Joan Hanania, PhD,

Joan Hanania, PhD,

Psychology

Contact Information

Office Phone Number

617-632-6560

Fax

617-632-5677

Biography

Joan Hanania, PhD,

Dr. Joan Hanania is an attending child and pediatric psychologist at Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center and 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 support to pediatric oncology patients and families.

Dr. Hanania specializes in promoting coping with medical illnesses with a particular focus on 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 psychosocial correlates of medical illnesses, adaptation in life-threatening illness and end of life care, reciprocal influences between child’s illness and familial context, pediatric cancer survivorship, and psychosocial outcomes in cancer genetics.

Researcher

Physician

Psychologist
Instructor, Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Board Certification

  • Clinical Psychology

Fellowship

  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Psychology Fellowship in Pediatric Neuro-Oncology

Residency

  • Boston Children's Hospital

Locations

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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

450 Brookline Ave Boston, MA 02215
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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

450 Brookline Ave Boston, MA 02215
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42.3374, -71.1082

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