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Hematology and Oncology
Kathryn Flynn, PhD, MS

Kathryn Flynn, PhD

Professor, Vice Chair for Research

Locations

  • Department of Medicine
    Division of Hematology and Oncology

Biography

Dr. Kathryn Flynn is the Georgia Carroll Professor of Women's Health Research in the Division of Hematology and Oncology. She is the Vice Chair for Research for the Department of Medicine and the Scientific Director for Patient-Reported Outcomes in the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR). She was trained in sociology (BA, MS) and population health sciences (PhD).

Leadership Positions

  • Georgia Carroll Professor of Women's Health Research
  • Scientific Director for Patient-Reported Outcomes Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research
  • Vice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine

Research Interests

Dr. Flynn conducts clinical and observational research in oncology and women’s health. This includes patient-reported outcome measure development and analysis as well as mixed methods approaches to understanding and improving patient-provider communication and patient decision making. She was a co-investigator in the PROMIS Network – the NIH Roadmap initiative to standardize patient-reported outcomes measurement across diseases. Dr. Flynn was a founding member of the H. Jean Khoury Cure CML Consortium and co-led the 14-site NCI R01-funded LAST study, which examined clinical and patient-reported outcomes among patients with chronic myeloid leukemia who discontinue targeted therapies. She currently co-leads the NCI R01-funded SyMPTOM trial, a randomized trial to improve adherence to daily adjuvant endocrine therapy among women with breast cancer using patient-reported symptom data and clinical pharmacist support to manage symptoms.

Publications

Publications of Kathryn Eve Flynn PhD from the Faculty Collaboration Database

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