Joan Hanania, PhD

• Psychologist
• Instructor, Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Office Phone

• 617-632-6560

Fax

• 617-632-5677

General

Treatment Centers

• Pediatric Psychosocial Oncology
• Pediatric Palliative Care

Discipline

• Psychology

Location

Background

Board Certifications

• Clinical Psychology

Fellowship

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

Residency

• Boston Children's Hospital

Biography

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.