Anne Kazak, PhD, ABPP
Associate Fellow

Dr. Kazak is Co-Director of the Center for Healthcare Delivery Science at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Co-Director of the Center for Pediatric Traumatic Stress, Treatment and Services Adaptation Center in the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, and Editor-in-Chief of Health Psychology.  

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Anne Kazak, PhD, ABPP is Co-Director of the Center for Healthcare Delivery Science at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Co-Director of the Center for Pediatric Traumatic Stress, Treatment and Services Adaptation Center in the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, and Editor-in-Chief of Health Psychology.  

Dr. Kazak is also a Licensed Psychologist (DE, PA), Professor of Pediatrics at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, and an Adjunct Professor of Psychology at the University of Delaware. Her experience as a clinician, researcher and administrator has helped to advance integrated (medical, behavioral) care for children and families from a systems perspective. She is a frequent consultant and reviewer on national and international projects related to pediatric psychology and the recipient of many research grants and several awards, including the Cummings American Psychological Cummings PSYCHE Prize (2009) for integrated care. Dr. Kazak received her Ph.D. in Clinical-Community Psychology from the University of Virginia and completed her internship training at Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry. Her undergraduate degree was awarded by Smith College.

PhD, University of Virginia (Clinical-Community Psychology), 1983

Predoctoral Fellow, \Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, 1981-1982

MA, University of Virginia (Clinical-Community Psychology), 1980.

BA, Smith College (Psychology), 1977 

Co-Director, Center for Healthcare Delivery Science at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

Co-Director, Center for Pediatric Traumatic Stress, Treatment and Services Adaptation Center in the National Child Traumatic Stress Network

Editor-in-Chief of Health Psychology.  

Professor of Pediatrics, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

Affiliated Professor of Psychology, University of Delaware

Senior Research Scientist, Christiana Care Health System

Professor (Emerita), University of Pennsylvania

American Psychological Association

Society for Research in Child Development

Association of Psychologists in Academic Health Centers

Council of Science Editors

Society of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Presidential Citation, American Psychological Association, 2016

Nemours Researcher of the Year, 2015

PSYCHE Prize (American Psychological Foundation and the Nicholas and Dorothy Cummings Foundation), 2009

Smith College Medal, 2005

Family Psychologist of the Year, American Psychological Association, 2002

Stenman K, Christofferson J, Alderfer MA, Pierce J, Kelly C, Schifano E, Klaff S, Sciolla J, Deatrick J, Kazak AE. Integrating Play in Trauma-Informed Care: Multidisciplinary Pediatric Healthcare Provider Perspectives. Psychol Serv. 2019 Feb;16(1):7-15.

Price J, Kassam-Adams N, Alderfer M, Christofferson J, Kazak A. An Integrative Model of Pediatric Medical Traumatic Stress: An Update Based  on a Systematic Literature Review. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 41, 86-97.

Kazak AE, Abrams AN, Banks J, Christofferson J, DiDonato S, Grootenhuis MA, Kabour M, Madan-Swain A, Patel SK, Zadeh S, Kupst MJ. Psychosocial Assessment as a Standard of Care in Pediatric Cancer. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2015 Dec;62 Suppl 5:S426-59.

 

Contact Information

 anne.kazak@nemours.org
(302) 298-7456
Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, 1600 Rockland Road, Wilmington, DE 19803