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Marilyn J. Hockenberry
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Marilyn J. Hockenberry, PhD, RN, PNP-BC, FAAN

Consulting Professor

  • Brief Bio

    Dr. Marilyn Hockenberry, PhD, RN-CS, PNP-BC, FAAN, is Consulting Professor at the Duke University School of Nursing and Professor of Pediatrics in the Hematology/Oncology Division at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Hockenberry, a distinguished leader in pediatric oncology and evidence-based practices and outcomes, is actively involved in the School’s cancer-related research initiatives and currently teaches online in the DNP program.

    Dr. Hockenberry has worked in the Texas Children’s Cancer Center at Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH) since 1994. She served as director of the Center for Research and Evidence-based Practice from 2001 to 2009 and director of the Evidence-based Outcomes Center from 2005 to 2009 at TCH. She continues to serve as the nurse scientist for the hospital and director of the pediatric nurse practitioner program in the Texas Children’s Cancer Center, a role she has held since 1994. Earlier in her career, she practiced as a hematology/oncology nurse practitioner at Duke University Medical Center and was a clinical associate in the School of Nursing.

    She received her BSN from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, the Master of Science degree from Texas Woman’s University in Houston, Texas and her Pediatric Nurse Practitioner certification through Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia. She earned a PhD in nursing with distinction from the Medical College of Georgia. Her research focuses on treatment-related side effects experienced by children who have cancer. She has authored more than 75 publications, and has served for the past 10 years as senior editor for the Wong Pediatric Nursing Textbooks published by Elsevier. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. She was appointed as a member of the Appointed member of the Children’s Oncology Group Scientific Council in February 2011. This fall, she received the 2011 Distinguished Nurse Researcher Award and the 2011 Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing Writing Award at the 35th national conference of the Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses.

    Academic Program Affiliations

    Doctor of Nursing Practice Program

    Education

    PhDMedical College of Georgia
    MSTexas Woman’s University
    BSNCapital University

    Professional Certifications

    PNP-BCPediatric Nurse Practitioner, Board Certified