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HMS Affiliate

Dana-Farber/Boston Children's is a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School.

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Joan Hanania, PhD

  • Psychologist
  • Instructor in Psychology, Harvard Medical School

Office Phone

  • 617-632-6560

Fax

  • 617-632-5677

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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 psychologist at Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and an 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 oncology care.

Dr. Hanania specializes in promoting coping with medical illnesses with a particular focus on hereditary cancer risk and AYA 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 adaptation in life-threatening illness, AYA psychosocial oncology, and psychosocial aspects of cancer predisposition syndromes.