Breast Cancer, Lymphoedema and Quality of Life

Research Seminar Series 2020-2021 

Cardiff University
School 0f Healthcare Sciences, Healthcare Cancer Research Group 

Breast Cancer, Lymphoedema and Quality of Life: The Evolution of a (Mostly) Qualitative Research Career - Professor Elise Radina, Miami University, USA

Dr M Elise Radina is a Professor in the Department of Family Science and Social Work and Associate Dean in the College of Education, Health and Society at Miami University. She is a qualitative methodologist whose research focuses broadly on families and health. Dr Radina primarily studies mid and later life women in family contexts (e.g. breast cancer survivorship, positive aging, breast cancer related lymphoedema).

Her work has appeared in the Journal of Women and Aging, Cancer Nursing, Family Relations, the Journal of Family Nursing, Lymphology and the Journal of Family Theory & Review. She serves on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Family Theory and Review. Her co-edited book published by Taylor & Francis, Real Stories of How Qualitative Data Analysis Happens: Moving Beyond “Themes Emerged” (with A. Humble) was published in 2018 and was awarded the 2020 Anselm Strauss Award for Qualitative Family Research by the National Council on Family Relations. 

If you would like to join this Seminar please contact: Dr Tessa Watts