Georgetown Lombardi Visiting Professor and Grand Rounds Lecture Series: “Implementation of Tobacco Use Assessment and Treatment in Cancer Care”
Title: “Implementation of Tobacco Use Assessment and Treatment in Cancer Care”
Presented by:
Jamie Ostroff, PhD
Joseph Gaumont Chair of Cancer Prevention
Director, Tobacco Treatment Program
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Location: New Research Building Auditorium and via Zoom
Sponsors: Marc Schwartz, PhD and Katheryn Taylor, PhD
Lecture Series Presented by Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
About the Speaker:
Jamie Ostroff, PhD, is a clinical health psychologist with expertise in helping patients and their families cope with the challenges of cancer diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship. She has a strong interest in working with patients who have been diagnosed with tobacco-related cancers, and serves as psychological liaison to the Thoracic Service and to the Head and Neck Disease Management Team.
She is the Director of Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Tobacco Treatment Program and works with a team of colleagues dedicated to promoting smoking cessation among cancer patients, their families, and individuals at risk for cancer and other chronic medical conditions.
She also leads the Health Behavior Change and Cancer Risk Reduction Laboratory examining psychological and behavioral factors in cancer prevention and early detection. Her research has focused on developing and evaluating innovative methods for treating tobacco dependence in medical settings. Her other research interests include post-treatment, health-related quality of life issues and the development and evaluation of psychosocial support and health promotion interventions for cancer survivors and their families.
Additionally, she serves as Director of the Psycho-Oncology Research Training Program and is strongly committed to training new investigators in psycho-oncology. She serves on many academic and national committees aimed at improving cancer prevention, early detection and care.