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Jones
Salene M. W. Jones, PhD
- Associate Professor, Cancer Prevention Program, Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutch
- Associate Professor, Hutchinson Institute for Cancer Outcomes Research (HICOR), Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutch
Background
Dr. Salene Jones is a psychologist whose research focuses on cancer care delivery, the patient experience and quality of life. She is particularly interested in psychometrics, which is the development of valid and reliable questionnaires for patient-reported outcomes to assess pain, depression, anxiety and other facets of quality of life. A member of the health economics group, the Hutchinson Institute for Cancer Outcomes Research, Dr. Jones also examines the association of financial worry and anxiety with outcomes in people with cancer. Her research includes studies of the relationship of health anxiety and fear of cancer to health care use and cancer prevention.
Education
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Women's Health and Aging, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, 2015
PhD, Psychology, The Ohio State University, 2013
MA, Psychology, The Ohio State University, 2009
BS, Psychology, University of Washington, 2003