Linda Sarna, PhD, RN, FAAN

 

“Tobacco control is cancer prevention. Nurses can be great champions for behavior change. We are the largest health care profession, we have intimate encounters with patients in all types of settings across all socioeconomic strata, and because we are one of the most trusted and highly regarded professions, our patients look to us for advice. Research has shown that nurses with the proper education can gain the needed skills to support quit efforts of the over 40 million smokers in the US."

Linda Sarna, Distinguished Research Professor, is a Dean Emerita for the UCLA School of Nursing, serving in that role from 2014-2021. She held the Lulu Wolf-Hassenplug Chair in Nursing from 2009 until her retirement in 2021. She served as Chair of the Academic Senate at UCLA from 2012-2013. She will serve as Secretary for the UCLA Academic Senate from 2022-2025.

Early in her career, as an oncology nurse in the 1970s, she watched as many of her patients suffered from lung cancer. Recognizing that nicotine addiction was at the root of their diagnosis, she made the involvement of nurses in tobacco control the focus of her scholarship and professional passion. Dr. Sarna was the lead investigator on an analysis of 27-year smoking trends of participants in the Nurses' Health Study and led a team of investigators in the examination of national smoking trends among health care professions. Dr. Sarna initiated the Tobacco-Free Nurses (TFN) initiative (www.tobaccofreenurses.org), funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, to nationally help nurses quit smoking and promote their role in tobacco control. Dr. Sarna is known internationally for her work with nursing organizations around the globe on policies related to nurses and tobacco control. Her research included testing tobacco control educational programs for nurses in the US, China and in Eastern Europe. In 2013, she led the campaign to implement the policy that made the University of California, Los Angeles campus tobacco-free, the first in the system to do so. 2023 will be the ten-year anniversary of that policy. She continues to be actively involved with the American Academy of Nursing Health Behavior Expert Panel, Tobacco Control subgroup.

Dr. Sarna was the co-founder of the National Clinician Scholars Program (NCSP), a post-doctoral fellowship for nurses and physicians with an emphasis on health services research with sites at Yale, Duke, University of Michigan, University of California, San Francisco, Penn, and UCLA. She served as co-director at UCLA from 2015-2019. She was elected as Chair of the NCSP Board from 2016-2018.

Areas of Scholarly Expertise and Interest

Oncology nursing, tobacco control, nursing interventions, Tobacco-Free Nurses (TFN) initiative

Faculty Research and Clinical Expertise

Research: Dr. Linda Sarna is internationally recognized for her scholarly activities promoting nursing involvement in tobacco control and in her oncology nursing research focused on quality of life and symptoms of patients with lung cancer. As the Principal Investigator for the Tobacco Free Nurses (TFN) initiative, funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, she initiated the first national program to help nurses quit smoking in the US and to promote the role of nurses in tobacco control inaugurating the award-winning TFN Website, www.tobaccofreenurses.org. She was the lead investigator on an analysis of 27-¬‐year smoking trends of participants in the Nurses' Health Study and led a team of investigators in the examination of national smoking trends among health care professions. She led translational research projects to increase nursing interventions to treat tobacco dependence among hospitalized patients in the U.S., China, and Eastern Europe using web-¬‐based educational programs and resources. Dr. Sarna has collaborated with national and international nursing organizations on policies related to nurses and tobacco control, including the American Academy of Nursing, and leading the implementation of a tobacco-free policy at UCLA.

Clinical: Oncology nursing, Tobacco control and nurses

Education

University of California, Los Angeles, BS, 1969, Nursing
University of California, Los Angeles, MSN, 1976, Oncology Nursing
University of California, San Francisco, PhD (2012, converted from DNSc), 1989, Oncology Specialty
Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, American Association of Colleges of Nursing Executive Leadership Program, 2015

Honors and Awards

1992-1996    Selected as American Cancer Society Professor of Oncology Nursing
1994    Elected Fellow, American Academy of Nursing
2004    Distinguished Merit Award for Services to Cancer Nursing: International Society for Nurses in Cancer Care
2005    Media Award for Tobacco Free Nurses, American Academy of Nurses
2005    Tobacco Free Nurses selected as an exemplar by the World Health Organization in the monograph "The role of health professionals in tobacco control"
2006    Oncology Nursing Society Publishing, "Excellence in Scholarship and Consistency of Contributions to the Oncology Nursing Literature" Award
2006    Awarded the Oncology Nursing Society Publishing Award, Best "Quality of Life " paper
2009    Selected as the Oncology Nursing Society's Distinguished Researcher
2009    Helen Nahm Research Lecture Award, University of California, San Francisco
2009    Appointed as the Lulu Wolf Hassenplug Endowed Chair in Nursing
2009    Awarded the NurseWeek Excellence Award: Advancing and Leading the Profession
2009    One of 60 outstanding Alumnae selected by the University of California, Los Angeles
2010    Clara Arndt Visiting Scholar, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Nursing
2010-2013    Appointed as Visiting Professor by the Anhui Medical University in China Hefei, Anhui Province, China
2010    Invited Research Scholar: 9th Annual Research and Evidence-based Practice Conference, UCLA Health System, Department of Nursing & UCLA School of Nursing
2011    Appointed Visiting Professor, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province, China
2012    Distinguished Alumni Speaker, UCLA School of Nursing, May, 2012
2012    Distinguished Lecturer, Anhui Medical University, School of Nursing
2014    International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame, Sigma Theta Tau
2014    Outstanding poster "Eastern Europe Helping Smokers Quit (EEHSQ): Developing a tobacco control e-learning program in the Czech Republic". Clinical practice: International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care, Congress in Panama City, Panama
2014    Nurses and lung cancer: Making a Difference. Keynote speaker. Symposium for Nurses, 22nd European Society for Thoracic Oncology. Copenhagen, Denmark, June 16, 2014
2015    Listed as one of the 30 most influential Nursing Deans in the US (#16) http://www.mometrix.com/blog/the-30-most-influential-deans-of-nursing-
2016    Best Oral Presentation Award, Sixth Pan-Pacific Nursing Conference, Hong Kong SAR, March 2016 for "A decade of educating nurses about smoking cessation using web-based programs" with Stella Aguinaga Bialous
2016    Jane Norbeck Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of California San Francisco, School of Nursing
2016    Graduation Keynote Speaker, The Hong Kong University, December, Hong Kong
2016    Grace Tien Honorary Lecture, The Hong Kong University, December, Hong Kong
2017    Induction into the Western Academy of Nursing
2017    Designation as an "Edge Runner" for Tobacco Free Nurses, with Stella Bialous, from the American Academy of Nursing
2017-2021    Appointed Visiting Professor, Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2018    Lifetime Achievement Award, Oncology Nursing Society, awarded in May, 2018, Annual ONS Congress, Washington DC
2019      American Heart Association’s Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing Research Article of the year for: 
Rezk-Hanna M, et al.(2019) High Carbon Monoxide Levels from Charcoal Combustion Mask Acute Endothelial Dysfunction Induced by Hookah (Waterpipe) Smoking in Young Adults. Circulation. 2019 Feb 15. 

Selected Publications (since 2000)  

Tong, E, Zhu, S-H, Ancerson, C, Avdalovic, M, Amin, Alpesh, Diamant, A, Fong, T, Elkareh, Robert, Sankaran, S., Saucedo, C, Kirby, C, Mayoral, A. Sarna, L. (In press) UC Quits: Implementation, Maintenance, and Outcomes of an Electronic Referral to a Tobacco Quitline Across Five Health Systems. Nicotine and Tobacco Research.

Choi K, Hughesdon K, Britton L, Sinko L, Wells C, Giordano N, Sarna L, Heilemann MS. (2022). Interpersonal trauma in the lives of nurses and perceptions of nursing work. Western Journal of Nursing Research. 44:734-742.

Rezk-Hanna M, Holloway IW, Toyama J, Warda US, Bertau LC, Brecht ML, Sarna L. (2021). Transitions in hookah (Waterpipe) smoking by U.S. sexual minority adults between 2013 and 2015: the population assessment of tobacco and health study wave 1 and wave 2. BMC Public Health. 21:445.

Sarna L, Fiore MC, Schroeder SA (2020). Tobacco dependence treatment is critical to excellence in health care. JAMA Internal Medicine. 180:1413-1414

Bialous SA, Nohavova I, Kralikova E, Wells MJ, Brook J, Sarna L (2020). Building capacity in tobacco control by establishing the Eastern Europe Nurses’ Center of Excellence for tobacco control. Tobacco Prevention & Cessation. https://doi.org/10.18332/tpc/

Sarna L, Hollen PJ, Heath J, Bialous SA. (2019) Increased adoption of smoke-free policies on campuses with schools of nursing. Nursing Outlook. Published online June 11, 2018 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2019.06.006

Rezk-Hanna M, Mosenitar Z, Benowitz NL, Rader P, Rashid M, Davoren K, Moy NB, Doering L, Robbins W, Sarna L, Li N, Chang LC, Elashoff RM, Victor RG (2019). High Carbon Monoxide Levels from Charcoal Combustion Mask Acute Endothelial Dysfunction Induced by Hookah (Waterpipe) Smoking in Young Adults. Circulation. 2019 Feb 15. Epub ahead of print. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAH.118.037375

Barua RS, Rigotti NA, Benowitz NL, Cummings KM, Jazayeri MA, Morris PB, Ratchford EV, Sarna L, Stecker EC, Wiggins BS. (2018). 2018 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on Tobacco Cessation Treatment: A report of the American College of Cardiology Task Force on Clinical Expert Consensus Documents. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Dec 25;72(25):3332-3365. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.10.027. Epub 2018 Dec 5. 

Sarna L, Bialous SA, Wells M, Brook J. Impact of a webcast on nurses’ delivery of tobacco dependence treatment. (2018). Journal of Clinical Nursing. 2018 Jan;27(1-2):e91-e99. doi: 10.1111/jocn.13875. Epub 2017 Jul 5.

Rezk-Hanna M, Doering L, Robbins W, Sarna L, Elashoff RM, Victor RG. (2018). Acute effect of hookah smoking on arterial stiffness and wave reflections in adults aged 18-34. American Journal of Cardiology. Sep 1;122(5):905-909. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2018.05.033. Epub 2018 Jun 5.

Rezk-Hanna M, Sarna L, Peterson AB, Wells, M, Nohavoa I, & Bialous S. (2018) Attitudes, barriers and facilitators to smoking cessation among Central and Eastern Europe Nurses: A focus group study. European Journal of Oncology Nursing. 2018 Aug;35:39-46. doi: 10.1016/j.ejon.2018.04.001. 

Young H, Bakewell-Sacks B, Sarna L (2017). Nursing practice, research and education in the West. The best is yet to come. Nursing Research. 66(2); 61-62.

Sarna L, Bialous SA, Wells MJ, Brook JK (2017). Impact of a webcast on nurses’ delivery of tobacco dependence treatment. Journal of Clinical Nursing. DOI: 10.1111/jocn.13875.

Bialous SA, Sarna L, Wells MJ, Brook JK, Kralikova E, Pankova A. (2017). Impact of online education on nurses’ delivery of smoking cessation interventions in Czech Republic and Poland. Worldviews of Evidence-based Nursing. doi: 10.1111/wvn.1219.

Bialous SA & Sarna L (2017). Lung cancer and tobacco: What is new? Nursing Clinics of North America. 52:53-63.

Petersen AB, Sarna L, Rezk-Hanna M, Wells M, Nohavova I & Bialous, S. (2017) “Everyone Needs a Breath of Fresh Air”: Workplace Impact on Nurses’ Smoking Behaviors. Cancer Nursing: February 27, 2019 - Volume Publish Ahead of Print - Issue - p doi: 10.1097/NCC.0000000000000696

Králíková E, Felbrová V, Kulovaná S, Malá K, Nohavová I, Roubíčková E, Pánková A, Bialous SA, Wells MJ, Brook J, Sarna L. (2016) Nurses' Attitudes toward Intervening with Smokers: Their Knowledge, Opinion and E-Learning Impact. Central European Journal of Public Health. 2016 Dec;24(4):272-275. doi: 10.21101/cejph.a4652.

Sarna L & Bialous SA (2016). Implementation of tobacco control programs in oncology settings. Seminars in Oncology Nursing. 32(3):187-96.

Land SR, Warren GW, Moinpour JS, Ostroff JS, Crafts J, Folz JL gulley E, Szabo E, Chollette V, Brandon TH, Duffy S, Hatsukami DK, Dresler ER, Gritz ER, Schnoll R, Sarna L, Rigotti N, Buckner JC, Mitchell SA, & Toll B. (2016). Tobacco Use in Cancer Clinical Trials: Research Priorities, Recommended Measures, and Assessment Protocol. Clinical Cancer Research [epub-ahead of print].

Sarna L, Bialous SA, Zou,XN, Wang W, Hong JF, Chan SS, Wells M, & Brook J. (2016). Helping Smokers Quit: Behaviors and Attitudes of Chinese Registered Nurses. Journal of Advanced Nursing. Sep 28. doi: 10.1111/jan.12811. [Epub ahead of print].

Heath J, Hollen J, Bialous, SA, Coyne B, Sarna L. (2015). Few U.S. Schools of Nursing on campuses with smoke-free policies: A call for action. Nursing Outlook. [epub ahead of print].

Sarna L, Bialous SA, Zou XN, Wang W, Hong JF, Wells M, & Brook J. (2015). Evaluation of a web-based educational program on changes in frequency of nurses’ interventions to help smokers quit and reduce secondhand smoke exposure in China. Journal of Advanced Nursing. Oct 1. doi: 10.1111/jan.12816. [Epub ahead of print].

Sarna LP, Bialous SA, Kraliková E, Kmetova A, Felbrová V, Kulovaná S, Malá K, Roubicková E, Wells MJ, Brook JK (2015). Tobacco cessation practices and attitudes among nurses in the Czech Republic. Cancer Nursing. 38(6):E22. doi: 10.1097/NCC.0000000000022200. PubMed PMID: 25730594.

*Molassiotis A, Uyterlinde W, Hollen PJ, Sarna L, Palmer P, Krishnasamy M. (2015). Supportive care in lung cancer: milestones over the past 40 years. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 10(1):10-18. doi: 10.1097/JTO.0000000000000407. PubMed PMID: 25325780.

Sarna LP, Bialous SA, Kraliková E, Kmetova A, Felbrová V, Kulovaná S, Malá K, Roubicková E, Wells MJ, Brook JK (2014). Impact of a smoking cessation educational program on nurses’ interventions. Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 46(5):314-321. doi: 10.1111/jnu.12086. PubMed PMID: 24758571.

Sarna L, Bialous SA, Nandy, K, Antonio AL & Yang Q. Q. (2014).  Changes in Smoking Prevalences Among Healthcare Professionals from 2003 to 2010-2011. JAMA. 311 (2):197-199. doi: 10.1001/jama.2013.284871. PubMed PMID: 24399560.

Sarna L, Bialous SA, Ong MK, Wells M & Kotlerman J (2012). Increasing nursing referral to telephone quitlines for smoking cessation using a web-based program. Nursing Research. 61(6):433-440. doi: 10.1097/NNR.0b013e3182707237. PubMed PMID: 23073265.

Sarna L &  Bialous  SA  (2012).  A review of images of nurses  and  smoking  on  the  Worldwide  Web. Nursing Outlook. 60(5 Suppl):S36-46. doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2012.06.007. PubMed PMID: 23036793.

Sarna L, Bialous SA, Nandy K, Yang Q. (2012). Are quit attempts among U.S. female nurses who smoke different from female smokers in the general population? An analysis of the 2006/2007 Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey. BMC Women’s Health. 12:4 doi: 10.1186/1472-6874-12-4. PubMed PMID: 22429917.

Sarna, L, Bialous, SA, Chan SS, Hollen P, & O’Connell KA (2012).  Making a difference:  Nursing scholarship and leadership in tobacco control. Nursing Outlook. 61(1): 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2012.05.007. PubMed PMID: 22819635.

Sarna L, Bialous S, Ong M, Wells M, Kotlerman J. (2012). Nurses' treatment of tobacco dependence in hospitalized smokers in three states. Research in Nursing & Health, 35, 250-64.

Sarna L, Bialous SA, Nandy K, Yang Q. (2012). Are quit attempts among U.S. female nurses who smoke different from female smokers in the general population? An analysis of the 2006/2007 tobacco use supplement to the current population survey. BMC Women’s Health, 12:4.

Sarna L, Cooley ME, Brown JK, Chernecky C, Padilla G, Danao L, Chakravarty D, & Elashoff D. (2010). Women with lung cancer: quality of life after thoracotomy: a 6-month prospective study. Cancer Nursing, 33(2), 85-92. PMID: 20142740.

Sarna L, Bialous SA, Sinha K, Yang Q, & Wewers ME. (2010). Are health care providers still smoking? Data from the 2003 and 2006/2007 Tobacco Use Supplement-Current Population Surveys. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 12(11), 1167-1171. PMID: 20937670.

Sarna L. (2009). Research unfiltered: social, political, and historical context of a program of research. Oncology Nursing Forum. 36(5):E247-56. PMID: 19726384.

Sarna L, Cooley ME, Brown JK, Chernecky C, Padilla G, Danao L, & Elashoff D (2010). Women with lung cancer: quality of life after thoracotomy. Cancer Nursing. 33:85-92.

Sarna L, Bialous SA, Wells M, Kotlerman J, Wewers ME, & Froelicher ES. (2009). Frequency of nurses' smoking cessation interventions: report from a national survey. Journal of Clinical Nursing.18(14):2066-77. PMID: 19638062.

Sarna L, Bialous SA, Rice VH, & Wewers ME. (2009). Promoting tobacco dependence treatment in nursing education. Drug and Alcohol Review. 28(5):507-16. PMID: 19737209.

Sarna L, Bialous S, Wewers ME, Froelicher ES, Wells MJ, Kotlerman J, & Elashoff D. (2009). Nurses trying to quit smoking using the Internet. Nursing Outlook. 57(5):246-56. PMID: 19789002.

Sarna L, Aguinaga Bialous S, Wells MJ, Kotlerman J, Froelicher ES, & Wewers ME. (2009). Do you need to smoke to get a break?: smoking status and missed work breaks among staff nurses. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 37(2 Suppl):S165-71. PMID: 19591757.

Sarna L & Bialous SA (2009). Advancing Nursing Science in Tobacco Control. Annual Review of Nursing Research. Volume Editor, Springer Publishing, New York.

Movsas B, Moughan J, Sarna L, Langer C, Werner-Wasik M, Nicolaou N, Komaki R, Machtay M, Wasserman T,& Bruner DW. (2009). Quality of life supersedes the classic prognosticators for long-term survival in locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: an analysis of RTOG 9801. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 1;27(34):5816-22. PMID: 19858383.

Cooley ME, Sarna L, Kotlerman J, Lukanich JM, Jaklitsch M, Green SB, & Bueno R. (2009).Smoking cessation is challenging even for patients recovering from lung cancer surgery with curative intent. Lung Cancer. 66(2):218-25. PMID: 19321223.

Bialous SA, Sarna L, Wells M, Elashoff D, Wewers ME, & Froelicher ES. (2009). Characteristics of nurses who used the Internet-based nurses QuitNet® for smoking cessation. Public Health Nursing. 26(4):329-38. PMID: 19573211.

Chan SS, Sarna L, Danao LL. (2008). Are nurses prepared to curb the tobacco epidemic in China? A questionnaire survey of schools of nursing. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 45(5):706-13. PMID: 17336307.

Sarna L, Bialous SA, Cooley ME, Jun HJ, & Feskanich D. (2008). Impact of smoking and smoking cessation on health-related quality of life in women in the Nurses' Health Study. Quality of Life Research;17(10):1217-27. PMID: 18931942.

Sarna L, Bialous SA, Jun HJ, Wewers ME, Cooley ME, & Feskanich D. (2008). Smoking trends in the Nurses' Health Study (1976-2003). Nursing Research. 57(6):374-82. PMID: 19018212.

Sarna L, Swann S, Langer C, Werner-Wasik M, Nicolaou N, Komaki R, Machtay M, Byhardt R, Wasserman T, & Movsas B. (2008) Clinically meaningful differences in patient-reported outcomes with amifostine in combination with chemoradiation for locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: an analysis of RTOG 9801. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, and Physics. 1;72(5):1378-84. PMID: 18501528.

Sarna L, Cooley ME, Brown JK, Chernecky C, Elashoff D, & Kotlerman J (2008). Symptom severity 1 to 4 months after thoracotomy for lung cancer. American Journal of Critical Care.17(5):455-67; quiz 468. PMID: 18776002.

Cooley ME, Sarna L, Brown JK, Williams RD, Chernecky C, & Padilla G, Danao LL, Elashoff D. (2007). Tobacco use in women with lung cancer. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 33(3):242-50. PMID: 17600451.

Chan SS, Sarna L, Wong DC, & Lam TH. (2007). Nurses' tobacco-related knowledge, attitudes, and practice in four major cities in China. Journal of Nursing Scholarship.39(1):46-53. PMID: 17393965.

Sarna L, Bialous SA. (2006). Strategic directions for nursing research in tobacco dependence. Nursing Research. 55 (Suppl 4):S1-9. PMID: 16829770.

Sarna, L, Bialous, S, Barbeau, E, & McLellan, D. (2006). Strategies to implement tobacco control policy and advocacy initiatives. Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America. 18(1):113-22, xiii. PMID: 16546014.

Sarna L, Cooley ME, Brown JK, Williams RD, Chernecky, C, Padilla G, & Danao LL. (2006) Quality of life and health status of dyads of women with lung cancer and family members. Oncology Nursing Forum, 33(6): 1109-16. PMID: 17149394.

Sarna L, Danao LL, Chan SS, Shin SR, Baldago LA, Endo E, Minegishi H, & Wewers ME. (2006). Tobacco control curricula content in baccalaureate nursing programs in four Asian nations. Nursing Outlook. 54(6):334-44. PMID: 17142152.

Movsas B, Scott C, Langer C, Werner-Wasik M, Nicolaou N, Komaki R, Machtay M, Smith C, Axelrod R, Sarna L, Wasserman T, & Byhardt R. (2005). Randomized trial of amifostine in locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer patients receiving chemotherapy and hyperfractionated radiation: radiation therapy oncology group trial 98-01. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 1;23(10):2145-54. PMID: 15800308.

Gritz, E.R., Dresler, C. & Sarna, L (2005) Smoking, the missing drug interaction in clinical trials: Ignoring the Obvious. Cancer Epidemiology & Biomarkers and Prevention. 14(10):2287-93. PMID: 16214906.

Sarna L, Bialous SA, Wewers ME, Froelicher ES, & Danao L (2005). Nurses, smoking, and the workplace. Research in Nursing & Health. 28(1), 79-90. PMID: 15625705.

Sarna L, & Bialous S (2005) Tobacco control in the 21st century: a critical issue for the nursing profession. Research and Theory for Nursing Practice. 19(1):15-24. PMID: 15989165.

Sarna L, Brown JK, Cooley ME, Williams RD, Chernecky C, Padilla G, & Danao LL. (2005). Quality of life and meaning of illness of women with lung cancer. Oncology Nursing Forum. 19;32(1):E9-19. PMID: 15660139.

Sarna, L, Evangelista L, Tashkin D, Padilla G, Holmes M, & Grannis, F. (2004) Respiratory symptoms and quality of life of lung cancer survivors. Chest, 125: 439-445.

Wewers ME, Kidd K, Armbruster D, & Sarna L (2004). Tobacco dependence curricula in U.S. baccalaureate and graduate nursing education. Nursing Outlook. 52(2):95-101. PMID: 15073590.

Sarna L, Bialous SA. (2004). Tobacco control policies of oncology nursing organizations. Seminars in Oncology Nursing. 20(2):101-10, table of contents. PMID: 15253593.

Evangelista L, Sarna L, Padilla G, & Brecht L. (2003) Health behaviors of lung cancer survivors. Heart & Lung. 32: 131-9.

Maliski S, Sarna L, Evangelista L, & Padilla G (2003) The aftermath of lung cancer. Cancer Nursing.

Sarna L, Evangelista L, Tashkin D, Padilla G, Holmes C, Brecht ML, & Grannis F. (2003). Impact of respiratory symptoms and pulmonary function on quality of life of long-term survivors of non-small cell lung cancer. Chest.125(2):439-45. PMID: 14769722.

Sarna L, Bialous SA, Hutchinson KM, Williams BS, Froelicher ES, & Wewers ME. (2003). Views of African-American nurses about tobacco cessation and prevention. Journal of the National Black Nurses Association. 14(2):1-8.PMID: 15011938.

Sarna, L, Padilla G, Holmes C, & Tashkin, D. (2002) Quality of life of disease-free survivors of non-small cell lung cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 13: 290-2929.

Sarna L, Wewers ML, Brown J, Lillington L, & Brecht, ML (2001). Barriers to tobacco control interventions. Nursing Outlook. 49: 166-172.

Sarna L, Brown J, Lillington L, Rose ME, & Brecht, ML (2000) Attitudes and Advocacy and Tobacco Control: Views of Oncology Nurses. Oncology Nursing Forum. 27:1519-28.

Sarna L, Brown J, Lillington L, Rose ME, & Brecht, ML (2000) Tobacco Interventions by Oncology Nurses in Clinical Practice: report from a National Survey. Cancer: 89: 881-889.