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Sherrie Lessans, PhD, RN

Assistant Professor (Retired), Department Pain and Translational Symptom Science

SCHOOL OF NURSING

  • Research interests

    Treatment induced acute and chronic pain


    Cancer chemotherapy associated neuropathy


    Cancer chemotherapy pain and broader symptom burden including mood disorders, cognitive function, weight gain

  • Research approaches

    Pain phenotyping


    Molecular biology

     

    ORCID ID:  0000-0002-7440-2673

Publications

  1. Lessans, S and Dorsey, S. (2013). The role for epigenetic modifications in pain and analgesia response. Nursing Research and Practice. Vol 2013
  2. Renn CL, Leitch CC, Lessans S, Rhee P, McGuire WC, Smith BA, Traub RJ, Dorsey SG. (2011). Brain-derived neurotrophic factor modulates antiretroviral-induced mechanical allodynia in the mouse. J Neurosci Res. 2011 Oct;89(10):1551-65. doi: 10.1002/jnr.22685. Epub 2011 Jun 6.
  3. Dorsey SG, Leitch CC, Renn CL, Lessans S, Smith BA, Wang XM, Dionne RA. (2009). Genome-wide screen identifies drug-induced regulation of the gene giant axonal neuropathy (Gan) in a mouse model of antiretroviral-induced painful peripheral neuropathy. Biol Res Nurs. Jul;11(1):7-16.