Deidre Pereira

Expanding upon the recent work of Grace Ann Hanvey, PhD, Hannah will be examining how specific psychosocial factors, such as depression, anxiety, and spirituality, are associated with access/barriers to cancer clinical trial enrollment/retention among individuals living with indicators of marginalization, such as age, ability status, socioeconomic status, serious mental health…

The Psycho-Oncology laboratory is proud to announce that Anjelica Body, MS, recently successfully proposed her dissertation. Anjelica’s research will be exploring the feasibility and prognostic significance of administration of patient-reported outcomes in a routine neuron-oncology clinical setting. She is conducting her research in Neuro-Oncology in the Department of Neurosurgery at…

The Psycho-Oncology Lab is proud to announce that Grace Ann Hanvey, PhD, has matched to her first-choice postdoctoral fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. At Mayo, they will be gaining additional clinical training in the assessment and treatment of individuals living with chronic and serious illness, as well…

Psycho-Oncology lab graduate student, Kelsey Bacharz, is currently completing her doctoral internship at the VA Palo Alto Health Care Center, where she will be receiving clinical training in behavioral medicine practice. Kelsey joins a long list of former Psycho-Oncology lab graduate students who have completed their internships and/or postdoctoral fellowships…

Kelsey Bacharz, MA, will be presenting the results of a scoping review on young adult caregivers of individuals with cancer (YACCs) at the American Psychosocial Oncology Society’s 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting. Her poster is below.

Congratulations to Grace Ann Hanvey, MS, who has matched to the UF Health Science Center for their doctoral internship in clinical psychology! Grace Ann will be completing her training in UF Health Psychology Specialties. At this site, they will perform psychological evaluations and delivery psychological treatment to individuals experiencing mental…

Congratulations to Anjelica Body, MS, who defended her master’s thesis! Anjelica’s research examines the feasibility of delivering patient-reported outcomes (PROs) assessment in individuals affected by primary brain tumors, including glioblastoma. She is also interested in examining changes in PROs from the point of diagnosis across active treatment, surveillance, and disease…

Grace Ann Hanvey, MS Biography Grace Ann is a doctoral student in the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, with an emphasis in Clinical Health Psychology. Their research objectives are directed at mitigating health disparities in chronic illness that disproportionately impact marginalized groups, including racial and/or ethnic minorities, members of…

Congratulations to Dr. Chantel Ulfig, who has successfully defended her dissertation and will graduate with her PhD in August 2020! Dr. Ulfig is completing her predoctoral internship in clinical psychology at the Palo Alto VAMC. Upon her graduation, she will begin her postdoctoral training at the Palo Alto VAMC, where…

Janae Kirsch has successfully defended her doctoral dissertation examining cognitive behavioral intervention effects on circadian rhythm among women with gynecologic cancers. Janae is currently completing her predoctoral internship in clinical psychology at Duke University. She has a manuscript in preparation stemming from her dissertation.