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Sonia A. Duffy , PhD, RN
Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of Michigan
Research Investigator, Dept of Otolaryngology, University of Michigan
Research Investigator, Dept of Psychiatry, University of Michigan
Research Investigator, Health Services Research and Development, Department of Veterans Affairs, Ann Arbor, MI. Involved in proposal and paper writing related to smoking, substance abuse, depression, oncology, quality of life, and end-of-life preferences (1998-present).

University of Michigan School of Nursing
400 North Ingalls Building
Room 3343
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0482
Telephone: (734) 764 0326
FAX: (734) 761 2939
Web Site
bump@umich.edu

Education
1999
Ph.D., Public Health, University of Illinois, Chicago
Major: Community Health Sciences
Concentration: Cancer Prevention & Control
Minor: Epidemiology

1985
M.S.N., The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Community Health Nursing, Home Health Care

1978
B.S.N., Wayne State University, Detroit
Psychiatric Nursing

Sonia A. Duffy, Ph.D, R.N., is an Associate Professor at the University of Michigan, School of Nursing, Department of Otolaryngology and Psychiatry, and the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. During her National Cancer Institute-sponsored predoctoral fellowship, Dr. Duffy was educated in health behavior and epidemiology. Since then, Dr. Duffy's research interests have focused on cancer-related issues including factors influencing cancer recurrence and survival, smoking and alcohol cessation, depression, and quality of life, particularly among head and neck cancer patients. As a means of more efficient delivery of health care services for both patients and providers, Dr. Duffy is interested in multifaceted, cancer-related interventions that can be administered in combination (e.g., combined smoking, alcohol, and depression interventions) as opposed to one dimensional programmatic approaches. Due to her past work in hospice care, Dr. Duffy also remains interested in end-of-life issues.

Selected Research Grants and Contracts
(Principal Investigator, unless otherwise noted)

Current
VA Service Directed Project. Principal Investigator. “Inpatient Smoking Cessation: Bringing the Program to the Smoker”, $879,100. 10/1/06 to 3/31/09.

University of Michigan, Head and Neck Cancer SPORE Pilot Project, Co-Principal Investigator. “Genetic Epidemiology of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Candidate Genes, Alcohol and Aldehyde Dehydrogenases”, $35,000. 10/1/06 – 9/30-06.

NIH Head and Neck Cancer SPORE Project Grant, Principal Investigator. "Molecular Markers, Health Behavior, and Comorbidities as Predictors of Tumor Recurrence, Survival, and Quality of Life in Head and Neck Cancer Patients"; 01/02-12/06 ($1,475,000).

NIH Diabetes Digestive and Kidney Disorders, Co-Investigator. "Effective Care and Management of Depressed Diabetes Patients"; 05/05-11/09 ($2,865,491).

Recent Publications
Duffy SA, Karvonen C, Hermann C, Reeves P, Smith P: In-hospital smoking cessation programs: What do VA patients and staff want and need? (In press, Applied Nursing Research).

Mukerji SS, Duffy, SA, Fowler, KE, Khan M, Ronis DL, Terrell JE. Comorbidities in head and neck cancer: Agreement between self-report and chart review (In press Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery).

Duffy SA, Ronis DL, Fowler KE, Valenstein M, Lambert M, Bishop C, Terrell JE: Depressive symptoms, smoking, alcohol use, and quality of life among head and neck cancer patients (In press, Psychosomatics).

Duffy SA, Ronis DL, Valenstein M, Lambert M, Bishop C, Fowler KE, Gregory, L, Bishop, C, Myers, LL, Blow, FC, Terrell JE: A tailored smoking, alcohol, and depression intervention for head and neck cancer patients, Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention 15 (11), 2203-2208, 2006.

Duffy SA, Jackson F, Schim S, Ronis D, Fowler K, Karvonen C: Differences in veteran's and non-veteran's end-of-life preferences: A pilot study, Journal of Palliative Medicine 9 (5), 1099-1104, 2006.

Duffy S, Jackson F, Schim S, Ronis D, Fowler K: Ethnicity and end of life preferences (September 2006, Nursing Care of Older People).

Lambert MT, Sampson N, Copeland LA, Duffy SA: New-onset diabetes and body mass index in veteran's prescribed atypical antipsychotic medications Progress in NeuroPsychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry, 30:919-23, 2006.

Cheng SS, Terrell JE, Bradford CR, Ronis DL, Fowler KE, Prince ME, Teknos TN, Wolf GT, Duffy SA: Clinical predictors of feeding tube placement in head and neck cancer patients. Archives of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, 132, 655-661, 2006.

Duffy S, Jackson F, Schim S, Ronis D, Fowler K, Karvonen C: Racial/ethnic preferences, gender preferences, and perceived discrimination related to end-of-life care. JAGS, 54:150-157, 2006.

Lambert M, Terrell JE, Ronis DL, Copeland L, Duffy SA: Cigarettes, alcohol, and depression: Characterizing head and neck cancer survivors in two systems of care. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 7(2), 233041, 2005.

Taylor JC, Terrell JE, Ronis DL, Fowler KE, Lambert M, Myers L, Bishop C, Duffy SA, and the University of Michigan Head and Neck Cancer Team: Disability in patients with head and neck cancer. Archives of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, 130, 764-769, 2004.

Terrell JE, Ronis DL, Fowler KE, Bradford CR, Chephea DB, Prince ME, Teknos TN, Wolf GT, Duffy SA: Clinical predicotrs of quality of life in head and neck cancer patients. Archives of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, 130, 401-408, 2004.

Valenstein M, Mitchinson A, Ronis D, Alexander JA, Duffy SA, Craig TJ, Barry KL: Quality indicators and quality monitoring of mental health services: What do front-line providers think? American Journal of Psychiatry, 161, 146-153, 2004.

Duffy S, Terrell J, Valenstein M, Ronis D, Copeland L, Connors M: Prevalence of smoking, alcohol, and depression in head and neck cancer patients: A pilot study. General Hospital Psychiatry, 24(3), 140-147, 2002.