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Karen L. Syrjala, Ph.D. At the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Dr. Syrjala is a Member and Director of Biobehavioral Sciences, and Co-Director of the Survivorship Program. At the University of Washington School of Medicine she is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Cancer Survivorship and has been on numerous journal editorial boards. Among other national responsibilities, she has been on invited panels to develop cancer-related guidelines, including for survivorship, pain, and symptom management. Her research is focused on examining long term outcomes and interventions to improve those outcomes for cancer survivors, including after blood and marrow transplant. She has examined neurocognitive recovery, musculoskeletal, sexual, emotional and physical function trajectories and caregiver needs. Recent studies are looking at online, social media and texting programs for meeting survivor health needs. She is doing mouse to human studies targeting the mechanisms for late complications in cancer survivors. She mentors numerous junior faculty and fellows in cancer research across disciplines, and provides clinical services to oncology patients at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.