Professor Ginex joined the Stony Brook University School of Nursing in 2021 as an Assistant Professor and has a joint appointment at the Stony Brook Cancer Center, Division of Population Science. Dr Ginex began her nursing career at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and has worked at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center as a Nurse Scientist and at the Oncology Nursing Society, where she held a national leadership role in developing evidence-based guidelines on interventions to support patients with cancer throughout the treatment trajectory.
Pam’s research program is focused on improving care for people with cancer. Her work focuses on understanding symptom patterns and identifying evidence-based interventions to support patients during treatment and survivorship. She is also interested in the effect of climate change and climate disasters on patients, the healthcare workforce and health care institutions. She is passionate about educating nurses and working with multidisciplinary colleagues to implement evidence-based practice changes at the point of care with a focus on equity in education, practice, and research.
EdD Nursing, Columbia University, Teachers College
MPH University of Pittsburgh, School of Public Health
BSN University of Pittsburgh, School of Nursing
Oncology; health outcomes of toxic environmental exposure; health behavior interventions improve adherence to oral anticancer medications MSKCC Cancer Center Support Grant Co-I
Co-Investigator, Minnesota Pulmonary Airborne Clinical Toxin (M-PACT) Study
University of Minnesota (YYYY-YYYY) $25,000
Principal Investigator, Caring Canines: Outcomes from an animal assisted activity program on patients and staff on an inpatient surgical oncology unit
Gerri & ME Nursing Research Fund (2014-2018) $10,000
Co-Investigator, Using a patient-centered mHealth intervention to improve adherence to oral anticancer medications
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Support Grant $100,000
Fellow, New York Academy of Nursing
Connie Henke Yarbro Cancer Nursing Mentorship Award
Ginex, P. K., Wood, S. K., Sivakumaran, K., Babatunde, I., Yu, T., Gibbs, K. D., & Morgan, R. L. (2023). Physical activity interventions for cancer-related fatigue: A scoping review of randomized controlled trials from a Nursing Science Precision Health Model perspective. Nursing Outlook, 71(6), 102052. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2023.102052
