Professional Summary:
Dr. Piper is internationally known for her program of research in cancer-related fatigue. She developed one of the first multidimensional patient-reported outcome measures for subjective fatigue, the Piper Fatigue Scale (PFS) and the Integrated Fatigue Model (IFM) that can guide practice and research. She has worked clinically as a staff nurse, charge nurse, clinical nurse specialist, educator and researcher.
Honors/Awards:
2011 - Nominated for inclusion in: “Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare”
2010 - Excellence in Mentorship: Scottsdale Healthcare, Scottsdale, AZ
2010 - Invited panelist: Setting the Research Agenda for Cancer-Related Fatigue: NCI Clinical Trials Program
2002 - Recipient: Robert Tiffany Lectureship award given in recognition of significant international contributions to cancer nursing (2nd American so honored)
2002 - Inducted as a Fellow into the American Academy of Nursing
Publications:
Stover AM, Reeve BB, Piper BF, Alfano CM Smith AW, Mitchell SM…Ballard-Barbash R. (In Press). Deriving clinically meaningful cut-scores for fatigue in a cohort of breast cancer survivors: A Health, Eating, Activity, and Lifestyle (HEAL) study. Quality of Life Research.
Reeve BB, Stover AM, Alfano CM, Smith AW, Ballard-Barbash R, Bernstein L, …Piper BF (2012). The Piper Fatigue Scale-12 (PFS-12): Psychometric findings and item reduction in a cohort of breast cancer survivors. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 136:9-10.doi: 10.1007/s10549-012-2212-4.
Sun V, Borneman T, Koczywas M, Cristea M, Piper BF, Uman G, Ferrell B (2012). Quality of life and barriers to symptom management in colon cancer. European Journal of Oncology Nursing, Jul; 16(3): 276-80. doi: 10.1016/j.ejon2011.06.011. PMID: 21783415.
Borneman T, Piper BF, Koczywas M, Minevar CM, Sun V, Uman GC, Ferrell B (2012). A qualitative analysis of cancer-related fatigue in ambulatory oncology. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, Feb; 16(1):E26-32. PMID: 22297018.
Borneman T, Koczywas M, Sun V, Piper BF, Smith-Idell C, Laroya B,…Ferrell B (2011). Effectiveness of a clinical intervention to eliminate barriers to pain and fatigue management in oncology. Journal of Palliative Medicine, Feb; 14(2): 197-205. PMID: 21271872.
Piper BF, Cella D (2010). Definitions and subtypes of cancer-related fatigue. Journal of the National Comprehensive Network, 8(8): 958-966.
Piper BF, Borneman T, Sun VC, Koczywas M, Ferrell B, James R (2008). Cancer-related fatigue: Role of oncology nurses in translating National Comprehensive Cancer Network assessment guidelines into practice. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing Oct; 12(5 suppl): 37-47.
Teaching Experience:
Dr. Piper has extensive experience teaching AD, BSN, MSN, DNP and PhD nursing students, future medical students, and advance practice registered nurses (APRN). She has chaired and been a member of Doctoral and Master’s Degree supervisory committees. She loves teaching; views it as a collaborative process; learning every bit as much from her students as they may learn from her.
PhD in Nursing, University of California San Francisco
MS in Nursing, University of California San Francisco
BS in Nursing, Syracuse University