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Karen Mustian, Ph.D.Discipline: Radation Onocology
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BiographyDr. Mustian is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology Behavioral Medicine Unit of the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and a Faculty Associate of the Susan B. Anthony Institute for Women and Gender Studies at the University of Rochester. She received her B.S. and M.S. in Exercise Science from East Carolina University, specializing in athletic medicine and biomechanics, and her Ph.D. in Exercise Science focusing on Exercise Psychology from the University of North Carolina Greensboro (2003). Her dissertation was chosen as the Outstanding Dissertation by the University of North Carolina Greensboro and, more recently she was recognized with an outstanding research award by the Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer. Her research is focused on investigating the influence of physical exercise on fatigue, functional capacity, and quality of life, as well as discerning the etiology and interrelationships among physical activity, functional capacity, fatigue and quality of life among cancer patients. She is particularly interested in understanding the pathways by which physical exercise is able to influence the pathophysiology of cancer patients, and the effect of exercise on side effects and secondary illnesses (e.g., cardiovascular illness) resulting from cancer and its treatments. She is currently the PI on two pending studies at NIH, one examining the efficacy of using polarity therapy to reduce fatigue among women being treated with radiation for breast cancer and a second examining the effectiveness of yoga for improving persistent sleep disruption and fatigue among cancer survivors during their first post-treatment year. She has authored numerous articles and a book chapter in the field of exercise and cancer control.
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