Elissa Kolva Ph.D. ([email protected]). I am a clinical psychologist at the Denver VA  working in health psychology and hematology/oncology. I received my Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with a concentration in Health and Neuropsychology from Fordham University in New York.  I completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Colorado Blood Cancer Institute, and then spent five years as a faculty member at CU Anschutz before starting my position at the VA. My research and clinical interests include psychotherapy interventions for coping with psychological distress in the context of chronic illness, measurement of end-of-life distress, and capacity assessment. Elissa greatly enjoys skiing in the winter, hiking in the summer and is working hard to have a better attitude about camping.