Nancy Lau, PhD
I am a clinical psychologist and researcher currently funded as a K12 Implementation Science Scholar (Career Development Award: 5K12 HL137940-02). My research focuses on pediatric psychology, intervention science, and leveraging mHealth technologies to disseminate and implement evidence-based psychosocial interventions for Adolescents and Young Adults (AYAs) with cancer and other serious medical conditions. mHealth interventions confer the advantages of instant availability, anonymity, self-pacing, the ability to reach patients in remote areas and those traditionally underserved, and cost-effectiveness due to reduced personnel and infrastructure requirements. Current and future research investigations aim to help improve patient and family coping skills, psychosocial well-being, and quality of life by increasing access to evidence-based care.
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
Recent Publications
(2023 Sep)
J Child Fam Stud 32(9): 2889-2900
Lau N, Zhou AM, Yuan A, Parigoris R, Rosenberg AR, Weisz JR
(2023 Oct)
Pediatr Blood Cancer 70(10): e30554
Barton KS, Steineck A, Walsh CA, Lau N, O'Donnell MB, Rosenberg AR
(2023 Aug)
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 188(): 104045
Murphy KM, Siembida E, Lau N, Berkman A, Roth M, Salsman JM
(2022 Sep 20)
JMIR Ment Health 9(9): e40924
O'Daffer A, Colt SF, Wasil AR, Lau N
(2022 Nov)
Pediatr Blood Cancer 69(11): e29938
Steineck A, Lau N, Fladeboe KM, Walsh CA, Rosenberg AR, Yi-Frazier JP, Barton KS
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