Dear Members,
Please join us for the next educational session of the SIOP GHN Psychosocial Wellbeing WG and Pediatric Psycho-Oncology (PPO) Network.
Date: March 26, 2025
Time: 15:00 CET
REGISTER: https://members.siop-online.org/event/March26
Topic: Sleep Needs of Childhood Cancer Patients
Speaker: Valerie Crabtree, PhD, Vice President, Psychosocial Services, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
M. Crabtree, Ph.D. is Vice President of Psychosocial Services and a Faculty Member in the Department of Psychology & Biobehavioral Sciences at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Following her PhD, she completed her internship in clinical child/pediatric psychology and fellowships in pediatric psychology and behavioral sleep medicine at the University of Louisville School of Medicine, after which she became certified in behavioral sleep medicine. In addition to her clinical and administrative work, Dr. Crabtree conducts research on sleep and fatigue in children with cancer. Her work includes a focus on interventions to improve alertness and energy level in children undergoing treatment for cancer and in brain tumor survivors. She also has led quality improvement initiatives to improve sleep within overnight clinical care providers and in children within the critical care setting.
Warm regards,
SIOP GHN Psychosocial Wellbeing Working Group leaders:
- Alisa Kamalyan, Co-Chair
- Aayushi Khaneja, Co-Chair
