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Mei Bai

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Mei Bai, PhD

Assistant Professor

College of Nursing & Health Sciences / Adult

Contact

508-910-6408

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Education

Yale UniversityPhD
Peking Union Medical College (PUMC)Master
Peking Union Medical College (PUMC)Bachelor

Teaching

Courses

Introduction to the discipline of professional nursing. Learners will examine individual values and beliefs in relation to foundational concepts, including the nursing process, and behaviors that define the discipline. The purpose of course is to build a foundation of self as nurse. The emphasis is placed on socializing the learner as an active, developing professional within the legal and ethical context and dimensions of the discipline. Learners will explore the relationship to self, individuals, families and communities utilizing the art of nursing presence and therapeutic communication. The AACN Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice were used to build this course.

Research

Research activities

  • Self-affirmation intervention for people newly diagnosed with advanced cancer: a preliminary efficacy trial (funded by the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and College of Nursing). Role: Principal investigator
  • The evolution, trends and patterns of inpatient palliative care consultation service at Yale-New Haven Hospital over years 2007-2012 (supported by the palliative care postdoctoral fellowship from the Yale Cancer Center). Role: Palliative Care Research Scholar
  • Spiritual well-being in people with cancer (parent study funded by NIH, NINR, 5R01NR011872-02, PI McCorkle). Role: Principal investigator
  • Perceptions of nursing roles in the perspectives of clients, nurses and doctors –an ethnographic study. (funded by the Fudan University School of Nursing, China). Role: Principal investigator
  • Knowledge, competencies and attitudes required of differentiated academic levels of nurses in China - a revised Delphi study (parent study funded by the Ministry of Health in China, PI Shen). Role: Graduate student

Research

Research interests

  • Palliative care
  • End of life care
  • Advanced cancer
  • Quality of life
  • Psychometrics

Select publications

  • Bai, M., Cella, D., Jeon, S., Govindarajan, R., & Birrer, M. J. (2025).
    An alternative perspective on the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy--Spiritual Well-being 12 item Scale (FACIT-Sp-12) in people newly diagnosed with advanced cancer.
    Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 1-18.
  • Bai, M., Cella, D., Jeon, S., Govindarajan, R., & Birrer, M. J. (2025).
    Self-affirmation intervention for patients newly diagnosed with advanced cancer: a preliminary efficacy trial.
    Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 43, 593-615.
  • Bai, M., & Harris, M. (2025).
    Psychological Adaptation to Newly Diagnosed Advanced Cancer: Implications for Older Adults.
    Advances in Family Practice Nursing, 7, 37-48.
  • Bai, M. (2022).
    Psychological response to the diagnosis of advanced cancer: a systematic review.
    Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 56, 125-136.
  • Bai, M. (2021).
    A critique of expressive writing experiment in the cancer population: focus on construct validity.
    Current Psychology, 40, 1310-1322.

Mei Bai, PhD, is a dedicated researcher in palliative care and end of life care. Her research interest has been centered on patients newly diagnosed with advanced cancer. The pilot study completed at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute using single-arm time series design tested the preliminary efficacy of a brief home-based writing intervention with a focus on self affirmation. Her next step is to explore the quality of life and survival outcomes of patients newly diagnosed with glioblastoma, one type of primary brain cancer with poorest prognosis.

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