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Sophia Kustas Smith

Associate Professor in the School of Nursing
School of Nursing
DUMC 3322, Durham, NC 27710
307 Trent Dr, DUMC 3322, Pearson 2114, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


Nurse LEADS: Training in Nurse-LEd models of care ADdressing the Social Determinants of Health

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of Nursing Research · 2024 - 2029

Promoting Effective Self-Management of Chronic Pain with mHealth Neurofeedback

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2027

Home-based Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation to Improve Outcomes and Decrease Costs

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by The University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute, Inc · 2025 - 2026

Using a SMART Design to Optimize PTSD Symptom Management Strategies Among Cancer Survivors

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2025

Home-based Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation to Improve Outcomes and Decrease Costs

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute on Aging · 2020 - 2024

Patient-centered home-based hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Clinical TrialCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2022

Symptom Burden and Quality of Life in Multiple Myeloma Patients

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Cancer Society, Inc. · 2019 - 2021

Advanced symptom burden and quality of life in multiple myeloma patients

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2021

Pillars4Life: An Online Self-Management Curriculum for Cancer Survivors

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Pfizer, Inc. · 2014 - 2016

Fellowships, Gifts, and Supported Research


Usability of a Mobile App to Improve Communication around Symptom Management · January 1, 2018 - April 1, 2019 PI · Awarded by: Duke Palliative Care Pilot Award · $25,000.00
Patient-centered home-based hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (PCHT) · January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2020 Co- Investigator · Awarded by: National Cancer Institute

External Relationships


  • Health and Environmental Sciences Institute
  • Hodgkin's International
  • University of Chicago

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