Joosun Shin receives early career award from the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer

UCLA Joe C. Wen School of Nursing Assistant Professor Joosun Shin, PhD, RN, AGACNP, is being recognized by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) for her work improving outcomes of patients impacted by the disease. 

Dr. Shin has been selected to receive the Early Career Education Award for Nurses, designed to provide researchers with access to educational sessions, networking, and professional development opportunities with colleagues from around the world. The award is given to individuals who are in the first three years of their faculty appointment and have shown significant promise in their research activity. Dr. Shin joined the faculty at UCLA Nursing in 2025. 

Her research focuses on improving patient outcomes in lung cancer, with an emphasis on dyspnea (shortness of breath), which is one of the most common, debilitating, and poorly understood symptoms following cancer treatment. Despite its profound impact on recovery, quality of life, and long-term survivorship, dyspnea is difficult to predict and is not adequately captured by current clinical risk models. Her goal is to develop predictive models that identify high-risk patients before curative-intent therapy to guide targeted interventions during recovery. 

“Despite its impact on recovery, quality of life, and survivorship, dyspnea remains difficult to predict,” said Dr. Shin. “I am incredibly grateful to IASLC for its support of my research, and I look forward to contributing to the organization’s community as a nurse scientist and advocate for patient-centered research.”  

Dr. Shin will formally receive the award at the IASLC 2026 World Conference on Lung Cancer, taking place this September in Seoul, Republic of Korea.