Dr. Shelley Johns is a board-certified clinical health psychologist and Regenstrief Institute Research Scientist. Her patient-oriented research primarily focuses on testing integrative mind-body interventions to reduce cancer-related fatigue and associated symptoms for post-treatment cancer survivors and improving adaptive coping and quality of life for adults with advanced-stage cancer and their family caregivers.
Dr. Johns has received a Young Investigator Award from the Indiana Clinical Translational Sciences Institute (Indiana CTSI), a Walther Research Scholar Award through the Fairbanks Center for Medical Ethics, and pilot grants from the IUPUI Research in Palliative and End-of-Life Communication and Oncology Group Center for Symptom Management. She serves as a member of the IU School of Medicine's Palliative Medicine Fellowship Executive Committee, associate member of the IU Simon Cancer Center Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program, affiliated faculty with the IU Health Fairbanks Center for Medical Ethics, and as an affiliated investigator with the Indiana University School of Medicine Diabetes Translational Research Center.
Expertise
symptom management in post-treatment cancer survivors | health psychology | palliative care research
General Internal Medicine
Indiana University Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research, Regenstrief Institute 1101 W. 10th St.
Indianapolis , IN 46202
Active Projects
Indiana University Health (7/1/18-6/30/20). "Feasibility, Acceptability and Preliminary Effects of the Spiritual Care Assessment and Intervention (SCAI) Framework for Adults with Advanced Cancer and Their Caregivers: A Clinical Pilot Trial." PI: Maiko. Role: Co-investigator.
Indiana University Health (7/1/17-6/30/19). "A PITCH-ED Project: Expedited Outpatient Management of Low-Risk Chest Pain Associated with Anxiety Identified in the Emergency Department." PI: Musey. Role: Co-investigator.
Indiana University Health (5/1/17-4/30/19). "Mindfulness to Enhance Quality of Life and Support Advance Care Planning (MEANING): A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial for Adults with Metastatic Cancer and Their Family Caregivers." Role: PI.
Walther Cancer Foundation, Inc. (7/1/16-6/30/19). “Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Breast Cancer Survivors Coping with Disruptive Fear of Recurrence.” PI: Mosher. Role: Co-investigator.
