Representing Symptom Research and Nursing at ASCO With Natalie Jackson-Carroll, PhD, APRN, FNP-C
Expert Perspectives · Keira Smith · 2024-07-02
At this year’s American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in Chicago, Natalie Jackson-Carroll, PhD, APRN, FNP-C, a Nurse Practitioner and Medical Science Liaison at ImmunoCore, sat down to discuss her work in symptom research, including:
- What symptom research is and why it’s important to study
- The topics she has investigated, including creating an instrument to ask patients about pain experienced during cancer therapy
- Her recent publication on the symptom experiences of patients with advanced melanoma undergoing immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy
- How her current work is helping to inform future research
- Advice for how clinicians can begin the conversation with their patients and better understand their symptom experiences
- The importance of representing nursing and nursing science at ASCO
- And more!
About Dr. Jackson-Carroll
Natalie Jackson-Carroll, PhD, APRN, FNP-C, is a Nurse Practitioner and Medical Science Liaison at ImmunoCore, a biotechnology company whose mission is to improve outcomes for patients with cancer, infectious diseases, and autoimmune diseases by pioneering and delivering novel immunomodulating medicines. She has been a Nurse Practitioner for 12 years and received her PhD to further study and advance the science of symptom research for patients with cancer.