Tae Hart, PhD
Associate Scientific Staff
Dr. Tae Hart’s research centers on psychological factors associated with adjustment to illness in chronically-ill individuals and their spouses/partners. Primarily, Dr. Hart’s work has investigated quality of life, psychological distress, and symptom burden in patients who have been diagnosed with colorectal cancer. Dr. Hart currently has a grant funded by the Canadian Institute of Health Research to examine physical and psychological health and quality of life in long-term survivors of colorectal cancer who are participants in the Ontario Familial Colorectal Cancer Registry. Dr. Hart has expanded her program of research to examine the psychological impact of having Lynch syndrome and factors involved in managing risks associated with Lynch syndrome as well as other familial cancers (i.e., familial gastric cancer).
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