Cynthia Gross
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Cynthia Gross Professor Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology Address: Telephone Number: Fax Number: E-Mail Address: |
Education:
B.S., Tufts University, 1972
M. Phil., Yale University, 1976
Ph.D., Yale University, 1978
Research Interests:
Her research has focused on the assessment of quality of life and health outcomes in patients with diabetes, intensive care patients and other with medication- intensive chronic illnesses. Her current study, the Wellness Interventions After Transplant (WIAT), is a 5-year NIH funded clinical trial of a program of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction to reduce symptoms and improve quality of life in organ transplant recipients. She is also conducting studies to demonstrate the impact of non-pharmacologic therapies on insomnia.
Selected Publications:
McGovern P, Dowd B, Gjerdingen D, Gross CR, Kenney S, Ukestad L, McCaffrey D, Lundberg U. Postpartum health of employed mothers 5 weeks after childbirth. Ann Fam Med. 2006 Mar-Apr;4(2):159-67.
Kreitzer MJ, Gross CR, Ye X, Russas V, Treesak C. Longitudinal impact of mindfulness meditation on illness burden in solid-organ transplant recipients. Prog Transplant. 2005 Jun;14(2):166-72.
Fillenbaum GG, Hanlon JT, Landerman LR, Artz MB, O'Conner H, Dowd B, Gross CR, Boult C, Garrard J, Schmader KE. Impact of inappropriate drug use on health services utilization among representative older community-dwelling residents. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2004 Jun;2(2):92-101.
McGovern PM, Gross CR, Krueger RA, Engelhard DA, Cordes JE, Church TR. False-positive cancer screens and health-related quality of life. Cancer Nurs. 2004 Sep-Oct;27(5):347-25.