Greta Jankauskaite is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology under the mentorship of Dr. Karen O’Brien. Greta holds a B.A. in Psychology from Rutgers University and M.A. in Psychology in Education (Clinical Psychology) from Teachers College, Columbia University. She has previously worked at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, where she conducted a number of NIH-funded research projects. Specifically, she worked on testing the efficacy of Meaning-Centered Group Therapy adapted for breast cancer survivors and Meaning-Centered Grief Therapy for bereaved parents who lost a child to cancer. In addition, she worked on designing a bereavement risk screener for individuals who have family members with advanced cancer, and a study that assessed clinicians' attitudes on diagnosing prolonged grief disorder. At UMD, her research work includes projects that assess grief counseling skills among university counseling center therapists and potential interventions to improve knowledge and skills in grief counseling among psychologists. She is also working on examining the effects of end-of-life caregiving on women and end-of-life communication and training among health care professionals. Greta's broad research interests include bereavement, grief counseling training for mental health professionals, and end-of-life communication training and support for medical providers. She also has special interest in psycho-oncology, geropsychology, and the intersection of spirituality and mental health.