Lisa A. Schwartz, PhD, MA

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Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology in Pediatrics 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.
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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 (under revisions).

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.

King-Dowling S, Hammer SN, Faust H, Madden R, Drake S, Ahmed A, Albee M, Deatrick JA, Daniel L, Pai A, Freyer D, Psihogios AM, Barakat LP, Schwartz LA: Psychosocial impact of COVID-19 on caregivers and adolescents and young adult survivors of childhood cancer. Pediatric Blood & Cancer advanced access online 2023.

Darabos K, Tucker CA, Brumley L, King-Dowling S, Butler E, Stevens E, O'Hagan B, Henry-Moss D, Deatrick JA, Szalda D, Barakat LP, & Schwartz LA: Development and validation of a measure of adolescent and young adult goal-based quality of life (MAYA-GQOL). Quality of Life Research Advance online publication 2023.

Prussien K, Barakat LP, Schwartz LA: Sickle Cell Disease. APA Handbook of Pediatric Psychology, Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics, and Developmental Science. Bornstein M & Prachi S (eds.). American Psychological Association, 2022 (under revisions).

Pai AHL, Schwartz LA, Peugh J, Mara CA, Drake S, Davies SM, Phipps S: Caregiver depression and anxiety symptoms predict daily anti-infective medication adherence in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant. under review 2022 (submitted).

Prussien KV, Faust H, Smith-Whitley K, Barakat LP, & Schwartz LA.: Barriers to transition from pediatric to adult care in adolescents and young adults with sickle cell disease: A mixed-method study on the impact of systems of inequity. Invited talk by mentee in oral session on Sickle Cell Disease Across the Lifespan to be presented at the American Society of Hematology Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA Dec 2022.

Houghton LC, Wei Y, Wang T , Goldberg M , Paniagua-Avila A , Sweeden RL , Bradbury A, Daly M, Schwartz LA, Keegan T, John EM, Knight JM, Andrulis IL, Buys SS, Frost CJ, O'Toole K, White ML, Chung WK, Terry MB : Body mass index rebound and pubertal timing in girls with and without a family history of breast cancer: the LEGACY girls study. Journal of International Epidemiology 51(5): 1546-1555, Oct 2022.

DeRosa B, McDaniel D, Silliman Cohen T, Kulp T, Miccio R, Devirgilio K, Vernau B, Kochashvili M, Schwartz L, and Jubelirer T: Assessing patient satisfaction and impact of treatment on symptoms in pediatric integrative oncology. Talk presented at Annual Conference of Society of Integrative Oncology, Pheonix, AZ Oct 2022.

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Last updated: 03/24/2023
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