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Lamia Barakat

Primary Position
Director, Psychosocial Services & Behavioral Oncology Research Programs, CHOP, Chief, Academic Affairs, DCAPBS Division of Integrated Psychiatry, Psychology, & Behavioral Health Professor of Clinical Psychology, Perelman School of Medicine
Job Responsibilities
Research
Patient Care
Education/Training
Psychology
Short Synopsis of Professional Interests
Please refer to our program website, which can be found at http://cccr.research.chop.edu/index.php/about
Training Opportunities at Location
Yes
Address
Division of Oncology, 10303 CTRB, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
3501 Civic Center Blvd., 10303 CTRB
Philadelphia, PA 19104
eMAIL
barakat@email.chop.edu
Phone(s)
267-426-8135
Publications of Interest

Barakat, L.P., Stevens, E.M., Li, Y., Reilly, A., Deatrick, J.A., Goldstein, N.E., & Schwartz, L.A. (2019). Evaluation of the Pediatric Research Questionnaire for measuring attitudes towards cancer clinical trials among adolescents and young adults. Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology, 8(4). Published online August 7, 2019. doi:10.1089/jayao.2018.0144

Kazak, A.E., Chen, F.F., Hwang, W-T., Askins, M.A., Vega, G., Kolb, E.A., Reilly, A., & Barakat, L.P. (2020). Stability and change in family psychosocial risk over six months in pediatric cancer and its association with medical and psychosocial healthcare utilization. Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 67(2). doi:10.1002/pbc.28051

Nagarajan, R., Gerbing, R., Alonzo, T., Johnston, D., Aplenc, R., Kolb, E.A., Meshinchi, S., Barakat, L.P., & Sung, L. (2019). Quality of life in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia: a report from the Children’s Oncology Group. Cancer Medicine, 8(9). Published online June 12, 2019. doi:10.1002/cam4.2337

Schwartz, L.A., Daniel, L.C., Henry-Moss, D., Bonafide, C.P., Li, Y., Psihogios, A.M., Butler, E.S., Szalda, D., ver Hoeve, E.S., Hobbie, W.L., Dowshen, N.L., Pierce, L., Kersun, L.S., & Barakat, L.P. (2020). Feasibility and acceptability of a pilot tailored text messaging intervention for adolescents and young adults completing cancer treatment. Psycho-oncology, 29(1), 164-172. doi: 10.1002/pon.5287

Schapira, M., Stevens, E.M., Bailey, C., Bagatell, R., Tai, E., Hockman, L., Sharpe, J., Reiter, J., Calhoun, S., Shah, S., Silber, J., & Barakat, L.P. (In press). Mortality and late effects among pediatric cancer patients Treated on-trial versus off-trial: results of a matched cohort study. Cancer.