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Kelly Shaffer

Shaffer, Kelly McLean

Primary Appointment

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences

Education

  • PhD, Clinical Psychology, University of Miami

Contact Information


Telephone: 4349821022
Email: KMS8NR@uvahealth.org

Research Disciplines

Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, Psychology, Translational Science

Research Interests

Psycho-oncology and family caregiving

Research Description

Kelly Shaffer is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in psychooncology. The goal of her research is to modernize and expand psychosocial care delivery to medically ill individuals and their families through scalable and effective technology-based interventions.

Research Interests:
◊ developing efficient and personalized digital health programs
◊ increasing female cancer survivors’ access to evidence-based sexual healthcare
◊ increasing family caregivers’ access to psychosocial and behavioral interventions

Selected Publications