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Kara B. West, PhD

About Kara B. West, PhD

Titles

Psychologist

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

Team affiliations

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Publications

Selected Publications

2023

Rea, K. E., West, K. B., Dorste, A., Christofferson, E. S., Lefkowitz, D., Mudd, E., Schneider, L., Smith, C.,Triplett, K., & McKenna, K. : A systematic review of social determinants of health in pediatric organ transplant outcomes. Pediatric Transplantation 2023.

2022

West, K. B., Roche, K., White, R., Hale, M., & Suveg, C.: Predictors of latent class trajectories of depressive symptoms in Latina mothers. Journal of Family Psychology 2022.

West, K. B., Plevinsky, J., Amaral, S., Laskin, B., & Lefkowitz, D.S. : Predicting psychosocial risk in pediatric kidney transplantation: An exploratory cluster analysis of the Pediatric Transplant Rating Instrument. Pediatric Transplantation 2022.

2021

West, K. B., Roche, K. M., White, R. M. B. & Suveg, C.: Predictors of latent class trajectories of internalizing symptoms in Latinx adolescents. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology 2021.

Cushman, C., West, K. B., Davis, M., LaMotte, J., Eaton, C., Gutierrez Colina, A., Blount, R., & Suveg, C.: The role of executive functioning, healthcare management, and self efficacy in college students health related quality of life. Journal of American College Health 2021.a

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