Lauri Linder

Lauri Linder, PhD, APRN, CPON

Academic Information

Departments Adjunct - Pediatrics

Academic Office Information

lauri.linder@nurs.utah.edu

Lauri Linder, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Utah and a Clinical Nurse Specialist with the Cancer/Transplant Service Line at Primary Children’s Hospital. She is a Huntsman Cancer Institute investigator and a member of the Cancer Control and Population Sciences program.


Dr. Linder has over 30 years of experience as a pediatric oncology nurse and holds national certification as a pediatric oncology nurse. Her research interests are in symptom management and supportive care for children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer. Her research interests emphasizes novel uses of technology to capture the symptom experience from the individual perspectives of children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer. She is a founding member of the Consortium to Study Symptoms in Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer (CS2AYAC), a consortium of group of nurse researchers in the United States with a shared interest in studying symptoms in adolescents and young adults with cancer. Through a Supportive Care Grant from St. Baldrick’s Foundation, this team developed an iPad application, the Computerized Symptom Capture Tool (C-SCAT), that uses a heuristics model to examine the symptom experience from the AYA’s personal perspective. Through a K23 Award “Engaging School-Age Children with Cancer in Designing a Symptom Assessment App,” (1K23NR014874-01 National Institute of Nursing Research), Dr. Linder included both elementary school-age children and pediatric oncology clinicians as co-designers of a symptom assessment application. Programming was supported by the University of Utah's Therapeutic Games and Apps Lab (The GApp Lab). Evaluation of the feasibility and acceptability of this app from the perspectives of children and their parents has been completed.

A graduate of the University of Utah, Dr. Linder also earned her PhD from the University of Utah.

Research Statement

My research emphasizes symptom management and supportive care for children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer. My current research teams have developed mobile health apps to support children, adolescents, and young adults in communicating their symptom experiences from their unique perspectives. The goal is that these resources will result in improved symptom management and quality of life. My clinical scholarship interests also include efforts to reduce the burden of infection, particularly central line-associated bloodstream infections in this patient population.

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. (2008).
  2. Macpherson, C. (2014).
  3. Erickson, Jeann (2013).
  4. Woods, N. F (2015).
  5. Suzanne Ameringe (2021). Symptom profiles of adolescents and young adults in active cancer treatment by diagnostic groups. Cancer nursing,
  6. Lauri Linde (2012).
  7. Linder, L (2012).
  8. Lauri Linde (2011).
  9. Ameringer, S (2015).
  10. Elizabeth Nagelhou (2018). Social media use among parents and caregivers of a child with cancer. Journal of pediatric oncology nursing, 35, 399-405.
  11. Jeanne Erickso (2019). Using a heuristic app to improve symptom self-management in adolescents and young adults with cancer. Journal of adolescent and young adult oncology, 8, 131-140.
  12. Linder, Laur (2013).
  13. Stegenga, K (2020). Building a research team in adolescent/young adult oncology nursing. Journal of pediatric oncology nursing, 37, 330-337..
  14. Tamryn Gra (2021). Finding new ground ¿ Fostering posttraumatic growth in children and adolescents following parental death from COVID-19. The Journal of adolescent health,
  15. Linder, L. A (2015).
  16. Brynn Fowle (2018). Utah Cancer survivors: A comprehensive comparison of health-related outcomes between survivors and individuals without a history of cancer. Journal of cancer education, 33, 214-221.
  17. (2005).
  18. Lauri Linde (2018). Oral medication adherence among adolescents and young adults with cancer prior to and following use of a smartphone-based medication reminder app. Journal of adolescent and young adult oncology,
  19. Lauri Linde (2018). Symptom characteristics among hospitalized children and adolescents with cancer. Cancer nursing, 41, 23-32.
  20. Duffy EA, Dias N, Hendricks-Ferguson V, Hellsten M, Skeens-Borland M, Thornton C, Linder L (2019). Perspectives on Cancer Pain Assessment and Management in Children. Seminars in oncology nursing, 35, 261-273. (Read full article)
  21. Lauri Linde (2021). Contributions of pediatric oncology nursing to advance care and reduce disparities among children and adolescents with cancer. Seminars in oncology nursing, 37, 151165.
  22. Lauri Linde (2021). A person-centered approach to symptom assessment and management for children and adolescents receiving cancer treatment. Seminars in oncology nursing, 37, 151165.
  23. Lauri A. Linde (2017). Symptom self-management strategies reported by adolescents and young adults with cancer receiving chemotherapy. 25, 3793-3806.
  24. Lauri A. Linde (2017). Comparison of good days and sick days of school-age children with cancer reflected through their drawings. Quality of life research, 26, 2729-2738.
  25. Macpherson, C. F (2020). Adolescents and young adults with cancer using a symptom heuristics app: Provider perceptions and actions. Journal of adolescent and young adult oncology, 9, 579-585..
  26. (2008).
  27. Lauri Linde (2021). easibility and acceptability of a game-based symptom reporting app for children with cancer: Perspectives of children and parents. Supportive care in cancer, 29, 301-310.
  28. (2010).
  29. Beamer, L. C (2013).
  30. Noah Zanvill (2021). The Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) rapid review and research priorities for cancer care in the context of COVID-19. Oncology nursing forum, 48, 131-145.
  31. Linder LA, Stegenga K, Erickson J, Ameringer S, Newman AR, Chiu YS, Macpherson C (2019). Priority Symptoms, Causes, and Self-Management Strategies Reported by AYAs With Cancer. Journal of pain and symptom management, 58, 774-783. (Read full article)
  32. (2009).
  33. Lauri Linde (2018). Symptoms and self-management strategies identified by school-age children with cancer using draw-and-tell interviews. Journal of pediatric oncology nursing, 35, 332-341.
  34. Newman, A. R (2020). The nurse's role in prognosis-related communication in pediatric oncology nursing practice. Journal of pediatric oncology nursing, 37, 313-320.
  35. Lauri Linde (2018). Symptoms and self-management strategies identified by school-age children with cancer using draw-and-tell interviews. Oncology nursing forum, 45, 290-300.
  36. Katherine Bernier Carne (2021). Communication of pain by school-age children with cancer using a game-based symptom assessment app: A secondary analysis. European journal of oncology nursing, 52, 101949.
  37. Yang, R (2019). The effect of screen viewing duration and self-efficacy in limiting screen viewing on loneliness in adolescent-parent dyads: An application of the actor-partner interdependence model. Journal of pediatric nursing, 47, 106-113.
  38. (2010).
  39. Linder, L. A (2017).
  40. Rodgers, C (2016).
  41. Ismail, R (2016).
  42. Cohen, B (2020). Nursing's seat at the research roundtable. Lancet (London, England), 396, 1397-1398.
  43. Yelena W (2018). Use of a SmartPhone application for prompting oral medication adherence among adolescents and young adults with cancer: Feasibility and acceptability. Oncology nursing forum, 45, 69-76.
  44. Linder LA, Hooke M (2019). Symptoms in Children Receiving Treatment for Cancer-Part II: Pain, Sadness, and Symptom Clusters. 36, 262-279. (Read full article)
  45. Yelena W (2018). Adherence to oral medications during maintenance therapy among children and adolescents with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A medication refill analysis. Journal of pediatric oncology nursing, 35, 86-93.
  46. Hooke MC, Linder L (2019). Symptoms in Children Receiving Treatment for Cancer-Part I: Fatigue, Sleep Disturbance, and Nausea/Vomiting. 36, 244-261. (Read full article)
  47. Linder LA, Wu YP, Macpherson CF, Fowler B, Wilson A, Jo Y, Jung SH, Parsons B, Johnson (2019). Oral medication adherence among adolescents and young adults with cancer before and following use of a smartphone-based medication reminder app. Journal of adolescent and young adult oncology, 8, 122-130. (Read full article)
  48. Lauri Linde (2018). Changes in central line-associated bloodstream infection rates among children with immune compromised conditions: An eleven-year review. Journal of pediatric oncology nursing, 35, 382-391.
  49. Linder, Laur (2013).

Book

  1. Hinds, P. S (2020). Pediatric Oncology Nursing: Defining Care Through Science.

Book Chapter

  1. Lauri Linde (2018). Cancer in children.
  2. Baggott, C (2020). Technology to support the care of children and adolescents with cancer.
  3. Hinds, P. S (2020). A central organizing framework for pediatric oncology nursing science and its impact on care. 1-5.
  4. (2008).
  5. Linder, L. A (2020). Alterations in hematologic function in children. 548-562.
  6. Lauri Linde (2018). Alterations of hematologic function in children. 992-1016.
  7. Linder, L. A (2020). Cancer in children and adolescents.
  8. Linder, L (2020). Conclusion and future perspective.

Abstract

  1. Linder, C (2019). Daily experiences of children with cancer reported through a game-based app. 66(S4),
  2. Linder, L (2020). Symptoms and daily experiences reported by school-age children with cancer using a game-based app. Pediatric blood & cancer, 67, S89.
  3. Linder, L (2019). Acceptability of a newly developed symptom reporting app: Perspectives of children and parents. Pediatric blood & cancer, 66(S4),
  4. Lauri Linde (2021). Single-institution practice-based evidence project using targeted interventions to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections in children with cancer and those undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplant. Pediatric blood & cancer, 68, S51..
  5. Verma, A (2015). Reduction in inpatient central line associated bloodstream infection post implementation of bundled care measures in patients with benign and malignant hematological conditions at a single pediatric institution. Blood, 126, 4463.

Other

  1. Lauri Linde (2018). Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection Prevention.
  2. Oncology Nursing Societ (2014).
  3. Micah Skeen (2021). APHON Position paper on pain management during end-of-life care for children and adolescents with cancer.
  4. Lauri Linde (2018). Mobile Devices in Research ¿ Lessons Learned and Future Opportunities.