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First-Year Trends in Self-reported General Health Predict Survival in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer (with Mark J. Jameson and Lucy Hynds Karnell), Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (2008)

Objective To demonstrate that first-year trends in a self-reported subjective general health assessment tool can...

 

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Preferences for a Patient-Centered Role Orientation: Association with Patient-Information-Seeking Behavior and Clinical Markers of Health (with Austin S. Baldwin, Jamie A. Cvengros, Areef Ishani, and Peter J. Kaboli), Annals of Behavioral Medicine (2008)

Background Few data exist examining how patients’ preferred role orientation (patient-centered or provider-centered) is associated...

 

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Patient and physician attitudes in the health care context: Attitudinal symmetry predicts patient satisfaction and adherence (with Jamie A. Cvengros, Stephen L. Hillis, and Gary E. Rosenthal), Annals of Behavioral Medicine (2007)

Background: There is increasing interest in the role that patient and physician health-related attitudes may...

 

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Patient-Reported Factors Associated With Discontinuing Employment Following Head and Neck Cancer Treatment (with A. Buckwalter, L. H. Karnell, R. B. Smith, and G. F. Funk), Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (2007)

Objective To evaluate patients' reported reasons for discontinuing employment following treatment for head and neck...

 

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Patient-Reported Factors Associated With Discontinuing Employment Following Head and Neck Cancer Treatment (with Andrea E. Buckwalter, Lucy H. Karnell, Russell B. Smith, and Gerry F. Funk), Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (2007)

Objective To evaluate patients' reported reasons for discontinuing employment following treatment for head and neck...

 

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Health-related quality of life profiles based on survivorship status for head and neck cancer patients (with David P. Goldstein, Lucy Hynds Karnell, and Gerry F. Funk), Head & Neck (2007)

Background. As the methodologies for evaluating health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in head and neck...

 

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A Longitudinal Examination of Social Support, Agreeableness and Depressive Symptoms in Chronic Kidney Disease (with Karin F. Hoth, Shawna L. Ehlers, Katherine A. Raichle, and William J. Lawton), Journal of Behavioral Medicine (2007)
Research examining the role of social support in patient adjustment to chronic illness has been...
 

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Influence of social support on health-related quality of life outcomes in head and neck cancer (with Lucy Hynds Karnell, Eben L. Rosenthal, J Scott Magnuson, and Gerry F. Funk), Head & Neck (2007)

Background. Evidence that social support influences health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in oncologic patients could...

 

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Persistent posttreatment depressive symptoms in patients with head and neck cancer (with Lucy Hynds Karnell, Gerry F. Funk, Eben L. Rosenthal, and J Scott Magnuson), Head & Neck (2006)

Background. This study examined the prevalence and risk factors of persistent (versus short-term) depressive symptoms...

 

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The role of depression in withdrawal from renal dialysis (with Elizabeth A. McDade-Montez, Jaime A. Cvengros, and William J. Lawton), Health Psychology (2006)
Among end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients on hemodialysis, death from withdrawal from life-sustaining dialysis is...
 

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A Randomized Trial to Assess the Impact of Direct Reporting of DXA Scan Results to Patients on Quality of Osteoporosis Care (with Peter Cram and Janet Schlechte), Journal of Clinical Densitometry (2006)
Consecutive patients identified as having osteoporosis on screening dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans were randomized...
 

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Health Locus of Control and Depression in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Dynamic Perspective (with Jamie A. Cvengros and William J. Lawton), Journal of Health Psychology (2005)
Participants in the present study were 207 patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who completed...
 

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Health Locus of Control and Depression in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Dynamic Perspective (with Jamie A. Cvengros and William J. Lawton), Journal of Health Psychology (2005)
Participants in the present study were 207 patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who completed...
 

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Patient Preference for Being Informed of Their DXA Scan Results (with Peter Cram, Janet Schlechte, and Gary Rosenthal), Journal of Clinical Densitometry (2004)
Evidence suggests that patients diagnosed with osteoporosis are often undertreated. One potential solution to undertreatment...
 

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Clinical Significance of Health Status Assessment Measures in Head and Neck Cancer (with Gerry F. Funk, Lucy H. Karnell, and Russell B. Smith), Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (2004)

Objectives To determine the magnitude of clinically significant differences in domain scores for a quality-of-life...

 

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The role of perceived control and preference for control in adherence to a chronic medical regimen (with Jamie A. Cvengros and William J. Lawton), Annals of Behavioral Medicine (2004)

Background: Poor patient adherence is a widespread problem among patients undergoing hemodialysisfor end-stage renal disease....

 

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Technological and Medical Advances: Implications for Health Psychology (with Patrice G. Saab, Judith R. McCalla, Helen L. Coons, Robert Kaplan, Suzanne B. Johnson, Mark D. Ackerman, Edward Stepanski, David S. Krantz, and Barbara Melamed), Health Psychology (2004)
Behavioral telehealth, health informatics, organ and tissue transplantation, and genetics are among the areas that...
 

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Behavioral and Medical Treatment of Chronic Polydipsia in a Patient With Schizophrenia and Diabetes Insipidus (with Erin S. Costanzo and Lisa M. Antes), Psychosomatic Medicine (2004)
This case report describes a novel outpatient behavioral treatment intervention for chronic polydipsia. The program...
 

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Comprehensive head and neck oncology health status assessment (with Gerry F. Funk, Lucy Hynds Karnell, Patricia J. Moran, and Joan Ricks), Head & Neck (2003)

Background. This article presents the validation of the Head and Neck Cancer Inventory (HNCI), a...

 

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Effect of family environment and donor source on patient equality of life following renal transplantation (with Katherine Raichle, Shawna L. Ehlers, and Andrew J. Bertolatus), Health Psychology (2002)
The authors examined the degree to which the supportiveness of a patient's family environment predicts...
 

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Effect of a behavioral self-regulation intervention on patient adherence in hemodialysis (with Patricia J. Moran, John S. Wiebe, Shawna L. Ehlers, and William J. Lawton), Health Psychology (2002)
The present study examined the efficacy of a behavioral intervention designed to increase adherence to...
 

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Patient personality and mortality: A 4-year prospective examination of chronic renal insufficiency (with Shawna L. Ehlers, John S. Wiebe, Patricia J. Moran, Katherine Raichle, Karin Ferneyhough, and William J. Lawton), Health Psychology (2002)
The present study examined the role of personality as a predictor of mortality among patients...
 

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Patient Adherence With Medical Treatment Regimens: An Interactive Approach (with Jamie A. Johnson), Current Directions in Psychological Science (2002)
Inadequate patient adherence to treatment regimens is a ubiquitous problem in health care and carries...
 

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Psychological factors in end-stage renal disease: An emerging context for behavioral medicine research (with Shawna L. Ehlers), Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (2002)
End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is a chronic, life-threatening condition afflicting over 300,000 Americans. Patient nonadherence...
 

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Personality characteristics among cardiothoracic transplant recipients (with Carol S. Stilley, Mary Amanda Dew, Paul Pilkonis, Ann Bender, Mary McNulty, Kenneth R. McCurry, and Robert L. Kormos), General Hospital Psychiatry (2002)
Personality characteristics are clinically believed to predict posttransplant adherence and outcome; however, data, as to...
 

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Public and private self-consciousness and smoking behavior in head and neck cancer patients (with Katharine A. Raichle, Shawn Ehlers, Patricia J. Moran, Lucy Karnell, and Gerry Funk), Annals of Behavioral Medicine (2001)
Patients who continue to use tobacco following treatment for head and neck cancers are at...
 

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Predicting change in depression following renal transplantation: Effect of patient coping preferences (with Shawna L. Ehlers, Katherine A. Raichle, Andrew J. Bertolatus, and William J. Lawton), Health Psychology (2000)
Improvement in patient quality of life is a central goal of renal transplantation. This study...
 

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Patient-by-Treatment Context Interaction in Chronic Disease: A Conceptual Framework for the Study of Patient Adherence, Psychosomatic Medicine (2000)
Previous reviews have concluded that there is little or no evidence supporting a predictable association...
 

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Family environment, intrusive ideation, and adjustment among renal transplant candidates (with Patricia J. Moran, Shawna L. Ehlers, and J Andrew Bertolatus), Annals of Behavioral Medicine (1999)
Abstract Waiting for an organ transplant is a stressful experience frequently associated with symptoms of...
 

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Smoking and Drinking Behavior in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer: Effects of Behavioral Self-Blame and Perceived Control (with Patricia J. Moran, Shawna L. Ehlers, Katherine Raichle, Lucy Karnell, and Gerry Funk), Journal of Behavioral Medicine (1999)
Patients who continue to use tobacco or alcohol following treatment for head and neck cancers...
 

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Attributions and Adjustment in End-Stage Renal Disease (with Martina R. Rich and timoth W. Smith), Cognitive Therapy and Research (1999)
Attributions have been found to influence theimpact of stressful life events. This study examined therole...
 

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Cognitive Distortion and Functional Impairment in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Rehabilitation (with Dawn L. Edwards, Patricia J. Moran, Rachel Burke, Patricia Lounsbury, and Ellen E.I. Gordon), Cognitive Therapy and Research (1999)
This study examined the influence of cognitivedistortion (e.g., catastrophizing, overgeneralization)on functional impairment among coronary heart...
 

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Assessment of irrational health beliefs: Relation to health practices and medical regimen adherence (with Patricia J. Moran and John S. Wiebe), Health Psychology (1999)
The purpose of the present research was to provide initial validation of the 20-item Irrational...
 

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Social Environment and Longevity in Schizophrenia (with Rachel Dornink, Shawna L. Ehlers, and Susan K. Schultz), Psychosomatic Medicine (1999)
The role of social support as a predictor of long-term survival among patients with schizophrenia...
 

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Health states following head and neck cancer treatment: Patient, health-care professional, and public perspectives (with Vishram Jalukar, Gerry F. Funk, Lucy H. Karnell, and Patricia J. Moran), Head & Neck (1998)

Background This study investigated the assignment of preference values to health states which may follow...

 

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PSYCHOSOMATIC RESEARCH IN END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE: A FRAMEWORK (with Patricia J. Moran), Journal of Psychosomatic Research (1998)
 

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Social support and conscientiousness in hemodialysis adherence (with Patricia J. Moran and William J. Lawton), Annals of Behavioral Medicine (1997)
Previous conclusions regarding the role of social support in hemodialysis adherence are inconsistent, suggesting that...
 

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Monitoring attentional style and medical regimen adherence in hemodialysis patients (with Patricia J. Moran, William J. Lawton, Deanna Stallman, and Anne L. Voigts), Health Psychology (1997)
Previous research involving individuals facing chronic health problems suggests that an attentional style characterized by...
 

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Hostility, Social Support, and Ambulatory Cardiovascular Activity (with Eric G. Benotsch and Laura McKelvey), Journal of Behavioral Medicine (1997)
The present study compared ambulatory blood pressure in male and female subjects preselected for high...
 

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Health beliefs, personality, and adherence in hemodialysis patients: An interactional perspective (with John S. Wiebe), Annals of Behavioral Medicine (1997)
Research examining the main effects of health beliefs and personality on medical regimen adherence has...
 

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Cynical hostility, powerful others control expectancies, and patient adherence in hemodialysis (with J. S. Wiebe and W. J. Lawton), Psychosomatic Medicine, (1997)
The present study examined the joint role of cynical hostility and powerful others health locus...
 

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Patient Adherence in Chronic Illness: Personality and Coping In Context (with John S. Wiebe), Journal of Personality (1996)
Previous reviews have concluded that there is no evidence for a predictable association between person...
 

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Perceived health competence, health locus of control, and patient adherence in renal dialysis (with John S. Wiebe, Eric G. Benotsch, and william J. Lawton), Cognitive Therapy and Research (1996)
An emerging view in the literature regarding health locus of control (HLC) and health behavior...
 

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Positive and negative affect in rheumatoid arthritis: Increased specificity in the assessment of emotional adjustment (with Timoth W. Smith), Annals of Behavioral Medicine (1996)
Because most patients with chronic medical illness do not suffer from diagnosable depressive conditions, models...
 

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Body consciousness, illness-related impairment, and patient adherence in hemodialysis (with John S. Wiebe, Dawn l. Edwards, and John D. Michels), Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (1996)
Recent theory and evidence suggests that bodily self-focusing tendencies (e.g., private body consciousness [PBC]) may...
 

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Effect of verbal self-disclosure on natural killer cell activity: moderating influence of cynical hostility (with D. L. Edwards, J. S. Wiebe, E. G. Benotsch, L McKelvey, M. Andrews, and D. M. Lubaroff), Psychosomatic Medicine (1996)
One objective of the present research was to examine the immunological effects of self-disclosing personal...
 

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Coping with treatment-related stress: Effects on patient adherence in hemodialysis. (with Eric G. Benotsch, John S. Wiebe, and William J. Lawton), Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. (1995)
Examined 57 hemodialysis patients. The association of a particular type of coping to adherence was...
 

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Personality and patient adherence: Correlates of the five-factor model in renal dialysis (with Timothy W. Smith), Journal of Behavioral Medicine (1995)
The five-factor taxonomy of personality traits has received increasing attention in the literature regarding personality...
 

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Patient adherence and adjustment in renal dialysis: A person x treatment interactive approach (with Timothy W. Smith, Charles W. Turner, and Kirt E. Cundick), Journal of Behavioral Medicine (1994)
We classified 52 in-center hemodialysis patients and 34 self-treated, continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients...
 

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Predictors of survival among hemodialysis patients: Effect of perceived family support (with John S. Wiebe, Timothy W. Smith, and Charles W. Turner), Health Psychology (1994)
The authors examined the role of perceived family support and symptoms of depression as predictors...
 

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Cognitive distortion and depression in chronic pain: Association with diagnosed disorders (with Timothy W. Smith and Jennifer L. O'Keeffe), Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (1994)
Previous studies have demonstrated that cognitive distortion is associated with increased levels of self-reported depression...
 

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ynical hostility and cardiovascular reactivity during self-disclosure (with T. W. Smith), Psychosomatic Medicine (1993)
Recent research suggests that hostility might contribute to the development of coronary heart disease (CHD)...
 

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Family support, physical impairment, and adherence in hemodialysis: An investigation of main and buffering effects (with Timothy W. Smith, Charles W. Turner, John M. Holman Jr., Martin C. Gregory, and Martina A. Rich), Journal of Behavioral Medicine (1992)
Patient noncompliance is a pervasive problem among end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. Previous studies have...
 

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Cardiovascular reactivity and interpersonal relations: psychosomatic processes in social context (with T. W. Smith), Journal of social and clinical psychology (1992)
Recent epidemiological research has identified a variety of interpersonal risk factors as possibly contributing to...
 

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Health locus of control and depression in end-stage renal disease (with Charles W. Turner and Timothy W. Smith), Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. (1991)
Research on the association between health locus of control and depression in chronic illness has...
 

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A prospective study of quality of life in end-stage renal disease: Effects of cadaveric renal transplantation (with J M. Holman, C W. Turner, T W. Smith, M K. Grant, and G A. DeVault), Clinical Transplantation (1991)
 

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Health science information management. An approach to improving QA and clinical practice (with J W. Williamson, E. Reerink, A Donabedian, and C. W. Turner), Quality assurance in health care (1991)
To help quality assurance (QA) professionals and clinical practitioners keep up with advances in health...
 

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Interpersonal Influence as Active Coping: Effects of Task Difficulty on Cardiovascular Reactivity (with Timothy W. Smith and Michael Baldwin), Psychophysiology (1990)
This study examined the effects of attempting social influence on cardiovascular reactivity. Subjects were randomly...
 

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Affiliative Need, Different Types of Social Support, and Physical Symptoms (with Craig A. Hill), Journal of Applied Social Psychology (1989)
Less tangible types of social support (emotional, informational, and companionship) were shown to predict reports...
 

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Perceived family support as a moderator psychological well-being in end-stage renal disease (with Charles W. Turner, James R. Slaughter, and John M. Holman Jr.), Journal of Behavioral Medicine (1989)
End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is associated with an increased incidence of psychological distress. The present...
 

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Quality of life in end-stage renal disease: Influence of renal transplantation (with J M. Holman, C W. Turner, and J R. Slaughter), Clinical Transplantation (1989)
 

Books

Encyclopedia of health psychology (with Rene Martin and Joshua M. Smith) (2004)
 

Presentations

Patient Adherence to Medical Regimens: Toward a contextual understanding, British Psychological Society/Division of Health Psychology Annual Meeting, Keynote Address (2007)
 

A biobehavioral research program in chronic kidney disease, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine (2006)
 

Patient Adherence to Medical Regimens: Levels of Understanding and Intervention, Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine (2006)
 

Getting your work into print” (Professional Development Seminar, Society of Behavioral Medicine annual meeting (2005)
 

“Patient Adherence to Medical Regimens: Levels of Understanding and Intervention, School of Public Health, The University of Iowa (2005)
 

Patient adherence to medical regimens: The action is in the interaction, Department of Psychology, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2005)
 

Patient adherence to medical regimens: Levels of understanding and intervention, annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society (2005)
 

"Irrational health appraisals: An alternative view of cognition and health, annual meeting of the American Psychological Association (2003)
 

Predicting health-related quality of life in renal transplantation, Division of General Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine (2003)
 

Patient treatment adherence research in chronic disease: The action is in the interaction, Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, The University of California, Irvine (2002)
 

An interactive framework for patient adherence research, Department of Psychology, The University of Iowa, Post-Promotion Colloquium (2002)
 

Patient treatment adherence research in chronic disease: The action is in the interaction, Center for Research in Chronic Disorders, The University of Pittsburgh (2002)
 

"Psychosocial processes and survival in chronic renal insufficiency, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, (2000)
 

Patient adherence with prescribed treatment regimens: Congruency, control, and conditioning, American Psychological Association, (Early Career Award Invited Address). (2000)
 

Patient individual differences, contextual features, and adaptation to chronic disease, Department of Psychology, Arizona State University (2000)
 

"Patient compliance in end-stage renal disease, End-Stage Renal Disease Network 12, 11th annual educational meeting. (1999)
 

Psychological influences on patient compliance with treatment, Department of Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, The University of Iowa College of Medicine (1999)
 

"Patient X treatment interaction and adherence in chronic disease: Osler revisited, American Psychosomatic Society (Early Career Award Address) (1999)
 

Patient adaptation in chronic physical illness: A person by context interactive framework, Department of Psychology, University of Cincinnati, (1998)
 

Patient adherence and adjustment in end-stage renal disease: Personality and coping in Context, Department of Psychology, Georgia State University (1998)
 

"Patient adaptation in chronic physical illness: A person by context interactive framework, Department of Psychology, Ohio State University (1998)
 

Recognition and implications of depression in renal dialysis patients, Department of Nursing, University of Iowa (1997)
 

Understanding patient nonadherence in renal dialysis.", Continuing Medical Education Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine (1996)
 

Quality of Life in Chronic Illness, Twenty Sixth Annual National Kidney Foundation of Iowa Meeting, (1995)
 

Patient adherence in hemodialysis: A cognitive-behavioral framework, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine (1994)