Email

hoda.badr@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor

Medicine
Epidemiology and Population Sciences
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Leader, Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences Program

Dan L Duncan Cancer Center

Addresses

One Baylor Plaza (Office)

Unit 307
Houston, TX 77030
United States
(713) 798-1588
hoda.badr@bcm.edu
https://www.bcm.edu/research/labs/hoda-badr

Education

Postdoctoral Fellowship at The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas United States

PhD from University of Houston

Houston, Texas United States

Health Psychology, Personal Relationships

Professional Statement

What distinguishes my work in behavioral medicine is its focus on the role of family factors in cancer treatment and rehabilitation. My mission is to develop, implement, and disseminate psychosocial interventions to improve patient and caregiver health behaviors and quality of life. My work spans the cancer prevention and control continuum and includes studies of couples coping with pre-neoplastic conditions (Barrett’s Esophagus), patients undergoing radiotherapy for head and neck cancer and their spouses, families coping with advanced cancers (lung, metastatic breast), and oral cancer survivors (post-treatment) and their caregivers.

My research interests include:
• Understanding the multiple effects of cancer on patients and their family caregivers
• Identifying predictors of emotional and physical well-being in cancer survivors and their family caregivers
• Developing and evaluating behavioral interventions to improve the quality of life of cancer patients and their family caregivers throughout the trajectory of the disease
• Optimizing patients’ participation in their own care and the coordination of care
• Translation and dissemination of evidence-based supportive care programs

Websites

Selected Publications

• Badr H, Milbury, K, Majeed N, Carmack CL, Ahmad Z, Gritz E. "Natural language use and couples’ adjustment to head and neck cancer." Health Psychology. 2016 October ; 35 (10): 1069-1080. Pubmed PMID: 27441867
• Badr H, Herbert K, Reckson B, Rainey H, Sallam A, Gupta V "Unmet needs and relationship challenges of head and neck cancer patients and their spouses." J Psychosocial Oncology. 2016 34 (4): 339-346. Pubmed PMID: 27269579
• Badr H, Lipnick D, Miles B, Gupta V "Survivorship challenges and information needs after radiotherapy for oral cancer." Journal of Cancer Education. 2016 epub : Pubmed PMID: 27193414
• Badr, H, and Acitelli, LK "Re-thinking Models of Dyadic Coping in the Context of Chronic Illness." Current Opinion in Psychology. 2017 13 : 44-48.

Funding

Psychosocial Intervention for Advanced Cancer Patients and Caregivers - #RSG 15-058-01 PCSM

Grant funding from American Cancer Society

A Psychosocial Intervention for the Caregivers of Advanced Lung Cancer Patients - #R01 CA187143

Grant funding from National Cancer Institute

Improving Self-Management in Head and Neck Cancer - #R21 CA 155963

Grant funding from National Cancer Institute

Skills

Quality of Life/Outcomes Research

Dyadic Data Analysis

Languages

Arabic