She received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the Ohio State University and completed her internship in behavioral medicine. She completed a clinical postdoctoral fellowship in palliative care and hospice at the VA Palo Alto Healthcare System AND a research postdoctoral fellowship in cancer survivorship at Wake Forest School of Medicine. Her research interests include the longitudinal study of quality of life of cancer patients and survivors and the development and evaluation of psychological interventions to improve quality of life and decrease distress for this population. Clinically, she specializes in working with cancer patients, survivors and their caregivers to help them cope with and navigate the psychological challenges of cancer diagnosis, treatment and survivorship.