Lisa A. Schwartz

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Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology in Pediatrics (Oncology) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Psychologist, Division of Oncology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Psychologist for Cancer Survivorship Program)
Faculty Member, Abramson Cancer Center, Sections on Pediatrics and Cancer Control, University of Pennsylvania
Faculty Member, The Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Section of Behavioral Oncology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Faculty Member, The Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Co-Director and Co-Founder, Mobile Health Research Affinity Group, The Research Institute of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Faculty Mentor, T32 Clinical Cancer Epidemiology Training Program (CCETP), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Faculty Member, Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation
Department: Pediatrics

Contact information
Division of Oncology
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3500 Civic Center Blvd, HUB 3rd Floor, 3565
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 267-426-0355
Education:
BS (Human Development with honors)
Cornell University, 1997.
MA (Clinical Psychology, Specialty in Pediatric Psychology)
Case Western Reserve University , 2002.
PhD (Clinical Psychology, Specialty in Pediatric Psychology)
Case Western Reserve University , 2005.
Post-Graduate Training
Fellow, Maternal and Child Health-Sponsored Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 2004-2005.
Predoctoral Clinical Psychology Internship, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 2004-2005.
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Pediatric Psychology, Divisions of Oncology and Psychology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2005-2007.
Fellow at Summer Training Institute for Randomized Clinical Trials Involving Behavioral Interventions, National Institutes of Health, 2006-2006.
2010 Winter Institute in Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research, University of Pennsylvania , 2010-2010.
Multilevel Intervention Training Institute Fellow, National Cancer Institute, 2021-2021.
Faculty Fellow, Taking a Proactive Approach to the Opportunities of Mid-Career, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2022-2022.
Faculty Fellow, Leadership Institute, Society of Behavioral Medicine , 2022-2022.
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Description of Itmat Expertise

Adolescent/young adults with cancer, cancer survivorship, health promotion and engagement in health care for childhood cancer survivors, transition to adulthood and adult care for childhood cancer survivors, mhealth

Selected Publications

Schwartz LA, Darabos K, DeRosa B, MacGregor M, Barakat LP: Cancer. APA Handbook of Pediatric Psychology, Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics, and Developmental Science. Bornstein M & Prachi S (eds.). American Psychological Association, 2023 (in press).

Jankowski M, King-Dowling S, Nielsen K, Faust H, Drake S, Gov L, Szalda D, Barakat L, Sproch A, Deatrick J, Hobbie W, Ginsberg J, Freyer D, Pai A, Schwartz LA: Association of Late Effects Burden and Knowledge on Health Risk Behaviors in Adolescent and Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer. Poster to be presented at the Annual Congress of the International Society of Pediatric Psychology, Ottowa, Ontario, Canada October 2023.

King-Dowling S, Nielsen K, Jankowski M, Psihogios A, Mitchell J, Barz Leahy A, Jubelirer T, DeVirgilio K, Schwartz LA : Facilitators and Barriers to Physical Activity among Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer: A Mixed Methods Study Poster to be presented at the Annual Congress of the International Society of Pediatric Psychology, Ottowa, Ontario, Canada October 2023.

Schwartz LA, King-Dowling S, Nielsen K, Faust H, Drake S, Gov L, Szalda D, Hobbie W, Ginsberg J, Prussien K, Barakat L, Deatrick J, Freyer D, Pai A: A Multisite Longitudinal Study of Engagement in Care of Adolescent and Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer: Predictors of Engagement After One Year. Poster to be presented at the International Society of Pediatric Oncology Congress, Ottowa, Ontario, Canada October 2023.

Schwartz LA, King-Dowling S, Nielsen K, Faust H, Drake S, Gov L, Szalda D, Hobbie W, Ginsberg J, Prussien K, Jankowski M, Barakat L, Deatrick J, Freyer D, Pai A: A multisite longitudinal study of engagement of care and self-management of adolescent and young adult survivors of childhood cancer: Description of protocol, cohort, and retention. poster presented at International Conference on Late Effects of Childhood Cancer, Atlanta, GA June 2023.

Sproch A, King-Dowling S, Nielsen K, Jankowski M, Faust H, Drake S, Gov L, Barakat LP, Deatrick J, Szalda D, Hobbie WL, Ginsberg JP, Freyer D, Pai AHL Schwartz LA: Correlates of Late Effects Knowledge Among Adolescent and Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer Poster presented at International Conference on Late Effects of Childhood Cancer, Atlanta, GA June 2023.

Psihogios AM, Lopez C, Gomez C, Hekimian-Brogan E, McQueen C, Shapiro J, Roth M, Schwartz L : Promoting AYA oral chemotherapy adherence in the age of social media influencers: Formative data and partnerships for a social media adherence intervention presented at Global AYA Cancer Congress, Los Angeles, CA May 2023.

Schwartz LA, Prussien K, King-Dowling S, Nielsen K, Faust H, Drake S, Gov L, Szalda D, Hobbie W, Ginsberg J, Barakat LP, Deatrick J, Freyer D, Pai A, Tucker C: Factor Structure and Psychometrics of the Transition Readiness Inventory for Adolescent and Young Adult Survivors of Cancer. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Society of Pediatric Psychology, Chicago, IL April 2023.

King-Dowling S, Kwan M, Schwartz LA: Feasibility and acceptability of accelerometry and EMA among adolescent and young adult survivors of childhood cancer. Invited oral presentation by mentee at Annual Conference of Society of Behavioral Medicine, Phoenix, AZ Mar 2023.

Houghton LC, Andrulis I, Bradbury A, Buys S, Schwartz L, Daly M, Chung W, Colonna S, John E, Wei Y, Terry MB: Androgens, stress and BMI accelerate puberty with implications for breast cancer risk. Abstract submitted to American Society of Preventative Oncology Mar 2023.

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Last updated: 06/24/2023
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