Nancy Lau, PhD
I am a clinical psychologist and researcher. My research focuses on pediatric psychology, intervention science, and leveraging digital technologies to disseminate and implement evidence-based psychosocial interventions for children, teens, and young adults with serious medical conditions and co-occurring anxiety, stress, and depression. Digital mental health care initiatives have the potential to scale-up interventions and overcome structural barriers and unequal access to psychosocial care. Current and future research investigations aim to help improve patient and family coping skills, psychosocial well-being, and quality of life by developing and implementing evidence-based mental health interventions.
Education
BA, University of California, Berkeley
MA, Harvard University
PhD, Harvard University
Department Affiliations
Other Affiliations
Seattle Children’s Research Institute (SCRI)
Center for Clinical and Translational Research (CCTR)
Palliative Care and Resilience Research Lab (PCAR)
Scholarly Expertise
- Adolescent/young adult
- Anxiety disorders
- Child and adolescent psychiatry/psychology
- Depression
- Evidence-based practice
- Implementation science
- Palliative care
- Psychosocial outcomes
- Psychotherapies
- Mobile health
- Digital health
- Psycho-oncology
- Child and adolescent psychology
Clinical Expertise
Recent Publications
(2024 Jul 31)
BMC Palliat Care 23(1): 193
Lau N, Steineck A, Walsh C, Fladeboe KM, Yi-Frazier JP, Rosenberg AR, Barton K
(2024 Jul 30)
JMIR Res Protoc 13(): e57950
Lau N, Palermo TM, Zhou C, Badillo I, Hong S, Aalfs H, Yi-Frazier JP, McCauley E, Chow EJ, Weiner BJ, Ben-Zeev D, Rosenberg AR
(2024 Jul 1)
J Pediatr Psychol
Lau N, Srinakarin K, Aalfs H, Zhao X, Palermo TM
(2024 May 7)
JMIR Cancer 10(): e52061
Lau N, Zhao X, O'Daffer A, Weissman H, Barton K
(2024 Apr)
J Soc Pers Relat 41(4): 689-705
Lau N, Ramos KJ, Aitken ML, Goss CH, Barton KS, Kross EK, Engelberg RA
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