Kate Adelstein, PhD, ANP-BC, PMHNP-BC
Kate Adelstein, PhD, ANP-BC, PMHNP-BC
Assistant Professor
katharine.adelstein@louisville.edu
Dr. Adelstein's research focuses on improving psychosocial well-being and reducing distress in the young adult oncology population, including their primary caregivers. Using both qualitative and quantitative research methods, her long-term research goal is to develop age-appropriate interventions to meet the needs of young adults with cancer throughout the cancer trajectory, from diagnosis through end of life, or survivorship, as well as their caregivers. She has an ongoing focus on technology-based research methodology as well as technology-based intervention development. Her dissertation research, supported by an American Cancer Society Doctoral Degree Scholarship in Cancer Nursing, examined the effects of an online gratitude journaling intervention for young adults with advanced-stage cancer. Additionally, it tested the efficacy and acceptability of administering a study entirely online including building a website that served as a study administration tool, recruiting and consenting participants remotely, and delivering study measures online, as well as serving as the intervention itself. Her postdoctoral training focused on creating digital legacy-making products for parents with babies in the NICU. Dr. Adelstein intends to build on these experiences with online research and digital interventions to develop cost-effective, convenient, and fun-to-use interventions to promote well-being for young adults with cancer and their caregivers.
In addition to her research, Dr. Adelstein has extensive clinical experience working with young adults and with oncology. Most recently she worked as a psychiatric nurse practitioner at the Norton Cancer Institute in Louisville, KY providing psychiatric care to a variety of patients in the cancer center and their caregivers.
Education
- PhD, University of Virginia 2016
- Post-Master's Certificate PMHNP, University of Virginia 2015
- MSN, Yale University 2008
- BA, Hamilton College 2003
