Audrey E. Snyder
Audrey Snyder, PhD, RN, ACNP-CS, FAANP, CMT, earned her doctoral degree in Nursing at the University of Virginia in 2007. She is currently a Robert's Scholar at UVA School of Nursing. She teaches in both the undergraduate and graduate nursing programs. Her nursing background expands critical care, emergency and flight nursing. Dr. Snyder brings over 25 years of nursing experience in the acute care environment and 13 years as a massage therapist to her research role. Dr. Snyder's current research interest lie in the use of complementary therapies, especially massage, as a supportive care therapy in patients with hematological cancers with the goal of reducing disease-and treatment-related symptoms and improving the health related quality of life for patients and their caregivers while undergoing chemotherapy. She is interested in massage as a touch therapy in the acute care environment.
She is also the Nurse Advisor for the University of Virginia Health System's Community Outreach Program, coordinating the nursing care for the Medical Clinic at the largest mobile health clinic-Remote Area Medical (RAM) each summer. In 2009, Massage Therapy was offered for the first time to patients at this rural health clinic.