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Nancy L. Howe, PhD(c), MS, CES (she/her/hers)

Doctoral candidate
Arizona State University
Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Nancy Litterman Howe PhD(c), MS, CES attends Arizona State University's Edson College of Nursing and Healthcare Innovation. She is a 25-year survivor of a golfball-sized squamous cell carcinoma in her throat, diagnosed in 1997 at 42, despite being a daily exerciser and eating a healthful diet. Her recovery was far stronger than expected, and she contends she benefited as a daily exerciser before, during, and after treatment. Shortly after her diagnosis, Howe left her corporate career, earned her masters at Arizona State University in 2005, and joined the staff of University of Arizona cancer researchers. In 2013, she received her cancer exercise specialist credential at Univ of Northern Colorado and in 2014 she began providing exercise counseling to breast cancer survivors from Mayo Clinic Arizona. From her experiences with survivors, she recognized that she wanted to support survivors who required rehabilitation before they could participate in exercise. In 2017, Howe entered the PhD program at ASU’s Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation. Her dissertation is titled, “Evaluation of a Patient Decision Aid for Cancer Survivors Seeking Information about Exercise Options.”

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