Jie Deng

  • Vanderbilt University

    Study to explore lymphedema self care for cancer survivors

    Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) Assistant Professor Jie Deng, Ph.D., R.N., has been awarded a $789,000 research scholar grant by the American Cancer Society to develop and test a self-care program for head and neck cancer survivors diagnosed with secondary lymphedema and fibrosis (LEF). Read More

    Dec 15, 2016

  • Vanderbilt University

    VUSN professor receives grant to study self-care for cancer survivors

    School of Nursing Assistant Professor Jie Deng has been awarded a $789,000 research scholar grant by the American Cancer Society to develop and test a self-care program for head and neck cancer survivors diagnosed with secondary lymphedema and fibrosis. Read More

    Dec 7, 2016

  • Vanderbilt University

    Grant to boost head and neck lymphedema research

    Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) has been awarded a four-year, $2.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research to establish a valid, clinically useful measurement battery for head and neck lymphedema and fibrosis (LEF). Read More

    Mar 5, 2015

  • Jie Deng (Daniel Dubois/Vanderbilt)

    New faculty: Jie Deng’s care for patients inspires lymphedema research

    Jie Deng (Daniel Dubois/Vanderbilt) For Jie Deng, the desire to further nursing research and education began with the SARS outbreak in China in 2003. At the time, she was the associate chief nursing officer at Peking University Health Science Center in Beijing. “Our nurses were incredible—the sacrifices… Read More

    Nov 28, 2012