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Hoda Badr is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with specific contributions in Oncology, Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's work spans several topics including:

  • Cancer survivorship and care
  • Family Support in Illness
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Hoda Badr include:

  • "Gender Differences in Coping and Psychological Adaptation during the COVID-19 Pandemic" (2023), published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "Individual-Level Determinants of Lifestyle Behavioral Changes during COVID-19 Lockdown in the United States: Results of an Online Survey" (2021), published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "Overcoming COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: Insights from an Online Population-Based Survey in the United States" (2021), published in Vaccines
  • "Balancing Work and Cancer Care: Challenges Faced by Employed Informal Caregivers" (2022), published in Cancers
  • "Sociodemographic and Health Belief Model Factors Associated with Nonadherence to COVID-19 Mitigation Strategies in the United States" (2021), published in Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Hoda Badr include Abiodun Oluyomi, Christopher I. Amos, Xiaotao Zhang, Syed Ahsan Raza, and Ellen Xiang.

The scientist frequently publishes in journals such as:

  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Supportive Care in Cancer
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Cancer Research
  • Vaccines

In addition to journal articles, Hoda Badr has authored a book titled The Science of Medical Devices: Engineering for Healthcare, which is to be published in 2025 by Bright Sky Publications eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Intimacy and relationship processes in couples' psychosocial adaptation to cancer.

    Sharon Manne;Hoda Badr

  • Dyadic coping in metastatic breast cancer.

    Hoda Badr;Cindy Lynn Carmack;Deborah A. Kashy;Massimo Cristofanilli

  • A systematic review and meta-analysis of psychosocial interventions for couples coping with cancer.

    Hoda Badr;Paul Krebs

  • Meta-Analysis of Psychosocial Interventions to Reduce Pain in Patients With Cancer

    Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin;Paul Krebs;Hoda Badr;Elizabeth Amy Janke

  • Cancer-related communication, relationship intimacy, and psychological distress among couples coping with localized prostate cancer

    Sharon Manne;Hoda Badr;Talia Zaider;Christian Nelson

  • Sexual dysfunction and spousal communication in couples coping with prostate cancer.

    Hoda Badr;Cindy L. Carmack Taylor

  • Dyadic psychosocial intervention for advanced lung cancer patients and their family caregivers: results of a randomized pilot trial.

    Hoda Badr;Cardinale B. Smith;Nathan E. Goldstein;Jorge E. Gomez

  • Social constraints and spousal communication in lung cancer.

    Hoda Badr;Cindy L. Carmack Taylor

  • A systematic review of head and neck cancer quality of life assessment instruments

    Bukola Ojo;Eric M. Genden;Marita S. Teng;Kathrin Milbury

  • Coping in marital dyads: A contextual perspective on the role of gender and health

    Hoda Badr

  • Longitudinal associations between caregiver burden and patient and spouse distress in couples coping with lung cancer

    Kathrin Milbury;Hoda Badr;Frank Fossella;Katherine M. Pisters

  • Effects of relationship maintenance on psychological distress and dyadic adjustment among couples coping with lung cancer.

    Hoda Badr;Cindy L. Carmack Taylor

  • My Illness or Our Illness? Attending to the Relationship When One Partner Is Ill.

    Linda K. Acitelli;Hoda J. Badr

  • Does talking about their relationship affect couples’ marital and psychological adjustment to lung cancer?

    Hoda Badr;Linda K. Acitelli;Cindy L. Carmack Taylor

  • Re-thinking dyadic coping in the context of chronic illness

    Hoda Badr;Linda K Acitelli

  • Intimacy processes and psychological distress among couples coping with head and neck or lung cancers

    Sharon Manne;Hoda Badr

  • Lung Cancer Patients and Their Spouses: Psychological and Relationship Functioning Within 1 Month of Treatment Initiation

    Cindy L. Carmack Taylor;Hoda Badr;Ji H. Lee;Frank Fossella

  • Health-related quality of life, lifestyle behaviors, and intervention preferences of survivors of childhood cancer

    Hoda Badr;Joya Chandra;Raheem J. Paxton;Joann L. Ater

  • Multilevel Interventions and Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities

    Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin;Hoda Badr;Paul Krebs;Irene Prabhu Das

  • Dyadic adjustment in chronic illness : does relationship talk matter?

    Hoda Badr;Linda K. Acitelli

Frequent Co-Authors

Sharon L. Manne
Sharon L. Manne Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Ellen R. Gritz
Ellen R. Gritz The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
William H. Redd
William H. Redd Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Tracey A. Revenson
Tracey A. Revenson City University of New York
Michael A. Diefenbach
Michael A. Diefenbach Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Jean-Philippe Laurenceau
Jean-Philippe Laurenceau University of Delaware
Catherine E. Mosher
Catherine E. Mosher Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
Christian J. Nelson
Christian J. Nelson Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Frank J. Penedo
Frank J. Penedo University of Miami
George Chen
George Chen University of Southampton

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