Kara B. West, PhD
Locations: Main Building, Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care
About Kara B. West, PhD
Titles
Psychologist
Awards and Honors
2022, Nephrology Student Poster Award, Society for Pediatric Psychology
2022, UGA Graduate Student Travel Award, University of Georgia
2022, Solid Organ Transplant Student Poster Award, Society for Pediatric Psychology
2021, UGA Graduate Student Travel Award, University of Georgia
2021, Boardman-Forehand-Jackson Award, University of Georgia
2020, Dissertation Completion Award, University of Georgia
2019, Graduate Student Travel Award, Society for Research in Child Development
2019, UGA Graduate Student Travel Award, University of Georgia
2019, Graduate Education Advancement Board Fellowship, University of Georgia
2017, Graduate Student Travel Award, Society for Research in Child Development
2016, Student Leadership Development Travel Award, College of William and Mary
2015, Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Travel Award, College of William and Mary
Leadership and Memberships
International
2024-present, Pediatric Heart Transplant Society
2022-present, International Pediatric Transplant Association
National
2024-present, American Society of Pediatric Nephrology
2024-present, Improving Renal Outcomes Collaborative
2023-present, Pediatric Nephrology Research Consortium
2022-present, Society of Pediatric Liver Transplantation
2020-present, Society for Pediatric Psychology (Solid Organ Transplant Special Interest Group Student Chair 2022-2024)
Editorial and Academic Positions
Editorial Positions
2024-present, BMJ, Peer-reviewer
2024-present, Health Sciences Review, Peer-reviewer
2023-present, Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, Peer-reviewer
2022-present, Journal of Adolescent and Child Psychopathology, Peer-reviewer
2021-present, Motivation and Emotion, Peer-reviewer
2020-present, Journal of Family Psychology, Peer-reviewer
2020-present, Journal of Developmental Psychobiology, Peer-reviewer
Education & training
Undergraduate Degree
BS in Psychology - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA
Graduate Degree
MA in Psychology - College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
PhD, Clinical Psychology, University of Georgia
Internship
Clinical Psychology Predoctoral Internship, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Fellowship
Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia