Norah Lynn Henry, MD, PhD
Daniel F Hayes M.D. Breast Cancer Research Professor
Professor of Internal Medicine
Associate Division Chief for Clinical Research and Assistant Director for Training, Education and Career Development (TECD) in Cancer Center

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Norah Lynn Henry, MD, PhD
Professor
  • About
  • Qualifications
  • Center Memberships
  • Recent Publications
  • About

    N. Lynn Henry, MD, PhD is a Professor of Internal Medicine and Interim Division Chief of the Division of Hematology/Oncology. She was formerly section head for breast oncology in the Division of Hematology/Oncology, associate director of Training, Research, and Education for the Rogel Cancer Center, and Co-Director of the Michigan Breast Oncology Quality Consortium. She is also Co-Chair of the Symptom Management and Quality of Life Committee for the SWOG National Cancer Treatment Network research base. She completed her undergraduate training at Louisiana State University, her doctoral degree in structural biology at Stanford University School of Medicine, and her medical degree at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, MO. She then completed her internal medicine residency training at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA, followed by hematology/oncology fellowship at the University of Michigan. Dr. Henry cares for patients with all types and stages of breast cancer. Her research is focused on toxicity of therapy for patients with breast cancer, including understanding the mechanisms of development of side effects, identifying which patients are likely to tolerate treatment, and examining interventions to manage toxicity. She has received grant funding from the National Cancer Institute, the American Cancer Society, the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, the V Foundation, the Hope Foundation for Cancer Research, and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

    Qualifications
    • Hematology/Oncology Fellowship
      University of Michigan, United States, 2007
    • Internal Medicine Residency
      Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 2004
    • MD
      Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid, 2001
    • PhD
      Stanford University School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, 1996
    Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Taubman Institute
    • Center Member
      Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
    • Center Member
      Precision Health Initiative
    • Center Member
      Rogel Cancer Center
    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Journal Article
      Active symptom monitoring for premenopausal women with breast cancer initiating adjuvant endocrine therapy: Protocol for the SWOG S2010 randomized controlled efficacy trial.
      Henry NL, Unger JM, Vaidya R, Darke AK, Skaar TC, Fisch MJ, Hershman DL. Contemp Clin Trials, 2024 Oct 10; 147: 107712 DOI:10.1016/j.cct.2024.107712
      PMID: 39395534
    • Journal Article
      Neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation and patient-reported outcomes in symptom management trials for women with breast cancer.
      Vaidya R, Till C, Henry NL, Fisch MJ, Hershman DL, Unger JM. Breast Cancer Res Treat, 2024 Nov 19; DOI:10.1007/s10549-024-07523-3
      PMID: 39560823
    • Presentation
      Control de síntomas y calidad de vida (Symptom Control and Quality of Life). Presented at Investigación de innovación en Cáncer: Un curso sobre investigación clínica y traslacional
      Henry L. 2024 Nov 14;
    • Presentation
      Financiamiento para la investigación y elaboración de solicitudes de subvenciones (Research Funding and Grant Writing: What To Do When Your Grant Is Rejected). Presented at Investigación de innovación en Cáncer: Un curso sobre investigación clínica y traslacional
      Henry L. 2024 Nov 14;
    • Journal Article
      Capturing Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy Dose Among Breast Cancer Patients With the Utah All-Payer Claims Database Compared With Gold-Standard Abstraction.
      Koric A, Chang C-PE, Lloyd S, Dodson M, Deshmukh VG, Newman MG, Date AP, Doherty JA, Gren LH, Porucznik CA, Haaland BA, Henry NL, Hashibe M. Cancer Med, 2024 Nov; 13 (22): e70411 DOI:10.1002/cam4.70411
      PMID: 39548728
    • Journal Article
      Overall side effect assessment of oxaliplatin toxicity in rectal cancer patients in NRG oncology/NSABP R04.
      Peipert JD, Roydhouse J, Tighiouart M, Henry NL, Kim S, Hays RD, Rogatko A, Yothers G, Ganz PA. Qual Life Res, 2024 Nov; 33 (11): 3069 - 3079. DOI:10.1007/s11136-024-03746-5
      PMID: 39080091
    • Presentation
      AIMing to Improve Quality of Life in Aromatase Inhibitor-Treated Patients
      Henry L. 2024 Oct 27;
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      Characterizing access for oral oncolytics used to treat breast cancer at an academic medical center.
      Kraft S, Cheung A, Westover M, Widmer G, Pichla N, Venera H, Kidwell KM, Henry NL. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2024 Oct; 20 (10_suppl): 116 - 116. DOI:10.1200/op.2024.20.10_suppl.116