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School of Nursing Faculty
Maria C. Katapodi, BSN, MSc, PhD
Assistant Professor, Division of Acute, Critical, & Long-term Care
University of Michigan School of Nursing
400 North Ingalls Building
Room 2158
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0482
Telephone: (734) 647-0178
FAX: (734) 936-5525
mkatapo@umich.edu
Education
PhD, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), 2004
Minor Degree in Oncology
Genetics/Genomics, UCSF, 2003
MSc in Oncology Nursing, UCSF, 2000
Minor Degree in Adult Education, UCSF, 1999
BSN, National and Kapodistrian University
of Athens, Greece, 1998
Research Interest
Perceived risk and cancer prevention/ early detection
Risk assessment
and decision-making for genetic testing/ genetic screening
Decision-making and
heuristic thinking
Cultural considerations and diversity issues in cancer prevention/early
detection
Publications
Data-Based, Peer-Review
2006 Katapodi, MC, Facione, NC, Pierce, PF. Distrust and decision making regarding
breast cancer screening. (Under Review, Western Journal of Nursing Research).
2006 Katapodi, MC, Dodd, MJ, Facione, NC, Lee, KA, Humphreys, JC. Experiences
with breast cancer, heuristics, and optimistic bias (Under Review, Journal
of Medical Decision Making).
2006 Belkora, JK, Katapodi, MC, Moore, D, Franklin, L, Hopper, K, Esserman,
L. Field evaluation of a visit preparation intervention implemented in
two rural underserved counties of Northern California. (In Press, Patient
Education and Counseling).
2006 Oka, RK, Katapodi, MC, Lim, JW, Bacchetti, P, Sivarajan Froelicher,
E. Quantifying smoking cessation outcomes for the Women's Initiative
for Nonsmoking: Methodological implications. Nursing Research,, 55(4),
292-297.
2006 Lavdaniti, M, Patiraki, E, Dafni, U, Katapodi, MC, Papathanasoglou,
E, Sotiropoulou, A. Prospective assessment of fatigue and health status
in Greek breast cancer patients undergoing adjuvant radiotherapy. Oncology
Nursing Forum, 33(3), 603-610.
2005 Katapodi, MC, & Aouizerat, BA. Do women in the community recognize
hereditary and sporadic breast cancer risk factors? Oncology Nursing
Forum, 32(3), 617-623.
2005 Katapodi, MC, Facione, NC, Humphreys, JC & Dodd, MJ. Perceived breast
cancer risk: Heuristic reasoning and search for a dominance structure.
Social Science and Medicine, 60(2), 421-432.
2002 Katapodi, MC, Facione, NC, Miaskowski, C, Dodd, M, & Waters, C. The
influence of social support on breast cancer screening in a multicultural community
sample. Oncology Nursing Forum, 29(5), 847-852. Peer-Review
2004 Katapodi, MC, Lee, KA, Facione, NC, & Dodd, MJ. Predictors of perceived
breast cancer risk and the relation between perceived risk and breast cancer
screening: A meta-analytic review. Preventive Medicine, 38(4), 388-402.
2000 Facione, NC, & Katapodi, MC. Culture as an influence on breast cancer
screening and early detection. Seminars in Oncology Nursing, 16(3), 238-247. Abstracts
2006 Lafiatis, I, Karakasilioti, E, Mastrantonaki, G, Katapodi, MC. Genotype/Phenotype
mismatch in thalassemia intermedia: A case study. 10th International Conference
for Thalassaemia and Heaemoglobinopathies, Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
2005 Katapodi, MC. The influence of worry and emotional characteristics
on breast cancer screening. Era of Hope Department of Defense, Philadelphia,
PN.
2005 Katapodi, MC, Dodd, MJ, Lee, KA, Facione, NC, & Cooper, BA.
Better-than-average and comparative-optimism bias in a community sample:
Effects on breast cancer screening. 38th Annual Meeting Western Institute
of Nursing, San Francisco, CA.
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