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Joosun Shin, PhD, RN, AGACNP

Assistant Professor, School of Nursing

Languages

English

Education

Fellowship

Symptom Science, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2025

Degrees

PhD, University of California San Francisco, CA, 2023
MSN, University of California Los Angeles, CA, 2020
BS, Inha University, South Korea, 2014

Scientific Interests

Dr. Shin's research focuses on dyspnea (shortness of breath) throughout the lung cancer care continuum. It harnesses diverse big data sources, including electronic health records and large, longitudinal clinical datasets with multi-modal variables. These datasets include smokers with and without chronic lung disease, as well as lung cancer patients and survivors who have undergone lung resection, chemotherapy, and/or immunotherapy. Her long-term goal is to identify high-risk lung cancer patients who develop or experience worsening dyspnea before and after treatment, enabling clinicians to implement targeted, personalized interventions.

Highlighted Publications

∗Shin J, Harris C, Oppegaard K, Kober KM, Paul SM, Cooper BA, Hammer M, Conley Y, Levine JD, Miaskowski C. Worst pain severity profiles of oncology patients are associated with significant stress and multiple co-occurring symptoms. J Pain. 2022 Jan;23(1):74- 88. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2021.07.001. PubMed PMID: 34298161; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10788964.

∗Shin J, Kober KM, Harris C, Oppegaard K, Calvo-Schimmel A, Paul SM, Cooper BA, Olshen A, Dokiparthi V, Conley YP, Hammer M, Levine JD, Miaskowski C. Perturbations in neuroinflammatory pathways are associated with a worst pain profile in oncology patients receiving chemotherapy. J Pain. 2023 Jan;24(1):84-97. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2022.08.007. Epub 2022 Sep 15. PubMed PMID: 36115520.

∗Shin J, Kober KM, Wong ML, Yates P, Cooper BA, Paul SM, Hammer M, Conley Y, Levine  JD, Miaskowski C. Distinct shortness of breath profiles in oncology outpatients undergo ng chemotherapy. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2023 Mar;65(3):242-255. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2022.11.010. Epub 2022 Nov 21. PubMed PMID: 36423799.

∗Shin J, Miaskowski C, Wong ML, Yates P, Olshen AB, Roy R, Dokiparthi V, Cooper B, Paul S, Conley YP, Levine JD, Hammer MJ, Kober K. Perturbations in inflammatory pathways are associated with shortness of breath profiles in oncology patients receiving chemotherapy. Support Care Cancer. 2024 Mar 26;32(4):250. doi: 10.1007/s00520-024-08446 x. PubMed PMID: 38532105.

∗Shin J, Hammer M, Cooley ME, Cooper BA, Paul SM, Conley YP, Kober KM, Levine JD,
Miaskowski C. Lower income, smoking, cardiopulmonary comorbidities, and higher symptom burden influence the occurrence of cough in patients receiving chemotherapy. Oncol Nurs Forum. 2024 June 18;51(4): E4-E24. doi: 10.1188/24.ONF.E4-E24. PubMed PMID: 38950088.