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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Nancy E. Avis is affiliated with Wake Forest University in the United States and specializes in the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on Oncology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

A considerable portion of their research addresses topics related to cancer survivorship and care, menopause and its health impacts and treatments, cancer-related cognitive impairment studies, menstrual health and disorders, estrogen and hormone effects, health disparities and outcomes, as well as sleep and related disorders.

Among recent notable publications are:

  • "Vasomotor menopausal symptoms and risk of cardiovascular disease: a pooled analysis of six prospective studies" (2020) published in American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • "Disparities in Reproductive Aging and Midlife Health between Black and White women: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN)" (2022) published in Women's Midlife Health
  • "Health-related quality of life among breast cancer survivors and noncancer controls over 10 years: Pink SWAN" (2020) published in Cancer
  • "Rural cancer survivors' health information needs post-treatment" (2020) published in Patient Education and Counseling
  • "Longitudinal Assessment of Physical Activity and Cognitive Outcomes Among Women at Midlife" (2021) published in JAMA Network Open

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Sybil L. Crawford
  • Alicia Colvin
  • Gail A. Greendale
  • Ellen B. Gold
  • Beverly J. Levine

Nancy E. Avis has published multiple pieces in prominent venues, with the most recurrent publication venues being:

  • Menopause The Journal of The North American Menopause Society
  • Supportive Care in Cancer
  • Journal of Cancer Survivorship
  • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Women's Midlife Health

They have been recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) since 2000.

Best Publications

  • Duration of menopausal vasomotor symptoms over the menopause transition.

    Nancy E. Avis;Sybil L. Crawford;Gail A. Greendale;Joyce T. Bromberger

  • Longitudinal Analysis of the Association Between Vasomotor Symptoms and Race/Ethnicity Across the Menopausal Transition: Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation

    Ellen B. Gold;Alicia Colvin;Nancy Avis;Joyce Bromberger

  • Distinguishing between quality of life and health status in quality of life research: A meta-analysis

    Kevin W. Smith;Nancy E. Avis;Susan F. Assmann

  • Is there a menopausal syndrome? Menopausal status and symptoms across racial/ethnic groups.

    Nancy E. Avis;Rebecca Stellato;Sybil Crawford;Joyce Bromberger

  • Quality of life among younger women with breast cancer.

    Nancy E. Avis;Sybil L. Crawford;Janeen Manuel

  • A longitudinal analysis of the association between menopause and depression Results from the Massachusetts women's health study

    Nancy E. Avis;Donald Brambilla;Sonja M. McKinlay;Kerstin Vass

  • Psychosocial problems among younger women with breast cancer.

    Nancy E. Avis;Sybil L. Crawford;Janeen Manuel

  • Depressive symptoms during the menopausal transition: the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN)

    Joyce T. Bromberger;Karen A. Matthews;Laura L. Schott;Sarah Brockwell

  • A longitudinal analysis of women's attitudes toward the menopause: results from the Massachusetts Women's Health Study.

    N.E. Avis;S.M. McKinlay

  • Factors Related to Age at Natural Menopause: Longitudinal Analyses From SWAN

    Ellen B. Gold;Sybil L. Crawford;Nancy E. Avis;Carolyn J. Crandall

  • Effects of the menopause transition and hormone use on cognitive performance in midlife women

    Greendale Ga;Huang Mh;Wight Rg;Seeman T

  • The Menopause Transition and Women's Health at Midlife: A Progress Report from the Study of Women's Health across the Nation (SWAN)

    Samar R. El Khoudary;Gail Greendale;Sybil L. Crawford;Nancy E. Avis

  • Is there an association between menopause status and sexual functioning

    Nancy E. Avis;Rebecca Stellato;Sybil Crawford;Catherine Johannes

  • Longitudinal Change in Reproductive Hormones and Depressive Symptoms Across the Menopausal Transition: Results From the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN)

    Joyce T. Bromberger;Laura L. Schott;Howard M. Kravitz;MaryFran Sowers

  • Longitudinal changes in sexual functioning as women transition through menopause: results from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation.

    Nancy E. Avis;Sarah Brockwell;John F. Randolph;Shunhua Shen

  • Sexual functioning and practices in a multi‐ethnic study of midlife women: Baseline results from swan

    Virginia S Cain;Catherine B Johannes;Nancy E Avis;Beth Mohr

  • Change in health-related quality of life over the menopausal transition in a multiethnic cohort of middle-aged women: Study of Women's Health Across the Nation.

    Nancy E. Avis;Alicia Colvin;Joyce T. Bromberger;Rachel Hess

  • Persistent Mood Symptoms in a Multiethnic Community Cohort of Pre- and Perimenopausal Women

    Joyce T. Bromberger;Susan F. Assmann;Nancy E. Avis;Miriam Schocken

  • Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Prevalence of Depressive Symptoms Among Middle-Aged Women: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN)

    Joyce T. Bromberger;Sioban Harlow;Nancy Avis;Howard M. Kravitz

  • Sexual Problems in Younger Women After Breast Cancer Surgery

    Stephanie R. Burwell;L. Douglas Case;Carolyn Kaelin;Nancy E. Avis

  • Predictors of posttraumatic growth in women with breast cancer

    Suzanne C. Danhauer;L. Douglas Case;Richard Tedeschi;Greg Russell

Frequent Co-Authors

Karen A. Matthews
Karen A. Matthews University of Pittsburgh
Diana Kuh
Diana Kuh University College London
Elisabete Weiderpass
Elisabete Weiderpass International Agency For Research On Cancer
Rebecca Hardy
Rebecca Hardy University College London
MaryFran Sowers
MaryFran Sowers University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Teresa E. Seeman
Teresa E. Seeman University of California, Los Angeles
Sandra R. Leiblum
Sandra R. Leiblum Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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