Shana Jacobs, MD
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
NAME: Shana Jacobs, MD
eRA COMMONS USER NAME: SHAJACOB ORCID: 0000-0002-0678-0621
POSITION TITLE: Associate Professor of Pediatrics
EDUCATION/TRAINING
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION | DEGREE | Completion Date | FIELD OF STUDY |
Brown University, Providence RI | BA | 05/1995 | American Civilization |
New York University, New York NY | MD | 05/1999 | Medicine |
Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx NY | Residency | 06/2002 | Pediatrics |
National Cancer Institute, Pediatric Oncology Branch, Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Section, Bethesda, MD | Fellowship | 06/2006 | Pediatric Oncology |
Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC | Fellowship | 06/2005 | Pediatric Hematology/ Oncology |
A. Personal Statement
My primary research and clinical interests involve supportive and palliative care for children with cancer. I am board certified in both hematology/ oncology and palliative care and have worked extensively with patients undergoing cancer treatments. I co-run our supportive care program at Children’s National, which primarily focuses on conducting supportive care trials for children with cancer. I have worked on multiple studies that relate to supporting children and families thorough cancer treatment which makes me well suited to participate in recruiting patients for this study.
- Jacobs SS, Withycombe JS, Castellino SM, Lin L, Mack JW, McFatrich M, Baker JN, Freyer DR, Maurer SH, Mowbray C, Hinds PS, Reeve BB. Longitudinal use of patient reported outcomes in pediatric leukemia and lymphoma reveals clinically relevant symptomatic adverse events. Pediatric Blood Cancer. 2022 Dec;69(12):e29986. PMID: 36151978
- Jacobs SS, Dome JS, Gai J, Gross AM, Postell E, Hinds PS, Davenport L, van den Anker JN, Mowbray C. Pharmacogenetic and clinical predictors of ondansetron failure in a diverse pediatric oncology population. Support Care Cancer. 2022 Apr;30(4):3513-3520. PMID: 35018520
- Jacobs S, Mowbray C. The power of massage in children with cancer-how can we do effective research? Children (Basel). 2019 Jan 18;6(1: 13. Review. PMCID: PMC6352174
- Jacobs S, Mowbray C, Muser Cates L, Baylor A, Gable C, Skora E, Estrada M, Cheng Y, Wang J, Lewin D, Hinds PS. Pilot study of massage to improve sleep and fatigue in hospitalized adolescents with cancer. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2016 May;63(5): 880-6. PMID: 26757318
B. Positions, Scientific Appointments and Honors
Positions and Scientific Appointments
2017- present Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Children’s National Medical Center, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
2005-2017 Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Children’s National Medical Center, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
C. Contributions to Science
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I have worked with Dr. Pamela Hinds as part of the team validating the pediatric Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) measures in children with cancer and on the validation of the pediatric Patient Reported Outcome version of the CTCAE (PRO-CTCAE). In that role, I helped with the design, recruitment and analysis of the studies.
2. I have worked on other studies regarding supportive care for children with cancer, and lead our supportive care research program at Children’s National. I lead the Supportive, Personalized, Pharmacogenetics in Oncology Research & Treatment (SuPPORT) trial, which used pharmacogenetic testing on patients diagnosed with cancer to look for polymorphisms in genes frequently responsible for drug metabolism and to correlate those polymorphisms with the development of key toxicities, measured both by clinical indicators and by patient reported outcomes. Our team also conducts industry, consortium and single/multi-institutional studies.
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Financial relationships
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Type of financial relationship:There are no financial relationships to disclose.Date added:12/24/2024Date updated:02/03/2025