Susan R. Mazanec | Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Associate Professor

Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing

Member

Population and Cancer Prevention Program

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Teaching Information

Teaching Interests

Oncology nursing
Nursing theory
Research methods

Research Information

Research Interests

Cancer survivorship
Family caregivers of cancer patients
Symptom distress in cancer patients

Research Projects

Research

R37CA240707-04S1 (Mazanec, PI), Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health grant. Stakeholder Perspectives on Family Caregiver Involvement in Oncology Clinical Trial Decision-Making, 07/01/2022 – 6/30/2023
R37CA240707 (Mazanec, PI), National Institute of Health / National Cancer Institute grant, Building Family Caregiver Skills Using a Simulation-Based Intervention for Care of Patients with Cancer, 07/01/2019 – 06/30/2025
1R01 MD012245-01 (Rosenzweig, PI; Mazanec, Site PI), National Institute of Health / National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities grant, The Symptom Experience, Management, and Outcomes According to Race and Social Determinants of Health (SEMOARS) during Breast Cancer Chemotherapy, 09/27/2017 – 05/31/2022
IRG-91-022-18 (Mazanec, PI), American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant, A Family-Centered Intervention for the Transition to Living with Multiple Myeloma as a Chronic Illness, 07/01/2013-06/30/2015
PI, Small Research Grant, Sigma Theta Tau International, 06/01/08-05/31/09

Training

Postdoctoral Fellow, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Subproject: Prevention Research Educational Post-Doctoral Training Program (PREP). Sponsored by NIH/National Cancer Institute. Rose, PI. 08/01/09-09/30/11.
Doctoral Student & PI, DSCN-08-202-01 American Cancer Society Doctoral Scholarship in Cancer Nursing. 08/01/08-07/31/09
Predoctoral Fellow, School of Nursing, CWRU, NIH/NINR T32 NR 009761 Multiple Morbidities in Vulnerable Populations: Nurse Scientist Training. Moore, PI. 08/01/06-07/31/08

External Appointments

Nurse Scientist, Seidman Cancer Center, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Publications

Selected Publications

Wang, T., Mazanec, S. R., Schiltz, N., Chhabra, N., Rezaee, R., & Voss, J. G. (2022). Development of a Pictorial Patient Education Handout on Tracheostomy Care: A Mixed-Method Study. Western Journal of Nursing Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/01939459221109813
Mazanec, S. R., Beam, P. H., Kloos, J. A., McClung, E. L., Park, S., DeLozier, S. J., & Anthony, M. K. (in press). Stress, anxiety, and growth in nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing.
Zhao, J., Mazanec, S.R., & Rosenzweig, M. Q. (2022) Anxiety and PTSD symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic in women with breast cancer. Oncology Nursing Forum, 49(3), 201-205.
Baer, L. K., Brister, L. & Mazanec, S. R. (2021). Development and implementation of an advanced practitioner-led survivorship clinic for patients status post allogeneic transplant. Journal of the Advanced Practitioner in Oncology, 12(8), 775-783. https://doi.org/10.6004/jadpro.2021.12.8.2
Mazanec, S. R., Park, S., Connolly, M. C., & Rosenzweig, M. Q. (2021). Factors associated with symptom distress in women with breast cancer prior to initiation of chemotherapy. Applied Nursing Research, 62. Online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnr.2021.151515
Wang, T., Mazanec, S. R., & Voss, J. G. (2021). Needs in Informal Caregivers of Patients with Head and Neck Cancer: A Systematic Review. Oncology Nursing Forum, 48(1), 11-29.
Chukwurah, J. N., Voss, J., Mazanec, S. R., Avery, A., & Webel, A. (2020). Associations Between Influencing Factors, Perceived Symptom Burden, and Perceived Overall Function Among Adults Living With HIV. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 31(3), 325-336. https://doi.org/10.1097/JNC.0000000000000166. PMID: 32084038; PMCID: PMC7192770.
Kolke, S. M., Kuhlenschmidt, M., Baurer, E., Anthony, M. K., Gittleman, H., Caimi, P. F. & Mazanec, S. R. (2019). Factors influencing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients’ intention to perform physical activity. Oncology Nursing Forum, 46(6), 746-756.
Alsharif, F. H. & Mazanec, S. R. (2019). The use of complementary and alternative medicine among women with breast cancer in Saudi Arabia. Applied Nursing Research, 48, 75-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnr.2019.05.019
Mazanec, S. R. Sandstrom, K., Coletta, D., Dorth, J., Zender, C., Alfes, C., & Daly, B. J. (2019). Building family caregiver skills using a simulation-based intervention: a randomized pilot trial. Oncology Nursing Forum, 46(4), 419-427.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

Nursing

Case Western Reserve University

Master of Science in Nursing

Medical-Surgical Nursing