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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.
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.