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Overview

Michael A. Diefenbach is affiliated with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the United States. Their primary research contributions are focused within the field of Medicine, encompassing 128 publications. Key subfields of study include General Health Professions, Oncology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist's research spans several main topics, such as:

  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Cancer survivorship and care
  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
  • Family Support in Illness
  • Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Translational Behavioral Medicine
  • The Journal of Urology
  • Annals of Behavioral Medicine
  • Supportive Care in Cancer
  • Psycho-Oncology

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Michael A. Diefenbach cover a range of topics and include:

  • Presenting Characteristics, Comorbidities, and Outcomes Among 5700 Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 in the New York City Area, 2020, JAMA
  • Management of Distress in Patients with Cancer-Are We Doing the Right Thing?, 2020, Annals of Behavioral Medicine
  • Toward a theoretical understanding of young female cancer survivors' decision-making about family-building post-treatment, 2020, Supportive Care in Cancer
  • "Looking at future cancer survivors, give them a roadmap": addressing fertility and family-building topics in post-treatment cancer survivorship care, 2020, Supportive Care in Cancer
  • Evidence-based recommendations for communicating the impacts of climate change on health, 2022, Translational Behavioral Medicine

Frequent coauthors in their research collaborations include:

  • Allison Marziliano
  • Suzanne M. Miller
  • Liron Sinvani
  • Catherine Benedict
  • Jennifer S. Ford

Best Publications

  • Presenting Characteristics, Comorbidities, and Outcomes Among 5700 Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 in the New York City Area.

    Safiya Richardson;Safiya Richardson;Jamie S. Hirsch;Jamie S. Hirsch;Mangala Narasimhan;James M. Crawford

  • Illness cognition: Using common sense to understand treatment adherence and affect cognition interactions

    Howard Leventhal;Michael Diefenbach;Elaine A. Leventhal

  • Illness representations: Theoretical foundations.

    Howard Leventhal;Yael Benyamini;Susan Brownlee;Michael Diefenbach

  • The Common-Sense Model of Illness Representation: Theoretical and Practical Considerations

    Michael A. Diefenbach;Howard Leventhal

  • Interventions to Address Sexual Problems in People With Cancer: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Adaptation of Cancer Care Ontario Guideline

    Jeanne Carter;Christina Lacchetti;Barbara L. Andersen;Debra L. Barton

  • The Functions of Affect in Health Communications and in the Construction of Health Preferences.

    Ellen Peters;Isaac Lipkus;Michael A. Diefenbach

  • The Active Side of Illness Cognition

    Howard Leventhal;Michael Diefenbach

  • Scales for assessing perceptions of health hazard susceptibility

    Michael A. Diefenbach;Neil D. Weinstein;Joseph O'Reilly

  • The Relationship Between Uncertainty and Affect.

    Eric C. Anderson;Eric C. Anderson;R. Nicholas Carleton;Michael Diefenbach;Paul K. J. Han;Paul K. J. Han

  • Specific worry about breast cancer predicts mammography use in women at risk for breast and ovarian cancer.

    Michael A. Diefenbach;Suzanne M. Miller;Mary B. Daly

  • Perceptions of Patients and Physicians Regarding Phase I Cancer Clinical Trials: Implications for Physician-Patient Communication

    Neal J. Meropol;Kevin P. Weinfurt;Caroline B. Burnett;Andrew Balshem

  • Meta-Analysis of Efficacy of Interventions for Elevated Depressive Symptoms in Adults Diagnosed With Cancer

    Stacey L. Hart;Michael A. Hoyt;Michael Diefenbach;Derek R. Anderson

  • Cancer patient preferences for quality and length of life.

    Neal J. Meropol;Brian L. Egleston;Joanne S. Buzaglo;Al B. Benson

  • Beliefs and attitudes about lung cancer screening among smokers.

    Sirisha Jonnalagadda;Cara Bergamo;Jenny J. Lin;Linda Lurslurchachai

  • Decision-making strategies for patients with localized prostate cancer.

    Michael A Diefenbach;Jenevie Dorsey;Robert G Uzzo;Gerald E Hanks

  • Presurgery Psychological Factors Predict Pain, Nausea, and Fatigue One Week After Breast Cancer Surgery

    Guy H. Montgomery;Julie B. Schnur;Joel Erblich;Michael A. Diefenbach

  • Regret of Treatment Decision and its Association with Disease-Specific Quality of Life Following Prostate Cancer Treatment

    Michael A. Diefenbach;Nihal E. Mohamed

  • The perceived sensitivity to medicines (PSM) scale: An evaluation of validity and reliability

    Rob Horne;Kate Faasse;Vanessa Cooper;Michael A. Diefenbach

  • Negative affect and self-report of physical symptoms: Two longitudinal studies of older adults.

    Elaine A. Leventhal;Stephen Hansell;Michael Diefenbach;Howard Leventhal

  • Recruitment via social media: advantages and potential biases.

    Catherine Benedict;Alexandria L Hahn;Michael A Diefenbach;Jennifer S Ford

  • Muscle invasive bladder cancer: examining survivor burden and unmet needs.

    Nihal E. Mohamed;Phapichaya Chaoprang Herrera;Shawna Hudson;Tracey A. Revenson

Frequent Co-Authors

Suzanne M. Miller
Suzanne M. Miller Fox Chase Cancer Center
Howard Leventhal
Howard Leventhal Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Elaine A. Leventhal
Elaine A. Leventhal Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Ellen Peters
Ellen Peters University of Oregon
Annette L. Stanton
Annette L. Stanton University of California, Los Angeles
Heiddis B. Valdimarsdottir
Heiddis B. Valdimarsdottir Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Neil D. Weinstein
Neil D. Weinstein Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Ethylin Wang Jabs
Ethylin Wang Jabs Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Pim Cuijpers
Pim Cuijpers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Karina W. Davidson
Karina W. Davidson Feinstein Institute for Medical Research

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