Monica Wagner, PhD, RN

Assistant Professor
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
Member
Population and Cancer Prevention Program
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Teaching Information

Teaching Interests

  • Pain Mechanisms
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cancer Biology
  • Research Methodology

Research Information

Research Interests

  • Omics analysis
  • Predictors of chronic pain development
  • Cancer and cancer survivorship
  • Symptom science

Research Projects

  • Wagner, M. (2020 - 2025). Pathway to Independence Award K99/R00: Omics of Pain in the Context of Declining Estrogen. NINR, K99/R00NR019080. Role: Principal Investigator.
  • Wagner, M. (2021 - 2022). Pain Omics in the Context of Diminishing Levels of Estrogen. MNRS Foundation Seed Grant. Role: Principal Investigator.
  • Wagner, M. (2020 - 2022). Omics of Pain in the Context of Decreasing Estrogen. Oncology Nursing Foundation Research Grant. Role: Principal Investigator.
  • Wagner, M. (2018 - 2020). Targeted Research and Academic Training for Nurses in Genomics. NINR, T32NR009759. Role: Post-Doctoral Scholar.
  • Wagner, M. (2015 - 2017). The Role of the Lateral Hypothalamus in Allodynia Development After Cisplatin Therapy. University of Michigan School of Nursing New Investigator Award. Role: Principal Investigator.
  • Wagner, M. (2015 - 2016). Changes in Gene Expression After Cisplatin Treatment. MNRS/Sally Lusk Dissertation Grant. Role: Principal Investigator.

Awards and Honors

Multilevel Intervention Training Institute Fellow
2021
National Cancer Institute
Summer Genetics Institute Fellow
2019
National Institute of Nursing Research
First Place Winner, Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition, “Reducing Pain After Chemotherapy”
2016
University of Michigan Rackham Graduate School

Publications

  • Wagner MA, Wesmiller SW, Maydick M, Gawron LM, Peterson-Burch FM, Conley YP (2021). Symptom Science: Omics and Response to Non-Pharmacological Interventions. Biol Res Nurs. 23(3):394-401. PubMed PMID: 33267608; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8755944. 
  • Jeong Y, Wagner MA, Ploutz-Snyder RJ, Holden JE (2020). Pain condition and sex differences in the descending noradrenergic system following lateral hypothalamic stimulation. IBRO Rep.8:11-17.  PubMed PMID: 31890982; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6931064.
  • Wagner MA, Erickson KI, Bender CM, Conley YP (2020). The Influence of Physical Activity and Epigenomics On Cognitive Function and Brain Health in Breast Cancer. Front Aging Neurosci. 12:123. PubMed PMID: 32457596; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7225270. 
  • Lessans S, Lassiter CB, Carozzi V, Heindel P, Semperboni S, Oggioni N, Chiorazzi A, Thompson C, Wagner M, Holden J, Rahn E, Sweatt JD, Cavaletti G, Renn CL, Dorsey SG (2019). Global Transcriptomic Profile of Dorsal Root Ganglion and Physiological Correlates of Cisplatin-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy. Nurs Res.2019 68(2):145-155. PubMed PMID: 30586060; NIHMSID:NIHMS1516916.
  • Holden JE, Wagner MA, Reeves BL (2018). Anatomical evidence for lateral hypothalamic innervation of the pontine A7 catecholamine cell group in rat. Neurosci Lett.  668:80-85. PubMed PMID: 29329908; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6025754. 
  • Wagner M, Banerjee T, Jeong Y, Holden JE (2016). Sex differences in hypothalamic-mediated tonic norepinephrine release for thermal hyperalgesia in rats. Neuroscience. PubMed PMID: 27001177.
  • Wardach J, Wagner M, Jeong Y, Holden JE (2016). Lateral Hypothalamic Stimulation Reduces Hyperalgesia Through Spinally Descending Orexin-A Neurons in Neuropathic Pain. West J Nurs Res. 38(3):292-307. PubMed PMID: 26475681; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6025748.
  • Holden JE, Wang E, Moes JR, Wagner M, Maduko A, Jeong Y (2014). Differences in carbachol dose, pain condition, and sex following lateral hypothalamic stimulation. Neuroscience.  270:226-35. PubMed PMID: 24759771; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6025747.
  • Jeong Y, Moes JR, Wagner M, Holden JE (2012). The posterior hypothalamus exerts opposing effects on nociception via the A7 catecholamine cell group in rats. Neuroscience. 227:144-53. PubMed PMID: 23036619; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3932022.

Education

Post-doctoral Fellowship
University of Pittsburgh
Doctor of Philosophy
University of Michigan
Bachelors of Science in Nursing
Western Michigan University
Bachelor of Science
Biology
Saint Mary’s College