Colleen Cuthbert Faculty of Nursing

Dr. Colleen Cuthbert

PhD

Positions

Member

Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute

Full Member

O'Brien Institute for Public Health

Affiliations

Assistant Professor

Faculty of Nursing, Faculty

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Oncology

Assistant Professor

Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences

Contact information

Phone number

Office: 403.220.6198

Location

Office: PF3207

For media enquiries, contact

Lynda Sea, Senior Manager - Communications

Office: +1.403.471-9762
Email: lsea@ucalgary.ca
Twitter: @ucalgarynursing

Preferred method of communication

Currently accepting Master's PhD students and post-doctoral fellows. Contact me directly by email to make an appointment.

Background

Educational Background

PhD University of Calgary, 2017

MN University of Calgary, 2008

NP University of Calgary, 2008

BN University of Calgary, 2006

Biography

Dr. Cuthbert is a clinician scientist with clinical practice experience as a nurse practitioner in oncology. Her clinical practice largely focused on follow-up care and symptom management with a keen interest in survivorship issues. Dr. Cuthbert is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Calgary and an adjunct assistant professor in the Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Oncology. She holds a Tier II Canada Research Chair in patient and family centered cancer survivorship.

As a health services researcher, Dr. Cuthbert is focused on evaluating biopsychosocial health needs and health outcomes of cancer survivors. Using multiple research methods (quantitative and qualitative), her program of research includes patient-oriented research approaches, integrated knowledge translation strategies, qualitative research, and the use of administrative health data sets. Dr. Cuthbert’s goal is to ultimately improve health and well-being in cancer survivors and their families by developing innovative approaches to survivorship care.

Research

Areas of Research

Area of Focus
  • Cancer Survivorship
  • Health Services Research
  • Knowledge Translation
  • Patient-reported outcomes and quality of life
  • Cancer outcomes research
Summary of Research

As a health services researcher, Dr. Cuthbert is focused on evaluating health needs and health outcomes of cancer survivors to inform models of care to meet survivors needs. Using multiple research methods, her program of research includes patient-oriented research approaches, integrated knowledge translation strategies, qualitative research, and the use of administrative health data sets to ultimately improve health and wellbeing in cancer survivors and their families. Dr. Cuthbert has ongoing projects related to patient reported outcomes, self-management in cancer survivors, and supportive care.

Participation in university strategic initiatives

Courses

Course number Course title Semester
NURS 621 SEC 01 S01 Quant Designs & Analysis 2020
NURS 630 Quantitative Research and Advanced Statistics 2022/2023/2024

Awards

  • Tier II Canada Research Chair, Canadian Institutes of Health Research. 2019