Rebecca Lehto
Rebecca Lehto, PhD, RN
PhD Program Coordinator
Associate Professor
Office Address: Bott Building for Nursing Education and Research, 1355 Bogue St., Room #C344, East Lansing, MI 48824
Office Phone: (517) 353-4757
lehtor@msu.edu
Research interests:
- Cancer
- Chronic illness
- Cancer adaption
- Symptom management
- Palliative and end-of-life care
- Meditative practices
- Complementary and integrative health
Dr. Rebecca Lehto’s research program has three foci. First, her research aims to create a better understanding of mental health vulnerability factors in order to optimize cancer adaptation. Second, she aims to build a program of intervention research aimed at improving adaptation for patients with advanced cancer. Lastly, her research leads to the development of supportive interventions to improve palliative and end-of-life care.
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Overview of research interests include:
- Lung cancer
- Chronic Illness conditions
- Psychological adaptation
- Mindfulness therapy
- Complementary and alternative medicine
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