Deborah Carey

Debbie Carey is a certified oncology social worker with over 25 years of social work experience in childrens mental health Hospice care and oncology She works for the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center Affiliate Network as a Quality Coordinator providing support and education to central Kentucky MCCAN affiliates Debbie obtained her Masters of Social Work from the University of Kentucky in 1997 and is currently a doctoral student in social work at UK She is an active Association of Oncology Social Work AOSW member serving on the Advocacy Committee and the Awards Committee She also serves on Markey Cancer Centers Survivorship Committee Her current research interests include optimization of the social work role in oncology and methods to increase diversity in oncology clinical research studies