Doctoral Student Receives American Cancer Society GrantSophia Smith, a doctoral student at the School of Social Work, was awarded a doctoral training grant from the Behavioral Research Center of the American Cancer Society for $40,000. The grant was officially awarded upon the start of Smith's doctoral candidacy at the end of August. Smith will receive $20,000 a year for two years, which will go towards research and faculty support for her doctoral dissertation on the quality of life of long-term survivors of adult non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. "The results of this study will determine if the quality of life of long-term survivors of adult cancer is a cause for concern, and whether services might meet the needs of this growing segment of our population," Smith said, "In addition, findings could lead to the development of interventions that test strategies affecting the risk and protective factors associated with quality of life." The American Cancer Society awards the grant to doctoral candidates in support of research related to the psychosocial needs of people with cancer and their families. Smith said she hopes that the study, aided by the grant, will help guide clinicians to better assess and treat non-Hodgkin's lymphoma survivors.
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