Assistant Adjunct Professor, UCSF School of Nursing, USA

Mary Lovely earned her PhD at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Nursing focusing on symptom management and brain tumor patient care.  During her Post Doctoral Fellowship she studied the effects of fatigue on brain tumor patients.

Dr. Lovely developed a program of research around long-term effects experienced by patients and families with brain tumors.  She has numerous presentations and publications as Assistant Adjunct Professor in the UCSF School of Nursing.

Dr. Lovely has held positions with the American Brain Tumor Association and the National Brain Tumor Society.  In these roles, she communicated with patients and families about clinical issues throughout the United States, and developed conferences for patients and healthcare professionals.

Dr. Lovely co-facilitates an active brain tumor support group in San Francisco, and reviews prospective articles for many journals.  She presently consults for patients and families dealing with cognitive issues following cancer.

She is First Author for Clinical Nursing Practice Guidelines for Adult Brain Tumor Patients through the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses.