Joan Hanania, PhD

Dr. Joan Hanania is an attending psychologist at Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and an Instructor at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Hanania completed her pre-doctoral internship at Boston Children’s Hospital, and her post-doctoral fellowship at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, specializing in psychosocial oncology care.

Dr. Hanania specializes in promoting coping with medical illnesses with a particular focus on hereditary cancer risk and AYA psychosocial oncology. Her clinical approach utilizes evidence-based interventions to partner with patients and their families through medical experiences and to promote adaptation and well-being. Dr. Hanania also participates in teaching, training, and research in this area. Her research focuses on adaptation in life-threatening illness, AYA psychosocial oncology, and psychosocial aspects of cancer predisposition syndromes.