the

. Along with Susan Beck, Mooney created Symptom Care at Home (SCH), an automated, telephone-based system for monitoring symptoms of patients and their family caregivers. SCH tracks symptom trends and immediately provides customized advice to patient and caregivers, while simultaneously sending reports to healthcare providers when symptoms exceed specified severity thresholds or have increased for a preset number of consecutive days, with the goal of managing symptoms before they come too severe to control easily. In 2016, Mooney met with Vice President Joe Biden as part of his

Cancer Breakthroughs 2020 Cancer Breakthroughs 2020, also known as Cancer Moonshot 2020 is a coalition with the goal of finding vaccine-based immunotherapies against cancer. By pooling the resources of multinational pharmaceutical, biotechnology companies, academic center ...

listening tour. Mooney is the recipient of numerous awards, including appointment as an

American Cancer Society The American Cancer Society (ACS) is a nationwide voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer. Established in 1913, the society is organized into six geographical regions of both medical and lay volunteers operating in more than ...

Professor of Oncology Nursing, both the Distinguished Service Award and Distinguished Researcher Award from the

Oncology Nursing Society The Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) is a nonprofit membership organization of more than 35,000 members committed to promoting excellence in oncology nursing and the transformation of cancer care. ONS traces its origin to the first National Cancer ...

, and the Pioneer Award from the Utah Hospice Organization.

References

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