Christine Miaskowski

Christine Miaskowski is a Professor at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Nursing. With a PhD in Physiology from St. Johns University and a postdoctoral fellowship in Pain Management at UCSF, she is internationally recognized for her work in pain and symptom management research.

• Education: BSN (Molloy College), MS (Adelphi University, Nursing), MS (St. Johns University, Biology), PhD (St. Johns University, Physiology), Postdoc (UCSF, Pain Management)

Her research focuses on identifying phenotypic and genotypic characteristics that predict severe symptoms in cancer patients and survivors, particularly through symptom cluster analysis and biomarker discovery. Recent work examines age-related differences in symptom co-occurrence.

The 15 most recent articles highlight her expertise in symptom clusters, genotypic markers, and patient-reported outcomes across oncology, neuroscience, and behavioral science. Key subfields include chemotherapy complications, neurogenetics, and remote monitoring technologies.

She has received multiple accolades, including the Wilbert Fordyce Clinical Investigator Award and Distinguished Nurse Researcher honors from the Oncology Nursing Society.

Her NIH-funded grants span topics like chronic pain in older adults, cancer-related fatigue, and symptom management training programs. Current projects include a 2021-2025 R01 on chronic pain in older adults and a 2017-2022 T32 training grant.