Selected Publications

Ellison JL, Ameringer S, Elswick RK, Schwartz L, Jallo N, Proffitt T : There is no roadmap for health care transition: Parents could benefit from better guidance. Poster to be presented at Annual Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Nursing Conference, Providence, RI Sept 2025.

Houghton L, Wei Y, Wudy S, Hartmann M, Stanczyk F, Knight K, Andrulis I, Bradbury A, Schwartz L, Buys S, Daly M, John E, Chung W, Santella R, Romeo R, Terry MB: Hormonal steroids, stress and body mass index interact to accelerate female pubertal development. Poster to be presented at Endocrine Society, San Francisco, CA July 2025.

Houghton L, Wei Y, Wudy S, Hartmann M, Stanczyk F, Knight K, Andrulis I, Bradbury A, Schwartz L, Buys S, Daly M, John E, Chung W, Santella R, Romeo R, Terry MB: Girls with high hormonal steroids, BMI and stress reach puberty early. Poster presented at Joint Congress of the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) and the European Society of Endocrinology (ESE), Copenhagen, Denmark May 2025.

Barakat LP, Hammer SN, Wen Y, Anil A, Schwartz LA, Reilly A, Bagatell R, Schapira MM, Li Y, & Deatrick JA : Evaluation of a decision support intervention for AYA newly diagnosed with cancer: A randomized trial. Medical Decision Making Policy and Practice Page: In press, May 2025.

Barakat LP, Hammer SN, Wen Y, Anil A, Schwartz LA, Reilly A, Bagatell R, Schapira MM, Li Y, & Deatrick JA : Evaluation of a decision support intervention for adolescents and young adults newly diagnosed with cancer: A pilot randomized trial. Medical Decision Making: Policy and Practice Page: In press, May 2025.

Lang AC, Mosely C, Rosen BL, Thompson AA, Barriteau C, Schwartz L, Smith-Whitley K, Crosby LE, Shook LM : Co-designing educational materials about COVID-19 vaccines with individuals with sickle cell disease and their families. J of Sickle Cell Disease Page: In press, May 2025.

Psihogios AM, El-Khatib A, Matos K, Rabbi M, Rossoff J, Dinner S, Zeng K, Picos R, Ahmed A, Patel EM, Fleisher L, Hunger SP, Pai A, Laurenceau J-P, Rini C, Barakat LP, Schwartz LA, Murphy S, & Yanez B: Human-centered design of a personalized digital health intervention to improve oral chemotherapy adherence in adolescents and young adults with hematologic cancers. Pediatric Blood and Cancer 5(10): e31756, May 2025.

King-Dowling S, Poliakova P, Jankowski M, Pennente-Fantauzzi B, Manicheril R, Kwan MYW, Obeid J, Psihogios A, Mitchell J, Jubelirer T, Schwartz L.: Biopsychosocial predictors of device-measured physical activity among adolescents and young adults with cancer. Poster presented at the Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Conference, San Francisco CA April 2025.

Woodard K, Pennente-Fantauzzi B, Tan Chiu Yi, Ramaswamy N, Deatrick J, Hobbie W, Ginsberg JP, Szalda D, King-Dowling, S, Schwartz, LA. : Barriers and Facilitators to Attending Cancer-Related Long-Term Follow-Up Care Among Adolescent and Young Adults: A Qualitative Study. Poster presented at the Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference (SPPAC), Phoenix, AZ. April 2025.

Poliakova P, Jubelirer T, Mitchell J, Obeid J, Psihogios A, Schwartz L, King-Dowling S. : Racial and ethnic disparities in physical activity engagement among adolescents and young adults with cancer: Role of social support. Poster presented to the Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference (SPPAC), Phoenix, AZ April 2025.