Research Focus: Research interests include self and family-management of chronic genetic conditions with focus on the role of the social network in the development of self and family management behaviors. Dr. Ersig is also interested in families at risk for hereditary cancers but with indeterminate genetic test results. Bio Sketch: Anne Ersig is an Assistant Professor in the Parent, Child, Family Area at the College of Nursing. Her BSN & MSN are from the University of Pennsylvania. She received her PhD in Nursing from the University of Iowa College of Nursing. During her doctoral studies, Dr. Ersig participated in the Graduate Partnership Program at the National Institute of Nursing Research, which afforded her the opportunity to complete her dissertation research at the Social & Behavioral Research Branch of the National Human Genome Research Institute in Bethesda, MD. Dr. Ersig also completed a post doctoral fellowship in Clinical Genetics at the College of Nursing. Dr. Ersig’s research interests include the link between social networks and health, particularly in families with a history of colorectal cancer, and the association of genomic variation with anxiety and pain in children with chronic conditions. She is currently an investigator on a study being conducted by Ann Marie McCarthy and Charmaine Kleiber, focusing on the genomics of procedural pain and anxiety. Education : PhD, Nursing, University of Iowa MSN, University of Pennsylvania BSN, University of Pennsylvania
Articles
Understanding patterns of health communication in families at risk for hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer: Examining the effect of conclusive versus indeterminate genetic test results (with D. W. Hadley and L. M. Koehly), Health Communication (2011)
In families meeting criteria for hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC), genetic testing may or may...
Saitohin and APOE polymorphisms influence cognition and function in persons with advanced Alzheimer disease (with D. L. Schutte, D. Reed, and S. Decrane), Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders (2011)
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Alzheimer disease (AD) is characterized by variability in the onset and progression of cognitive,...
Explanations of risk in families without identified mutations for hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (with Lioness Ayres, D. W. Hadley, and L. M. Koehly), Journal of Nursing Scholarship (2010)
Purpose: Genetic testing for hereditary forms of cancer does not always identify a causative mutation....
Characteristics of health information gatherers, disseminators, and blockers within families at risk of hereditary cancer: Implications for family health communication interventions (with L. M. Koehly, J. A. Peters, R. Kenen, L. M. Hoskins, N. R. Kuhn, J. T. Loud, and M. H. Greene), American Journal of Public Health (2009)
OBJECTIVES: Given the importance of the dissemination of accurate family history to assess disease risk,...