Portrait of Lixin Song

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Researcher

Lixin (Lee) Song

Professor and Director of the Center for Advancing Clinical Excellence

UT Health San Antonio

OVERVIEW

A concise summary of research focus, trajectory, and current direction.

Dr. Lixin (Lee) Song is a Professor and FAAN-recognized researcher specializing in oncology nursing and family caregiving. Her research focuses on cancer survivorship, couple-focused interventions, and the use of mHealth and conversational agents to improve symptom self-management and quality of life for cancer patients and their families.

RESEARCH FOCUS

Ranked by current emphasis.

Primary Areas

  • Cancer Survivorship

  • Family Caregiving

  • mHealth and eHealth Interventions

  • Symptom Management

Secondary Areas

  • Patient-Reported Outcomes

  • Health Decision-Making and Literacy

IMPACT & CURRENT DIRECTION

Summarizes applied impact and ongoing priorities.

Dr. Song has led numerous NIH and DoD funded projects focusing on dyadic interventions for cancer couples. Her work integrates intelligent conversational agents and sensing systems to support home-based care and clinical decision-making.

COLLABORATION INTERESTS

Areas where collaboration may be of interests.

  • mHealth interventions for family-centered cancer care
  • AI and sensing systems for home-based dementia care

METHODS & CONTEXT

Based on published and institutional information.

METHODS

  • Randomized Controlled Trials (RCT)
  • Systematic Reviews
  • Bibliometric Analysis
  • Mixed Methods
  • Psychometric Evaluation

APPLICATION CONTEXT

  • Prostate Cancer Patients
  • Family Caregivers
  • Alzheimer's Patients
  • Cancer Survivors

SELECTED WORK

Representative publications. Not a complete list.

  • Psychosocial interventions for siblings of children with cancer: A mixed methods systematic review

    2021

  • Conversational Interfaces for Health – A Bibliometric analysis of Grants, Publications, and Patents

    2019

  • Enhancing Survivorship Care Planning for Patients with Localized Prostate Cancer Using A Couple-Focused mHealth Tailored Symptom Self-Management Program

    2018

ACADEMIC & INSTITUTIONAL ROLES

Positions held by the researcher.

  • Professor and Director

    UT Health San Antonio

    2021 - present

  • Associate Professor

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    2011 - 2021

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