Sophia Kustas Smith | Scholars@Duke

Sophia Kustas Smith
Associate Professor in the School of Nursing

Dr. Sophia Smith is an Associate Professor 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 as a means to build the body of scientific evidence that forms the foundation of evidence-based practice through her leadership as Association of Oncology Social Work (AOSW) Research Director and 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.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2017
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute, Duke Cancer Institute, Institutes and Centers 2013
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Institutes and Centers 2014

Contact Information

307 Trent Dr, DUMC 3322, Pearson 2114, Durham, NC 27710
DUMC 3322, Durham, NC 27710
sophia.smith@duke.edu (919) 684-9628

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2007
- M.S.W., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2001
Duke Appointment History
- Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2015 - 2016
- Instructor, Temporary in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2014 - 2015
Recognition
In the News
- JUL 31, 2017 Herald-Sun
  
  PTSD app helps cancer survivors overcome trauma of treatment.
- JUL 11, 2017 WRAL-TV
  
  Mobile app developed at Duke helping survivors battle 'cancer PTSD'
- MAY 27, 2016 Dr Sophia Smith Discusses AttAmerican Journal of Managed Care Network Journal
  
  Dr Sophia Smith Discusses Attending to Patients' Psychosocial Needs
- MAR 31, 2016 American Journal of Managed Care Network Journal
  
  Dr. Sophia Smith Advocates for Introducing Palliative Care as Early as Possible
- JUN 8, 2015
  
  Trifecta Care for Cancer Survivors Improves Health Outcomes
Expertise
Subject Headings
Global Scholarship
- Research
  - United States of America (Country)
Research
Selected Grants
- Patient-centered home-based hematopoietic stem cell transplantation awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2021
- Reimagine End of Life: An Online, Personalized Coping and Decision Aid for Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients and Providers awarded by Pfizer, Inc. 2016 - 2018
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Denlinger, CS, Sanft, T, Baker, KS, Broderick, G, Demark-Wahnefried, W, Friedman, DL, Goldman, M, Hudson, M, Khakpour, N, King, A, Koura, D, Lally, RM, Langbaum, TS, McDonough, AL, Melisko, M, Montoya, JG, Mooney, K, Moslehi, JJ, O'Connor, T, Overholser, L, Paskett, ED, Peppercorn, J, Pirl, W, Rodriguez, MA, Ruddy, KJ, Silverman, P, Smith, S, Syrjala, KL, Tevaarwerk, A, Urba, SG, Wakabayashi, MT, Zee, P, McMillian, NR, and Freedman-Cass, DA. "Survivorship, Version 2.2018, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology." Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : Jnccn 16, no. 10 (October 2018): 1216-1247. Full Text
  - Smith, SK, MacDermott, K, Amarasekara, S, Pan, W, Mayer, D, and Hockenberry, M. "Reimagine: a randomized controlled trial of an online, symptom self-management curriculum among breast cancer survivors." Supportive Care in Cancer : Official Journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (August 27, 2018). Full Text
  - Jung, A, Nielsen, ME, Crandell, JL, Palmer, MH, Bryant, AL, Smith, SK, and Mayer, DK. "Quality of Life in Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review." Cancer Nursing (June 2018). Full Text
  - Smith, SK, Loscalzo, M, Mayer, C, and Rosenstein, DL. "Best Practices in Oncology Distress Management: Beyond the Screen." American Society of Clinical Oncology Educational Book. American Society of Clinical Oncology. Annual Meeting , no. 38 (May 2018): 813-821. (Review) Full Text
  - Bagley, KA, Dunn, SE, Chuang, EY, Dorr, VJ, Thompson, JA, and Smith, SK. "Nonspecialty Nurse Education: Evaluation of the Oncology Intensives Initiative, an Oncology Curriculum to Improve Patient Care." Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing 22, no. 2 (April 2018): E44-E51. Full Text
  - Bloom, D, Beetsch, J, Harker, M, Hesterlee, S, Moreira, P, Patrick-Lake, B, Selig, W, Sherman, J, Smith, SK, Valentine, JE, and Roberts, JN. "The Rules of Engagement: CTTI Recommendations for Successful Collaborations Between Sponsors and Patient Groups Around Clinical Trials." Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science 52, no. 2 (March 2018): 206-213. Full Text
  - Smith, SK, Kuhn, E, O'Donnell, J, Koontz, BF, Nelson, N, Molloy, K, Chang, J, and Hoffman, J. "Cancer distress coach: Pilot study of a mobile app for managing posttraumatic stress." Psycho Oncology 27, no. 1 (January 2018): 350-353. (Letter) Full Text
  - Denlinger, CS, Sanft, T, Baker, KS, Baxi, S, Broderick, G, Demark-Wahnefried, W, Friedman, DL, Goldman, M, Hudson, M, Khakpour, N, King, A, Koura, D, Kvale, E, Lally, RM, Langbaum, TS, Melisko, M, Montoya, JG, Mooney, K, Moslehi, JJ, O'Connor, T, Overholser, L, Paskett, ED, Peppercorn, J, Rodriguez, MA, Ruddy, KJ, Silverman, P, Smith, S, Syrjala, KL, Tevaarwerk, A, Urba, SG, Wakabayashi, MT, Zee, P, Freedman-Cass, DA, and McMillian, NR. "Survivorship, Version 2.2017, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology." Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : Jnccn 15, no. 9 (September 2017): 1140-1163. Full Text
  - Smith, SK, Johnston, J, Rutherford, C, Hollowell, R, and Tanabe, P. "Identifying Social-Behavioral Health Needs of Adults with Sickle Cell Disease in the Emergency Department." Journal of Emergency Nursing: Jen : Official Publication of the Emergency Department Nurses Association 43, no. 5 (September 2017): 444-450. Full Text
  - Sarker, S-J, Smith, SK, Chowdhury, K, Ganz, PA, Zimmerman, S, Gribben, J, and Korszun, A. "Comparison of the impact of cancer between British and US long-term non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivors." Supportive Care in Cancer : Official Journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer 25, no. 3 (March 2017): 739-748. Full Text
  - Beaven, AW, Samsa, G, Zimmerman, S, and Smith, SK. "Quality of Life is Similar between Long-term Survivors of Indolent and Aggressive Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma." Cancer investigation 34, no. 6 (July 5, 2016): 279-285. Full Text
  - Denlinger, CS, Ligibel, JA, Are, M, Baker, KS, Broderick, G, Demark-Wahnefried, W, Friedman, DL, Goldman, M, Jones, LW, King, A, Ku, GH, Kvale, E, Langbaum, TS, McCabe, MS, Melisko, M, Montoya, JG, Mooney, K, Morgan, MA, Moslehi, JJ, O'Connor, T, Overholser, L, Paskett, ED, Peppercorn, J, Rodriguez, MA, Ruddy, KJ, Sanft, T, Silverman, P, Smith, S, Syrjala, KL, Urba, SG, Wakabayashi, MT, Zee, P, McMillian, NR, and Freedman-Cass, DA. "NCCN Guidelines Insights: Survivorship, Version 1.2016." Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : Jnccn 14, no. 6 (June 2016): 715-724. Full Text
  - Langbaum, TS, McCabe, MS, Melisko, M, Montoya, JG, Mooney, K, Morgan, MA, Moslehi, JJ, O'connor, T, Overholser, L, Paskett, ED, Peppercorn, J, Rodriguez, MA, Ruddy, KJ, Sanft, T, Silverman, P, Smith, S, Syrjala, KL, Urba, SG, Wakabayashi, MT, Zee, P, McMillian, NR, and Freedman-Cass, DA. "NCCN guidelines^® insights survivorship, version 1.2016 featured updates to the NCCN Guidelines." Jnccn Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network 14, no. 6 (June 1, 2016): 715-724. Full Text
  - "NCCN Roundtable: Palliative Care: Providing Comfort From a Patient and Provider Perspective." Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : Jnccn 14, no. 5 Suppl (May 2016): 634-636.
  - Smith, SK, O'Donnell, JD, Abernethy, AP, MacDermott, K, Staley, T, and Samsa, GP. "Evaluation of Pillars4life: a virtual coping skills program for cancer survivors." Psycho Oncology 24, no. 11 (November 2015): 1407-1415. Full Text
  - Spector, DJ, Noonan, D, Mayer, DK, Benecha, H, Zimmerman, S, and Smith, SK. "Are lifestyle behavioral factors associated with health-related quality of life in long-term survivors of non-Hodgkin lymphoma?." Cancer 121, no. 18 (September 2015): 3343-3351. Full Text
  - Bryant, AL, Smith, SK, Zimmer, C, Crandell, J, Jenerette, CM, Bailey, DE, Zimmerman, S, and Mayer, DK. "An exploratory path model of the relationships between positive and negative adaptation to cancer on quality of life among non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivors." Journal of psychosocial oncology 33, no. 3 (May 2015): 310-331. Full Text
  - Smith, SK, Selig, W, Harker, M, Roberts, JN, Hesterlee, S, Leventhal, D, Klein, R, Patrick-Lake, B, and Abernethy, AP. "Patient Engagement Practices in Clinical Research among Patient Groups, Industry, and Academia in the United States: A Survey." PloS one 10, no. 10 (January 2015): e0140232-. Full Text
  - Smith, SK, Nicolla, J, and Zafar, SY. "Bridging the gap between financial distress and available resources for patients with cancer: a qualitative study." Journal of Oncology Practice 10, no. 5 (September 2014): e368-e372. Full Text
  - Smith, SK, Samsa, G, Ganz, PA, and Zimmerman, S. "Is there a relationship between posttraumatic stress and growth after a lymphoma diagnosis?." Psycho-oncology 23, no. 3 (March 2014): 315-321. Full Text
  - Smith, SK, Samsa, G, Ganz, PA, and Zimmerman, S. "Is there a relationship between posttraumatic stress and growth after a lymphoma diagnosis?." Psycho Oncology 23, no. 3 (March 2014): 315-321. Full Text
  - Smith, SK, Rowe, K, and Abernethy, AP. "Use of an electronic patient-reported outcome measurement system to improve distress management in oncology." Palliative & Supportive Care 12, no. 1 (February 2014): 69-73. Full Text
  - Oerlemans, S, Smith, SK, Crespi, CM, Zimmerman, S, van de Poll-Franse, LV, and Ganz, PA. "Assessing the impact of cancer among Dutch non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivors compared with their American counterparts: a cross-national study." Psycho-oncology 22, no. 6 (June 2013): 1258-1265. Full Text
  - Leak, A, Smith, SK, Crandell, J, Jenerette, C, Bailey, DE, Zimmerman, S, and Mayer, DK. "Demographic and disease characteristics associated with non-hodgkin lymphoma survivors' quality of life: does age matter?." Oncology Nursing Forum 40, no. 2 (March 2013): 157-162. Full Text
  - Crespi, CM, Ganz, PA, Petersen, L, and Smith, SK. "A procedure for obtaining impact of cancer version 2 scores using version 1 responses." Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation 22, no. 1 (February 2013): 103-109. Full Text
  - Smith, SK, Mayer, DK, Zimmerman, S, Williams, CS, Benecha, H, Ganz, PA, Edwards, LJ, and Abernethy, AP. "Quality of life among long-term survivors of non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a follow-up study." Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 31, no. 2 (January 2013): 272-279. Full Text
  - Mayer, DK, Gerstel, A, Leak, AN, and Smith, SK. "Patient and provider preferences for survivorship care plans." Journal of Oncology Practice 8, no. 4 (July 2012): e80-e86. Full Text
  - Smith, SK, Zimmerman, S, Williams, CS, Benecha, H, Abernethy, AP, Mayer, DK, Edwards, LJ, and Ganz, PA. "Post-traumatic stress symptoms in long-term non-Hodgkin's lymphoma survivors: does time heal?." Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 29, no. 34 (December 2011): 4526-4533. Full Text
  - Leak, A, Mayer, DK, and Smith, S. "Quality of life domains among non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivors: an integrative literature review." Leukemia & Lymphoma 52, no. 6 (June 2011): 972-985. (Review) Full Text
  - Smith, SK, Herndon, JE, Lyerly, HK, Coan, A, Wheeler, JL, Staley, T, and Abernethy, AP. "Correlates of quality of life-related outcomes in breast cancer patients participating in the Pathfinders pilot study." Psycho Oncology 20, no. 5 (May 2011): 559-564. Full Text
  - Smith, SK, Williams, CS, Zimmer, CR, and Zimmerman, S. "An exploratory model of the relationships between cancer-related trauma outcomes on quality of life in non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivors." Journal of Psychosocial Oncology 29, no. 1 (January 2011): 19-34. Full Text
  - Smith, SK, Crespi, CM, Petersen, L, Zimmerman, S, and Ganz, PA. "The impact of cancer and quality of life for post-treatment non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivors." Psycho-oncology 19, no. 12 (December 2010): 1259-1267. Full Text
  - Abernethy, AP, Herndon, JE, Coan, A, Staley, T, Wheeler, JL, Rowe, K, Smith, SK, Shaw, H, and Lyerly, HK. "Phase 2 pilot study of Pathfinders: a psychosocial intervention for cancer patients." Support Care Cancer 18, no. 7 (July 2010): 893-898. Full Text Link to Item
  - Friedman, DR, Coan, AD, Smith, SK, Herndon, JE, and Abernethy, AP. "Informational needs assessment of non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivors and their physicians." Am J Hematol 85, no. 7 (July 2010): 528-532. (Letter) Full Text Link to Item
  - Crespi, CM, Smith, SK, Petersen, L, Zimmerman, S, and Ganz, PA. "Measuring the impact of cancer: a comparison of non-Hodgkin lymphoma and breast cancer survivors." Journal of Cancer Survivorship : Research and Practice 4, no. 1 (March 2010): 45-58. Full Text
  - Smith, SK, Zimmerman, S, Williams, CS, and Zebrack, BJ. "Health status and quality of life among non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivors." Cancer 115, no. 14 (July 2009): 3312-3323. Full Text
  - Smith, SK, Zimmerman, S, Williams, CS, Preisser, JS, and Clipp, EC. "Post-traumatic stress outcomes in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma survivors." Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 26, no. 6 (February 2008): 934-941. Full Text
- Other Articles
  - Abernethy, AP, Herndon, JE, Coan, A, Staley, T, Wheeler, JL, Rowe, K, Smith, SK, Shaw, H, and Lyerly, HK. "Erratum: Phase 2 pilot study of Pathfinders: a psychosocial intervention for cancer patients." Supportive Care in Cancer 19, no. 3 (March 2011): 439-439. Full Text
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In the News

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Research

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