{"id":12797,"date":"2023-07-11T01:51:39","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T05:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/?post_type=internship-track&#038;p=12797"},"modified":"2025-09-19T15:33:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T19:33:27","slug":"transplant-psychology","status":"publish","type":"internship-track","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/education\/psychology-internship\/tracks\/transplant-psychology\/","title":{"rendered":"Transplant Behavioral Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"section-som\"><span>Clinical Rotations<\/span><\/h2>\n<div role=\"tablist\" class=\"panel-group ast-accordion oscitas-bootstrap-container\" id=\"unc-accordion-0\">\n\n<div class=\"panel panel-default oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n    <div id=\"panel-heading-details-0-0\" class=\"panel-heading oscitas-bootstrap-container\" role=\"tab\">\n\n        <h2 class=\"panel-title oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n            <button class=\"accordion-toggle oscitas-bootstrap-container collapsed\" \n                id = \"button-details-0-0\"\n                data-toggle=\"collapse\"\n                data-parent=\"#unc-accordion-0\"    \n                aria-controls=\"#details-0-0\"  \n                aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                href=\"#details-0-0\">\n                UNC Heart and Lung Transplant &amp; Left Ventricular Assist Device Programs            <\/button>\n\n        <\/h2>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div id=\"details-0-0\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-body oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<p>Interns will have the opportunity to perform inpatient and outpatient psychological evaluations of adult candidates being considered for lung, heart, or heart\/lung transplant and LVAD surgery.\u00a0 Interns will consult with the physicians, nurses, dietitians, physical therapists, and the social workers on the heart and lung transplant teams and LVAD teams. Interns can attend the multidisciplinary transplant\/LVAD team meetings to present their impressions and recommendations. Interns will provide individual or couples therapy before and after transplantation and\/or LVAD surgery. Interns will consult with patients waiting in the hospital for transplant and then provide supportive therapy as they wait for and then recover from transplant. Interns can participate in a structured group for lung transplant patients and\/or co-lead an unstructured group for lung or heart transplant patients. Interns can shadow other professionals on the team (e.g., palliative care, cardiothoracic surgeon, pulmonologist, cardiologist, psychiatrists, nurse practitioner) to gain an in-depth understanding of the transplant process. Interns have the opportunity to supervise graduate students in mental health counseling who are completing practicum and internship with the transplant and LVAD programs.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"supervisors\">Supervisor: Eileen J. Burker, PhD, CRC<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n        \n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"panel panel-default oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n    <div id=\"panel-heading-details-0-1\" class=\"panel-heading oscitas-bootstrap-container\" role=\"tab\">\n\n        <h2 class=\"panel-title oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n            <button class=\"accordion-toggle oscitas-bootstrap-container collapsed\" \n                id = \"button-details-0-1\"\n                data-toggle=\"collapse\"\n                data-parent=\"#unc-accordion-0\"    \n                aria-controls=\"#details-0-1\"  \n                aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                href=\"#details-0-1\">\n                Abdominal Transplant            <\/button>\n\n        <\/h2>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div id=\"details-0-1\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-body oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<p>Interns will have the opportunity to perform psychological evaluations of adult candidates being considered for liver and\/or kidney transplant, and living kidney donor evaluations. Interns may also conduct brief therapy with pre- or post-transplant patients. Interns may consult with physicians, nurses, nutrition, and the social workers on the liver and kidney transplant teams.\u00a0 Interns may have the opportunity to attend the multidisciplinary liver, kidney, and living donor transplant team meetings.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"supervisors\">Supervisor: John Freeman, PhD<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n        \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"section-som\"><span>Additional Track Opportunities<\/span><\/h2>\n<div role=\"tablist\" class=\"panel-group ast-accordion oscitas-bootstrap-container\" id=\"unc-accordion-1\">\n\n<div class=\"panel panel-default oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n    <div id=\"panel-heading-details-1-0\" class=\"panel-heading oscitas-bootstrap-container\" role=\"tab\">\n\n        <h2 class=\"panel-title oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n            <button class=\"accordion-toggle oscitas-bootstrap-container collapsed\" \n                id = \"button-details-1-0\"\n                data-toggle=\"collapse\"\n                data-parent=\"#unc-accordion-1\"    \n                aria-controls=\"#details-1-0\"  \n                aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                href=\"#details-1-0\">\n                Didactics            <\/button>\n\n        <\/h2>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div id=\"details-1-0\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-body oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<p>All interns will be provided with books and peer-reviewed research articles to help them learn about transplant and LVAD. In addition, literature will be provided that illustrates the association between psychological factors (e.g., depression, anxiety, locus of control) and transplant and LVAD outcomes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n        \n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"panel panel-default oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n    <div id=\"panel-heading-details-1-1\" class=\"panel-heading oscitas-bootstrap-container\" role=\"tab\">\n\n        <h2 class=\"panel-title oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n            <button class=\"accordion-toggle oscitas-bootstrap-container collapsed\" \n                id = \"button-details-1-1\"\n                data-toggle=\"collapse\"\n                data-parent=\"#unc-accordion-1\"    \n                aria-controls=\"#details-1-1\"  \n                aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                href=\"#details-1-1\">\n                Professional Development            <\/button>\n\n        <\/h2>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div id=\"details-1-1\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-body oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<p>We actively support the professional development of our interns. Interns are encouraged to co-author peer-reviewed journal articles and submit research to peer-reviewed national conferences (e.g., SBM, APS, APA). In addition, interns who want to pursue a teaching career may guest lecture in the graduate program in Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling in the School of Medicine, and\/or supervise master\u2019s students from that program.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n        \n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"panel panel-default oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n    <div id=\"panel-heading-details-1-2\" class=\"panel-heading oscitas-bootstrap-container\" role=\"tab\">\n\n        <h2 class=\"panel-title oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n            <button class=\"accordion-toggle oscitas-bootstrap-container collapsed\" \n                id = \"button-details-1-2\"\n                data-toggle=\"collapse\"\n                data-parent=\"#unc-accordion-1\"    \n                aria-controls=\"#details-1-2\"  \n                aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                href=\"#details-1-2\">\n                Research Opportunities            <\/button>\n\n        <\/h2>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div id=\"details-1-2\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-body oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<p>Interns are welcome to join our ongoing research or initiate new research projects. Currently, our main project is a study of stressors, psychological distress, quality of life, resilience, PTSD, and coping before and after LVAD in pts and caregivers.\u00a0 Interns can: (1) add a measure to the current test battery, (2) assist with data collection, (3) analyze data already collected, (4) supervise graduate students working on the project, and (5) co-author manuscripts and conference presentations using existing data. Interns interested in researching other topics relevant to transplant and LVAD are encouraged to share those ideas, and we can also pursue those research topics. Recent paper:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/03913988251337881\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/03913988251337881\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n        \n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"panel panel-default oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n    <div id=\"panel-heading-details-1-3\" class=\"panel-heading oscitas-bootstrap-container\" role=\"tab\">\n\n        <h2 class=\"panel-title oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n            <button class=\"accordion-toggle oscitas-bootstrap-container collapsed\" \n                id = \"button-details-1-3\"\n                data-toggle=\"collapse\"\n                data-parent=\"#unc-accordion-1\"    \n                aria-controls=\"#details-1-3\"  \n                aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                href=\"#details-1-3\">\n                Supervision Training and Opportunities            <\/button>\n\n        <\/h2>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div id=\"details-1-3\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-body oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<p>Interns may have the opportunity to supervise master\u2019s degree students in the Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling program who are completing practicum and internship with the UNC Transplant and LVAD programs. 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