Children’s Oncology Group’s 2023 Blueprint for Research:
Behavioral Science
Leanne Embry, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health
Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
Kristin Bingen, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of
Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Heather M. Conklin, PhD, Department of Psychology and Biobehavioral
Sciences, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
Steven Hardy, PhD, Division of Oncology, Children’s National Hospital
and Departments of Pediatrics and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences,
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences,
Washington, DC
Lisa M. Jacola, PhD, ABPP-CN, Department of Psychology and Biobehavioral
Sciences, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
Jordan Gilleland Marchak, PhD, ABPP, Emory University School of Medicine
and Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center at Children’s Healthcare of
Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
Iris Paltin, PhD, ABPP-CN, Division of Oncology, The Children’s Hospital
of Philadelphia Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and
Behavioral Sciences, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of
Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Wendy Pelletier MSW, RSW,
Department of Oncology, Division of Psychosocial Oncology, Cumming
School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Katie A. Devine, PhD, MPH,
Department of Pediatrics, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New
Brunswick, NJ
Corresponding author:
Leanne Embry, PhD
Department of Pediatrics
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas
Phone: 210-567-7481
Email: embryl@uthscsa.edu
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Funding support: Grant support from the National Institute of Health,
U10CA180886, U10CA180899, UG1CA189955.