Area of research
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health · Oncology
Research interest
Research interests include Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Cancer survivorship and care, Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health, and Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders.
"Finding meaning in life after a cancer diagnosis": A mixed methods study with Latinos with advanced cancer.
Refinement of a meaning-centered counseling program for Chinese patients with advanced cancer: integrating cultural adaptation and implementation science approaches.
Adaptation of meaning-centered psychotherapy for healthcare providers to buffer work-induced distress and improve wellbeing.
A pragmatic randomized controlled pilot trial of brief meaning-centered psychotherapy in home care.
The adaptation of meaning centered psychotherapy to develop RELOAD-C: a web-based tool to reduce loneliness in caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
A pragmatic randomized controlled trial of nurse-delivered brief Meaning Centered Psychotherapy at Home (MCP-H) for individuals with advanced cancer: Study protocol.
The 4<sup>th</sup> and 5<sup>th</sup> Annual U.S. World Hospice and Palliative Care Day conferences: Unifying the global palliative care community.
Adaptation of meaning-centered psychotherapy for healthcare providers to buffer work-induced distress and improve wellbeing
Existential suffering as an indication for palliative sedation: Identifying and addressing challenges.
Drugs, delirium, and ethics at the end of life.
Developing the Meaning-Centered Program for Chinese Americans with Advanced Cancer: Applying Cultural Adaptation Frameworks.
Meaning-centered psychotherapy training program for cancer care clinicians: Efficacy and impact of the first 5 years.
Addressing Challenges With Sedation in End-of-Life Care.
Does enhanced meaning after meaning-centered group psychotherapy mediate a reduction in depressive symptoms in cancer survivors? A mediation analysis in the context of a randomized controlled trial.
Reply to: Frailty and ethics at the end of life: The importance of a comprehensive assessment.
COVID-19 pandemic-related emotional, social, and medical concerns of Latino patients with cancer: perspectives of mental health providers.
NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Distress Management, Version 2.2023.
Meaning-centered pain coping skills training for patients with metastatic cancer: Results of a randomized controlled pilot trial.
Family functioning and psychosocial symptoms among Latinx patients coping with advanced cancer.
Meaning-centered pain coping skills training for patients with metastatic cancer: Protocol for a randomized controlled efficacy trial.
FIPOL: An initiative to support research collaborations, resource development, scientific communication, and educational opportunities in psychosocial oncology for Latin America.
Measuring hopelessness in advanced cancer: a secondary analysis of the Hopelessness Assessment in Illness questionnaire (HAI).
The Third Annual US Celebration of World Hospice and Palliative Care Day: A virtual coming together to unify the global palliative care community.
Cancer‐related inflammation and depressive symptoms: Systematic review and meta‐analysis
Cancer-related inflammation and depressive symptoms: Systematic review and meta-analysis.
Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Cancer Caregivers: A pilot trial among caregivers of patients with glioblastoma multiforme.
Interventions to Improve Prognostic Understanding in Advanced Stages of Life-Limiting Illness: A Systematic Review.