Sophia Kustas Smith
Associate Professor in the School of NursingOverview
Dr. Sophia Smith is an Associate Professor with Tenure at the Duke School of Nursing and earned her PhD and MSW degrees at UNC-Chapel Hill School of Social Work. Her research explores ways to improve the quality of cancer care including post-treatment survivorship and palliative care with a primary focus on leveraging technology in delivering behavioral health interventions to the community. She is leading efforts to integrate clinical cancer care and research in building the scientific evidence that informs evidence-based practice through her current and past membership on the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Survivorship Guidelines Panel and American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Survivorship Committee. Dr. Smith’s research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the American Cancer Society, NCCN, and Pfizer Grants for Independent Learning and Change.
Positions
Associate Professor in the School of Nursing in the School of Nursing
2020 School of Nursing
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute in the School of Medicine
2013 School of Medicine
Education
M.S.W. 2001
2001 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Ph.D. 2007
2007 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Publications, Grants & Awards
DCI Centers, Cancer Types & Labs
Offices & Contact
Durham, NC
27710 DUMC 3322
Durham, NC
27710