Kara B. West, PhD
Locations: Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care
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
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