William Rosa, PhD, MBE, MS
Behavioral Scientist
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Areas of Expertise
My Specialties
- Palliative and End-Of-Life Care
- Health Equity
- LGBTQ+ Inclusive Care
About Me
- Assistant Attending Behavioral Scientist
A behavioral scientist has special training in studying human behavior.
My Specialties
- Palliative and End-Of-Life Care
- Health Equity
- LGBTQ+ Inclusive Care
Education
- PhD, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
- Master of Bioethics (MBE), University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
- MS, The City University of New York at Hunter College
Awards and Honors
- Current: Scientific Advisory Committee, Lancet Commission on Cancer and Health Systems
- Current: Collaborator, Lancet Commission on Breast Cancer
- Fellow in Palliative Care Nursing, Hospice & Palliative Nurses Association (2023)
- HPNA New Investigator Award, Hospice & Palliative Nurses Association (to be awarded, 2023)
- Visiting Research Scholar (honorary appointment)
- University of Miami Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas and Hemispheric and Global Affairs (2022-2023)
- Loretta C. Ford Award for Advancement of the Nurse Practitioner Role in Health Care Fellows of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (2022)
- Excellence in Oncology Nursing Health Policy and Advocacy Award
- Oncology Nursing Society (2022)
- IAHPC Individual Recognition Award (High-Income Country Category), International Association for Hospice & Palliative Care (2022)
- Cambia Sojourns Scholar, Cambia Health Foundation Sojourns Scholars Leadership Development Program (2021-2023)
- Crain’s Notable in Health Care 2021, Crain’s New York Business (2021)
- APOS Health Equity Scholar, American Psychosocial Oncology Society (2021)
- Research Dissertation Award, International Award for Nursing Excellence
- Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (2021)
- Global Nursing Leadership Institute Scholar, International Council of Nurses (2020-2021)
- Fellow, American Association of Nurse Practitioners (2019)
- Fellow, American Academy of Nursing (2018)
- Fellow, American College of Critical Care Medicine (2018-2021)
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Future of Nursing Scholar (2017-2020)
- Fellow, New York Academy of Medicine (2016)
Fellowships
- Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellowship, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Psychosocial, Palliative, and Community Research in Cancer, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer
- Center/National Cancer Institute/National Institutes of Health
Board Certifications
- Adult-Gerontological Primary Care Nurse Practitioner, American Nurses Credentialing Center
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View Dr. Rosa’s Google Scholar citations.
Rosa WE, Lynch KA, Hadler RA, Mahoney C, Parker PA. “It Took Away and Stripped a Part of Myself”: Clinician Distress and Recommendations for Future Telepalliative Care Delivery in the Cancer Context. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2023 Feb;40(2):235-243. doi: 10.1177/10499091221101883. Epub 2022 May 15. PMID: 35574961; PMCID: PMC9663759.
Rosa WE, Izumi S, Sullivan DR, Lakin J, Rosenberg AR, Creutzfeldt CJ, Lafond D, Tjia J, Cotter V, Wallace C, Sloan DE, Cruz-Oliver DM, DeSanto-Madeya S, Bernacki R, Leblanc TW, Epstein AS. Advance Care Planning in Serious Illness: A Narrative Review. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2023 Jan;65(1):e63-e78. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2022.08.012. Epub 2022 Aug 24. PMID: 36028176; PMCID: PMC9884468.
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Rosa WE, Roberts KE, Braybrook D, Harding R, Godwin K, Mahoney C, Mathew S, Atkinson TM, Banerjee SC, Haviland K, Hughes TL, Walters CB, Parker PA. Palliative and end-of-life care needs, experiences, and preferences of LGBTQ+ individuals with serious illness: A systematic mixed-methods review. Palliat Med. 2022 Dec 7:2692163221124426. doi: 10.1177/02692163221124426. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36475950.
Bao Y, Zhang H, Bruera E, Portenoy R, Rosa WE, Reid MC, Wen H. Medical Marijuana Legalization and Opioid- and Pain-Related Outcomes Among Patients Newly Diagnosed With Cancer Receiving Anticancer Treatment. JAMA Oncol. 2022 Dec 1:e225623. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2022.5623. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36454553; PMCID: PMC9716439.
Rosa WE, Chittams J, Riegel B, Ulrich CM, Meghani SH. Patient Trade-Offs Related to Analgesic Use for Cancer Pain: A MaxDiff Analysis Study. Pain Manag Nurs. 2020 Jun;21(3):245-254. doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2019.07.013. Epub 2019 Oct 21. PMID: 31648906; PMCID: PMC7170763.
Visit PubMed for a full listing of Dr. Rosa’s journal articles. Pubmed is an online index of research papers and other articles from the US National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
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Disclosures
Doctors and faculty members often work with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology, and life sciences companies, and other organizations outside of MSK, to find safe and effective cancer treatments, to improve patient care, and to educate the health care community.
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William Rosa discloses the following relationships and financial interests:
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Jones & Bartlett Learning
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Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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