Jennifer Kuo, PhD
I work at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in the outpatient clinic. I primarily practice from an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) perspective. The cancer experience can be emotional. I find deep purpose in supporting patients to improve their quality of life and coping strategies as they face one of life’s most challenging experiences. I like to work with patients on identifying their values and then guide them towards action even when experiencing treatment challenges or uncertainty about the future. My research interests are in stress and health, particularly in the relation of cancer-related PTSD symptoms and pain on health outcomes among cancer survivors. I also have training in telepsychology, rural mental health, substance use, and mental health integration in primary care clinics through a HRSA funded grant in graduate school and internship training at a federally qualified health center (FQHC). On fellowship, I provided inpatient consultation liaison psychotherapy. My hobbies include running, swimming, yoga, and baking.
Education
Psycho-Oncology Fellowship, City of Hope National Medical Center, 2025
PhD, Clinical Psychology, University of South Dakota, 2024
Internship, University of Kansas Medical Center, 2023
Recent Publications
(2025)
PLoS One 20(8): e0328215
Foster MW, Sanhueza C, Bahr E, Kuo JL, Wu Y, Komolafe DO, Blanchette V, Brinza T, Morgan-Daniel J, Oshodi Y, Sodimu KA, Omuku N, Akisanya E, Trinder L, Willmoth S, Simpson N, White N, Shaw TA, Moyse Fenning H, Runefelt A, Kolnik M, Pokorn M, Fietje N, Sajnani N
(2025)
Front Public Health 13(): 1562990
Rodriguez AK, Kuo JL, Sanhueza C, Davidson Carroll G, Pyche C, Morgan-Daniel J, Hack G, Sonke J
(2015 Oct)
Curr Psychiatry Rep 17(10): 78
Derry HM, Padin AC, Kuo JL, Hughes S, Kiecolt-Glaser JK
(2014 Mar 27)
Sci Rep 4(): 4486
Alam MS, Kuo JL, Ernst PB, Derr-Castillo V, Pereira M, Gaines D, Costales M, Bigley E, Williams K
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