Liz Arthur is an oncology advanced practice nurse and health behavior scientist who is passionate about improving quality of life and access to care for survivors. She has joint appointment in the College of Nursing and The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute. Arthur’s research specializes in cancer survivorship and supportive care in oncology and has three overlapping areas of focus.
Arthur earned her baccalaureate degree in psychology and zoology from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1997 and a master’s degree in physiology from Wright State University in 2000. She then applied her passion for health sciences to nursing, receiving her master’s in 2003. She was awarded Outstanding Graduate Student Awards from both the Sigma Theta Tau, Epsilon Chapter and the College of Nursing Adult Health Nurse Practitioner Program. Since then, Arthur has practiced in oncology as an advanced practice nurse at Ohio State Comprehensive Cancer Center – James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute in palliative care, acute care medical oncology, advanced practice quality and patient safety, and now provides survivorship care in the James Supportive Care Clinic. She obtained specialty Advanced Oncology Nurse Practitioner certification in 2008 through Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation.
In 2011 she was awarded the Nursing Clinical Excellence Award by James Nursing. In 2018 Arthur obtained her PhD in Nursing. Arthur has served as Associate Editor for the Oncology Nursing Forum journal, Midwest Nursing Research Society Emerging Scholars Network Executive Board, Scientific Network on Female Sexual Health and Cancer newsletter committee, and facilitates the junior faculty peer mentoring group of the Society for Behavioral Medicine Cancer group. She also leads, with two colleagues from Dana Farber and MD Anderson, the nationwide Oncology Nurse Scientist Collaborative. Arthur received the Trainee Research Award from the Scientific Network on Female Sexual Health and Cancer (2017), Distinguished Abstract Award from the Midwest Nursing Research Society (2018), and the Junior Faculty Abstract Award from the Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer Survivorship group (2019). Arthur has presented her work nationally and internationally and has numerous peer-reviewed publications.
Education
B.A. Pre-professional Zoology and Psychology – Ohio Wesleyan University
M.S. Physiology (Neuroscience) – Wright State University
M.S. Nursing – The Ohio State University
Ph.D. Nursing – The Ohio State University
Professional Licensure and Certification
Ohio Registered Nurse License, RN-302887
ANNC Adult Nurse Practitioner Certification
Ohio Nurse Practitioner License, NP-07443
ONCC Advanced Oncology Certified Nurse Practitioner
Elizabeth Arthur College of Nursing Faculty Profile
Elizabeth Arthur James Comprehensive Cancer Center Faculty Profile