Jennifer Currin-McCulloch

Assistant Professor, Colorado State University School of Social Work

Dr. Jen Currin-McCulloch is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at Colorado State University. Her practice and research focus on enhancing the psychosocial quality of life among individuals and families facing cancer and other life-limiting illnesses. She received the Doctoral Training Grant from The American Cancer Society to fund her dissertation research exploring the meaning and function of hope among young adults with advanced cancer. She employs mixed methods to investigate the existential quality of life; identity development amidst life-limiting illness; health communication preferences at the end-of-life; and the impact of social determinants of health on physical and psychosocial functioning.

Dr. Currin-McCulloch supports and consults for multiple research projects at AYA CARE.