Karen Kayser, PhD, MSW, is Professor Emerita at the University of Louisville, Kent School of Social Work. There she held the Dr. Renato LaRocca Endowed Chair in Oncology Social Work, and in 2012 she established the first graduate program in the nation in psychosocial oncology. Her clinical research has focused on the development and testing of couple-based interventions for cancer patients and the improvement of psychosocial care delivery in cancer programs. Her current research focuses on the promotion of cervical cancer prevention and HPV vaccination in rural Kentucky communities using the ECHO Model® of tele-mentoring. Her international work includes a Fulbright fellowship in Chennai, India (2018), where her work focused on building clinical research capacity in psycho-oncology. Dr. Kayser serves as the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Psychosocial Oncology.
