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Carol Tishelman
Home Address: Nimrodsgatan 13,
SE 115 42 Stockholm, Sweden
Email:
Tel home +46-8-664 6064
Tel Karolinska Institutet: +46-8-5248 3744
Tel cell phone: +46-(0)70 516 3744
Workplace: Research & Development Unit
Stockholms Sjukhem Foundation
Mariebergsgatan 22
SE 112 35 Stockholm Sweden
Tel Stockholms Sjukhem Foundation: +46-8-6171263
Fax: +46-8-617 9333
Professional education and qualifications
• Undergraduate liberal arts education, major Women’s Studies, Sarah Lawrence College 1970-1972
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), University of Pennsylvania USA, 1980, summa cum laude, Dean’s list
• Licensure as Registered Nurse: 1980 (USA), 1984 (Sweden), specialization in psychiatric nursing (Sweden 1984) and cancer nursing (Sweden 1987)
• PhD 1993 Karolinska Institutet, Dept of public health sciences, Division of international health care research (IHCAR), Thesis title: ”Making Sense of Sickness Experience: Cancer patients’ perspectives on their sickness and care in urban Sweden. Aspects of relevance for nursing.”
• Promoted to Associate Professor in Cancer Nursing at Karolinska Institutet 2000
• Promoted to full Professor of Nursing at Karolinska Institutet 2006
Present and (most relevant) past positions:
• Senior lecturer/Assoc. Prof/Full Prof, Karolinska Institutet, affiliated with Nursing education and research (presently: Department Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Section for Nursing; previously Department of Nursing)
• Associate Dean of Nursing and Assistant Department Chair, Department of Nursing, Karolinska Institutet January 2002—July 2004
• Affiliated since 2001 as research-only associate professor/senior lecturer with the Research & Development Unit of Stockholms Sjukhem Foundation (SSH). SSH is Sweden’s largest palliative care facility, with both open and ambulatory care.
• October 2003—2009: Senior Researcher Career Award from Swedish National Research Council for program “Understanding and Improving Communication in the Context of Cancer”, fulltime researcher
• March 1, 2004—March 1, 2007 Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, LaTrobe University, Victoria Australia: Collaboration with Professor Annette Street, in palliative care research and education
• Affiliated with Center for Studies of Complementary Medicine, Karolinska Institutet
• Jan-Dec 2007—Guest professor at Karolinska Institutet, Dept of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Publications: CT has 40 published or accepted scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals based on cancer/palliative care research with numerous other publications directed to other audiences. An additional 10 manuscripts based on palliative/cancer research are underway.
Recent Relevant Professional Merits
• Elected to Board of Trustees, International Society for Nurses in Cancer Care, August 2004-2008
• Member of Sociobehavioral Cancer Research Network, financed by Canadian Cancer Society through the Centre for Behavioral Research and Program Evaluation (part of the National Cancer Institute of Canada), on Patient-Health Professional Communication in the Context of Cancer
• National Cancer Institute of Canada, Grant reviewer Panel K: Supportive Care, Palliative Care and Psychosocial Issues, from 2004
• 2007- Full representative of steering committee KICancer, Karolinska Institutet
• Editorial Board of Cancer Nursing, Acta Oncologica. Recent Reviewer for e.g. Acta Oncologica; Anthropology and Medicine; Evidence-based Nursing; Psycho-oncology; Qualitative Health Research; Research in Nursing and Health
• Grant reviews for: Swedish Cancer Society: January 1, 1996--March 31, 2002 in Research in Caring Sciences, Prevention and Behavioral Sciences; Dutch Cancer Society, National Cancer Institute of Canada (NCIC), 2004 & 2005 Panel K: Supportive Care, Palliative Care and Psychosocial Issues
• Frequent invited speaker at nursing or multidisciplinary conferences
Ongoing funded research projects, CT as Principal investigator
• Symptom Distress in Men and Women with inoperable lung cancer
• Quality of Care from a Patient Perspective: What do patients with lung cancer report? (in collaboration with Lung cancer patient organisation)
• Symptom Experiences along the Cancer Trajectory (including studies on nutritional needs in palliative home care and symptom clusters in advanced lung cancer)
• Exploring Exceptional Experiences of Complementary and Alternative Therapies in Patients with Cancer: Best and Worst Case Series (in part affiliated with a Nordic collaborative project)
• Chemosensory Changes in Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy
• Young women’s reasoning on cervical cancer, its causes and prevention
Past and present major research grants from:
Swedish National Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet); Swedish Cancer Society (Cancerfonden); The Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation (Hjärt-lungfonden); Swedish Foundation for Health Care Sciences and Allergy Research (Vårdalstiftelsen); The National Research School for Health & Caring Sciences (Nationella forskarskolan i vård och omsorg (full financing after competitive review process of grant application for 4 doctoral students); Foundation for Cancer and Traffic-injuries (CTRF); Center for health and caring research at Karolinska Institutet
Research Education: CT has been primary supervisor for 5 completed doctoral/licentiate theses (4 cancer relevant), co-supervisor for three completed licentiate theses (all in cancer care), is primary supervisor for four doctoral students in cancer/palliative care research and co-supervisor for two doctoral students (cancer and palliative care research). Research students include RNs, a pharmacist, a dietician and (previously) an occupational therapist. I have also supervised two post-docs in palliative care research. CT has also been/is planned to be discussant (Swedish: opponent) at 5 doctoral thesis defenses in the area of cancer/palliative care.
Selected Publications
1. *la Cour K, Josephsson S, Tishelman C, & Nygård L. Experiences of engagement in creative activity at a palliative care facility. In press, Journal of Palliative and Supportive Care.
2. Bernhardsson B-M, Tishelman C, & Rutqvist, LE. Experiences of chemosensory changes in patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment: A qualitative interview study Accepted for publication, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.
3. Tishelman C, Petersson L-M, Degner L, Sprangers M. Symptom prevalence, intensity and association with distress in patients with inoperable lung cancer in relation to time of death. Provisional acceptance pending minor revisions, Journal of Clinical Oncology.
4. Broberger Wiberg E., Sprangers M, Tishelman C. 2006. Do internal standards of quality of life change in lung cancer patients? Nursing Research 55(4): 274-282.
5. Tishelman, C, Degner, L, Rudman, A, Bertilsson, K., Bond, R., Broberger, E, & Leveälahti, H. 2005. Symptom distress in patients with lung carcinoma: Distinguishing distress from intensity. Cancer, 104(9): 2013-2021.
6. *Orreval Granberg Y, Tishelman C, Permert J. 2005. Home parenteral nutrition: A qualitative interview study of the experiences of patients with advanced cancer and their families. Clinical Nutrition 24(6):961-970.
7. Feldman-Stewart D, Brundage, M, Tishelman C and the SCRN Communication team (Hack T, Degner L, Bailie W, Bultz B, Butler B, Carlson L, Davison J, Parker P, & Thorne S.). 2005. A conceptual framework for health professional-patient communication: An application to the cancer context. Psycho-Oncology. 14(10):801-809.
8. Carlson L, Feldman-Stewart D, Tishelman C, Brundage M and the SCRN Communication team (Hack T, Degner L, Bailie W, Bultz B, Butler B, Davison J, Parker P & Thorne S.). 2005. Patient-professional communication research in cancer: An integrative review of research methods in the context of a conceptual framework. Psycho-Oncology, 14(10):812-828.(2 citations)
9. Parker P, Davison BJ, Tishelman C, Brundage M and the SCRN Communication team (Hack, T., Degner, L., Bailie W, Bultz B, Butler B, Carlson L, , Feldman-Stewart D, & Parker P.). 2005. What do we know about facilitating patient communication in the cancer care setting? Psycho-Oncology, 14(10):848-858.
10. Orrevall Granberg, Y., Tishelman, C. & Permert, J. 2004. The path from oral nutrition to home parenteral nutrition: A qualitative interview study of the experiences of advanced cancer patients and their families. Clinical Nutrition, 23, 1280-1287
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