Thaddeus W Pace, PhD
Cancer Prevention and Control Program
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Associate Professor, Nursing
Biography
Pace’s research at UofA explores stress biology in cancer survivors who experience distress, fatigue and depression. Informed by this work, Dr. Pace also investigates the effectiveness of novel interventions for cancer survivors designed to optimize psychological, inflammatory, and endocrine functioning. These include a kindness and compassion meditation program called CBCT, and the natural anti-inflammatory compound, curcumin. Dr. Pace's research is supported by grants from the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health of the United States. He is a PopTech Science Fellow and was named one of Tucson's 40 Under 40 by the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
Cancer Focus
The cancer focus of Pace's research at UA is the stress psychobiology of cancer survivorship. He and his team also study the effectiveness of novel, integrative intervention for survivors and their informal caregivers.
Selected Publications
Quinn, A. M., A. R. Williams, T. I. Sivilli, C. L. Raison, and T. W. W. Pace, "The plasma interleukin-6 response to acute psychosocial stress in humans is detected by a magnetic multiplex assay: comparison to high-sensitivity ELISA.", Stress, vol. 21, issue 4, pp. 376-381, 2018 07. PMID: 29529950
Segrin, C., T. A. Badger, A. Sikorskii, T. E. Crane, and T. W. W. Pace, "A dyadic analysis of stress processes in Latinas with breast cancer and their family caregivers.", Psychooncology, vol. 27, issue 3, pp. 838-846, 2018 03. PMID: 29125677
Dodds, S. E., T. W. W. Pace, M. L. Bell, M. Fiero, L. Tenzin Negi, C. L. Raison, and K. L. Weihs, "Feasibility of Cognitively-Based Compassion Training (CBCT) for breast cancer survivors: a randomized, wait list controlled pilot study.", Support Care Cancer, vol. 23, issue 12, pp. 3599-608, 2015 Dec. PMID: 26275769
Smith, A. K., K. N. Conneely, T. W. W. Pace, D. Mister, J. C. Felger, V. Kilaru, M. J. Akel, P. M. Vertino, A. H. Miller, and M. A. Torres, "Epigenetic changes associated with inflammation in breast cancer patients treated with chemotherapy.", Brain Behav Immun, vol. 38, pp. 227-36, 2014 May. PMCID: PMC4312666 PMID: 24583204
Torres, M. A., T. W. Pace, T. Liu, J. C. Felger, D. Mister, G. H. Doho, J. N. Kohn, A. M. Barsevick, Q. Long, and A. H. Miller, "Predictors of depression in breast cancer patients treated with radiation: role of prior chemotherapy and nuclear factor kappa B.", Cancer, vol. 119, issue 11, pp. 1951-9, 2013 Jun 01. PMCID: PMC3663885 PMID: 23512358