
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
Centers/Programs
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 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
(2022 Jun)
J Pain Symptom Manage 63(6): e657-e659
McDermott CL, Coats H, Bernacki GM, Blakeney EA, Brown CE, Lau N, Lee RY, Modes ME, Steineck A, Steiner JM, Taylor MR, Kross EK
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