Jennifer Bail

Ph.D., RN, CNE

Associate Professor Ph.D. Program Coordinator

Contact

1610 Ben Graves Drive
Nursing Building
Room 214D
Huntsville, AL 35899
Campus Map

256.824.6146
jennifer.bail@uah.edu

Biography

Curriculum Vitae

ORCID iD

Education

  • Postdoctoral Fellowship, Cancer Prevention and Control, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship, Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Ph.D., Nursing Science, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • BSN, University of Alabama in Huntsville
  • Health Disparities Research
  • Clinical and Translational Research

Clinical Expertise

  • Demark-Wahnefried, W., Oster, R., Smith, K., Kaur, H., Fruge, A., Cole, W., Locher, J., Rocque, G., Pisu, G., Bail, J.R., Cohen, H., Moellering, D., Blair, C. (2024). Vegetable Gardening and Health Outcomes in Older Cancer Survivors: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Network Open. 7(6), e2417122. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.17122
  • Bail, J.R., Wilson, J., Tipre, M., Duck, A., Hall, K., Akinyele, O., Bowman, T., Hardy, C., Garner, M., Demark-Wahnefried, W., Baskin, M. (2023). Harvest for Health in Survivors of Chronic Disease: A Demonstration Project in the Alabama Black Belt and Mississippi Delta Region. Translational Behavioral Medicine. 14(2: 127-137. https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibad062
  • Bail J.R., Blair, C., Smith, K., Oster, R., Kaur, H., Locher, J., Fruge, A., Rocque, G., Pisu, M., Cohen, H., Demark-Wahnefried W. (2022). Harvest for Health, a Randomized Controlled Trial testing a Home-Based, Vegetable Gardening Intervention among Older Cancer Survivors across Alabama: An Analysis of Accrual and Modifications made in Intervention Delivery and Assessment during COVID-19. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 122(9), 1629–1643. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2022.05.005
  • Bail J.R., Bail S.V., Cagle J.,** Tiesi K.,* Caffey J.,* Bakitas M., Demark-Wahnefried W. (2021). Health Behaviors and Wellbeing among those “LIVING” with Metastatic Cancer in Alabama. Supportive Care in Cancer. 30(2):1689-1701. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-021-06583-1
  • Bail, J.R., Ivankova, N., Heaton, K., Vance, D.E., Triebel, K., Meneses, K. (2019). Cancer-Related Symptoms and Cognitive Intervention Adherence among Breast Cancer Survivors: A Mixed Methods Study. Cancer Nursing. 43(5), 354-365. https://doi.org/10.1097/NCC.0000000000000700
  • Bail, J.R, Frugé, A.D., Cases, M.G., De Los Santos, J., Locher, J.L., Smith, K.P., Cantor, A.B., Cohen, H.J., Demark-Wahnefried, W. (2018). A Home-Based Mentored Vegetable Gardening Intervention Demonstrates Feasibility and Improvements in Physical Activity and Performance Among Breast Cancer Survivors. Cancer. 124(16), 3427-3435. https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.31559
  • Meneses, K., Benz, R., Bail, J.R., Vo, J.B., Triebel, K., Fazeli, P., Frank, J. S., Vance, D. E. (2018). Speed of processing in middle-aged and older breast cancer survivors (SOAR): results of a randomized controlled pilot. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 168(1), 259-267. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-017-4564-2
  • Bail, J.R., Nolan, T. S., Vo, J.B., Gisiger-Camata, S., & Meneses, K. (2018). Engaging an urban African-American community to deliver cognitive health education to breast cancer survivors. Journal of Cancer Education. 33(4) 870-874. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-016-1155-6
  • Bail, J.R., Meneses, K., Demark-Wahnefried, W. (2016). Nutritional status and diet in cancer prevention. Seminars in Oncology Nursing, 32(3), 206-214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soncn.2016.05.004
  • Bail, J.R., Meneses, K. (2016). Computer-based cognitive training for chemotherapy-related cognitive impairment in breast cancer survivors. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 20(5), 504-509. https://doi.org/10.1188/16.CJON.504-509

Expertise

  • Cancer Prevention and Control
  • Palliative and Supportive Care
  • Community Outreach and Engagement
  • Health Disparities
  • Lifestyle Interventions
  • Mixed Methods Research

Recent Publications

  • Miller, P.E., Flaherty, N.E., Bail, J.R. Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit. Critical Care Nurse.

  • Bail J.R., Bail S.V., Cagle J., Tiesi K., Caffey J., Bakitas M., Demark-Wahnefried W. (in press). Health Behaviors and Wellbeing among those “LIVING” with Metastatic Cancer in the Deep South. Cancer Medicine.

  • Frugé A.D., Smith K.S., Bail J.R., Rais-Bahrami S., Demark-Wahnefried W. (2020). Biomarkers associated with tumor Ki67 and Cathepsin L gene expression in prostate cancer patients participating in a weight loss trial. Frontiers in Oncology. 10, 1800. doi:10.3389/fonc.2020.544201

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