CURRICULUM VITAE
Jessica Rearden, MS, RN
University of Pennsylvania, School of NursingClaire Fagin Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Email: ********@*******.*****.***
EDUCATION
PhD University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA; (Major
concentration: Nursing Science); August 2010-present
MS University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA ; (Major
concentration: Nursing Science); August 2009-August 2010
BSN Cedar Crest College, School of Nursing, Allentown, PA; (Major
Concentration: Nursing), Summa cum laude, Honors Program Diploma
Recipient; August 2000-August 2004
FELLOWSHIP
Predoctoral University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing; NINR NRSA Institutional
Research Training Grant (2T32NR007100; Sommers PI), Research on
Vulnerable Women, Children, and Families; September 2011-present
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2008-2009Clinical Research Nurse Supervisor, Abramson Cancer Center Clinical
Research Unit, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2006-2009Clinical Research Nurse, Abramson Cancer Center Clinical Research
Unit, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2005-2006Clinical Research Nurse, Vita Hematology Oncology, Bethlehem, PA
2004-2005Clinical Nurse, Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplant, Hospital
of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
HONORS AND AWARDS
2004 Summa cum laude, Cedar Crest College
2004 Honors degree, Cedar Crest College
2004 Induction into Sigma Theta Tau
2004 Theta Rho Award for exceptional abilities in areas of nursing scholarship,
leadership and research
2004 Theta Rho Student Excellence Award
2004 Delphi Honor Society Inductee, Cedar Crest College
2000-2004 Presidential Scholarship Recipient, Cedar Crest College
BOOK CHAPTERS
Rearden J & Fisher J (2012). Oncology nursing society manual for radiation oncology
nursing
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practice and education: Clinical trials including informed consent (4 edition).
MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION
Rearden, J & Sommers, M. (in preparation) Equity, Opportunity, and Therapeutic Cancer
Clinical Trial Participation among Blacks and Hispanics.
PRESENTATIONS
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
2004-present Sigma Theta Tau
2004-present Oncology Nursing Society
2006-present Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
2010-present Radiation Therapy Oncology Group
2011-present Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science