Tara Albrecht

Overview

Dr. Albrecht is an acute care nurse practitioner, certified advanced hospice and palliative nurse and a nurse scientist who has devoted her practice and research to the oncology and palliative care populations. She received a BS in Biology from the University of Massachusetts in Boston. Her BSN, MSN and PhD are all from the University of Virginia. She also completed a post-doctoral fellowship in the Interdisciplinary Training of Nurse Scientists in Cancer Survivorship Research from the University of Pittsburgh, School of Nursing.

Dr. Albrecht's program of research is focused on symptoms, distress, associated biological signatures and the relationship to patient-reported health outcomes in adults with cancer and specifically those with hematologic malignancies such as acute leukemia. She has begun developing and testing early supportive and palliative care interventions for adults with acute leukemia. Her research also extends to explore how the diagnosis of acute leukemia impacts the family caregivers. She works with an interdisciplinary team of scientists and clinicians with the shared goal of advancing symptom science to ultimately ameliorate symptoms and improve patient-reported outcomes for adults and their families in oncology and palliative care settings.

Positions

Associate Professor in the School of Nursing in the School of Nursing

2022 School of Nursing

Member of the Duke Cancer Institute in the School of Medicine

2019 School of Medicine

Education

Ph.D. 2011

2011 University of Virginia

ACHPN

2023 Hospice and Palliative Credentialing Center

Publications, Grants & Awards

Grants (1)
Awards (3)
Academics Articles (28)

DCI Centers, Cancer Types & Labs

Center for Onco-Primary Care

Offices & Contact

307 Trent Dr, DUMC 3322
Durham, NC
27710