Email

kathryn.kanzler@bcm.edu

Positions

Faculty

Medicine - Chairman's Office
Baylor College of Medicine

Education

PsyD from La Salle University

09/2007 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States

Clinical Psychology

Internship at Wilford Hall Medical Center

08/2007 - JBSA-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas United States

American Psychological Association-accredited internship (residency) in Clinical Psychology

Postdoctoral Fellowship at Wilford Hall Medical Center

07/2011 - JBSA-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas United States

American Psychological Association & American Academy of Behavioral Sleep Medicine-Accredited Fellowship in Clinical Health Psychology

Certifications

Board Certification

#7241

American Board of Clinical Health Psychology

Licensed Psychologist

#37035 (02/01/2021)

Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists

Professional Interests

• Primary care behavioral health
• Focused Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
• Health Equity
• Dissemination & Implementation Science
• Chronic disease management
• Self-compassion

Professional Statement

My research focuses on increasing access to effective behavioral interventions for people with chronic diseases and health conditions. My primary research objective is to develop scalable interventions to help reduce health disparities and improve health equity and outcomes for diverse communities.

Websites

Funding

Acceptance Based Coping (ABaCo) Skills Delivered by Promotores for Hispanic/Latino Patients with T2DM - #1K23DK123398-01

$686,657.00 (09/10/2019 - 06/30/2023)

Grant funding from National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/National Institutes of Health

This mentored patient-oriented research career development award aims to culturally adapt and test delivery of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy interventions delivered by community health workers (Promotores) for primary care Hispanic/Latinx patients with type 2 diabetes.