Session 1: 10:00am EDT

From Research to the Real World: Solutions for Kids in Pain

Christine Chambers, PhD

Dr. Christine Chambers is an international leader in children’s pain research and a national voice for children’s health. Twice named one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women by the Women’s Executive Network, Christine has published over 200 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals and is recognized in the top 2% of the most cited scientists in the world. She is a Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Children’s Pain at Dalhousie University and faculty member in the Centre for Pediatric Pain Research at IWK Health Centre. Her acclaimed research program has helped establish Canada as a leader in children’s pain research, launching award-winning projects including #ItDoesntHaveToHurt and mentoring over 100 trainees. Christine is the Scientific Director of Solutions for Kids in Pain (SKIP), and the Scientific Director of the Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health (IHDCYH) at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

Session 2: 1:00pm EDT

We are the CHANGE we are waiting for: Pediatric Psychologists as Champions of Structural Change

Idia B. Thurston, PhD

Idia Binitie Thurston, PhD (she/her) is a licensed clinical psychologist, professor of health sciences and applied psychology, and Associate Director of the Institute for Health Equity and Social Justice Research at Northeastern University. Her research explores how race, ethnicity, social class, gender, size, and sexuality intersect and influence health outcomes, inequities, and well-being in youth and families. She directs the CHANGE lab, where she collaborates with scholars, youth, and community organizations to develop and disseminate strengths-based, culturally-responsive tools that reduce stigma, enhance wellness, and promote resilience. She is passionate about mentoring, dismantling structural and systemic barriers, and promoting career pathways for individuals underrepresented in health sciences and psychology.

Session 3: 3:15pm EDT

Bridging Clinical Practice with Psychosocial Research: Examples from Pediatric, Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology

Lori Wiener, PhD, DCSW, FAPA, FAPOS

Lori Wiener, PhD., is co-director of the Behavioral Science Core and Head of the Psychosocial Support and Research Program at the pediatric oncology branch of the National Cancer Institute (NCI). As both a clinician and behavioral scientist, Dr. Wiener has dedicated her career to the fields of oncology and pediatric HIV/AIDS. At the NCI, she has developed a robust clinical and research program that has focused on critical clinical issues such as parental coping, lone parenting, transnational parenting, sibling and sibling donor experiences, graph versus host disease, and end-of-life planning. Dr. Wiener has also dedicated a substantial part of her career to applying knowledge from her clinical experience and psychosocial studies to create innovative resources such as books, workbooks, therapeutic games and an advance care planning guide for children, adolescents, and young adults. Each of these resources are distributed worldwide and widely utilized in pediatric centers.

Dr. Wiener proudly led the team that has developed the first evidence-based psychosocial standards of care for children with cancer and their family members. She has over 270 publications spanning peer-reviewed papers and book chapters. Dr. Wiener has co-edited the textbooks Pediatric Psycho-Oncology: A Quick Reference on the Psychosocial Dimensions of Cancer Symptom Management and Pediatric Psychosocial Oncology: Textbook for Multi-disciplinary Care, co-authored a storybook, The Gift of Gerbert’s Feathers, to help children through the psychological and behavioral process of preparing for a natural end of life and more recently, co-edited a Special Issue in CHILDREN on Psychosocial Issues in Children and Adolescents Living with a Rare Condition.

Session 1: 10:00am

From Research to the Real World: Solutions for Kids in Pain

Christine Chambers, PhD

1. Identify the importance of mobilizing research knowledge and describe key elements of this process;
2. Describe best practices in knowledge mobilization based on examples provided from Solutions for Kids in Pain, a national knowledge mobilization network,.

Session 2: 1:00pm

We are the CHANGE we are waiting for: Pediatric Psychologists as Champions of Structural Change

Idia B. Thurston, PhD

1. Describe at least two ways in which structural inequity is present in pediatric psychology
2. List at least 3 strategies for advancing health equity science in pediatric psychology

Session 3: 3:15pm

Bridging Clinical Practice with Psychosocial Research: Examples from Pediatric, Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology

Lori Wiener, PhD, DCSW, FAPA, FAPOS

1. To describe ways to integrate psychosocial research into a clinical setting
2. To identify the steps utilized in the development of an adolescent and young adult (AYA) planning document.

Virtual Student Mentoring Lunch

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Virtual Student Mentoring Lunch scheduled for September 27 from 12-1pm!

More information coming soon!

More information coming soon!