Dr. Skirvin has been involved in research projects surrounding
supportive care of the cancer patient. He has completed
research in the areas of pain management, mucositis management,
neutropenic fever and colony stimulating factors, and anemia in
cancer patients to list a few.
Dr. Skirvin is also interested in the area of the elderly who
have cancer and how to approach their care. Dr. Skirvin is
also interested in the research of education and the skills and
long term application of knowledge students learn in both
traditional didactic coursework as well as experiential
coursework.