School of Nursing

Education

• PhD, University of Kentucky
• MSN, University of Kentucky
• BSN, Oakland University

External Funding

1 R01 CA132927 (2008-2012). PI. Breathe-intervention for Hot Flashes, Interference, and Associated Outcomes.

1 R01 CA115369 (2005-2009). Co-Investigator. TeleCare Management of Pain and Depression in Cancer.

1 U01 GM061373 (2005-2010). Co-Investigator. Pharmacogenetics Research Network and Knowledge Base.

Department of Defense Grant BC043199 (2005-2009). PI. The Role of Serotonin in Hot Flashes After Breast Cancer.

Biosketch

Dr. Carpenter’s research focuses on cancer symptom management, with an emphasis on hot flashes and other menopausal symptoms in breast cancer. She has been funded by the Oncology Nursing Society Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense, and Walther Cancer Institute. She is currently funded as Principal Investigator by the Department of Defense and the National Cancer Institute and serves as Co-Investigator on grants from the National Cancer Institute and National Institute of General Medical Sciences Dr. Carpenter has over 50 refereed publications and has presented her research nationally and internationally. She is currently or has previously served as a grants or scholarships reviewer for the Department of Defense Behavioral and Social Sciences study sections, the California Breast Cancer Review Program, the American Cancer Society, the Oncology Nursing Society Foundation, and the National Institutes of Health. She has received several honors and awards including the North American Menopause Society Vasomotor Symptoms Research Award (2007), the Oncology Nursing Society/American Cancer Society State of the Science Award (2005), the Susan Baird Oncology Excellence in Writing Award in Nursing Research (2003) and the ONS New Investigator Award (1999).


Selected Publications

Carpenter, J. S., & Flockhart, D. (2007). Flash points. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 25(35), 5546-5547.

Carpenter, J. S., Neal, J. G., Payne, J., Kimmick, G., & Storniolo, A. M. (2007). Cognitive-behavioral intervention for hot flashes. Oncology Nursing Forum, 34(1), E1-E8.

Carpenter, J. S., & Rand, K. L. (2008). Modeling the hot flash experience in breast cancer survivors. Menopause, 15(3), 469-475.

Carpenter, J. S., Storniolo, A. M., Johns, S., Monahan, P. O., Azzouz, F., Elam, J. L., et al. (2007). Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover trials of venlafaxine for hot flashes after breast cancer. Oncologist, 12(1), 124-135.

Carpenter, J. S., & Wagler-Ziner, K. (2008). A process to manage recruitment to multiple competing studies. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 30(4), 515-526.

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