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Expanding Your Stress Management Toolbox

Dec 01, 2022
02:00PM - 03:00PM EST
Online Event
Overview

Join the Adult AML Chapter to learn from Dr. Derry-Vick, a psychologist who specializes in cancer-related anxiety and depression. Dr. Derry-Vick will share with us how cancer is affected by stress and reveal a variety of tools we can use to respond to this stress. Come with your questions! 

Agenda
02:00 PM
Introduction
Katie Braswell

Katie introduces the agenda of the event and featured speaker Dr. Heather Derry-Vick.

02:05 PM
Presentation
Heather Derry-Vick, PhD

Dr. Derry-Vick will discuss ways you can manage the stressful nature of an AML diagnosis.

02:45 PM
Questions and Answers
Audience

Type your questions in the chat and Dr. Derry-Vick will answer them!

Speakers & Moderators
Healthtree contact Katie Braswell

Katie Braswell

Katie joined the HealthTree Foundation as the Community Director for AML in 2021. She is a registered dietitian who previously worked at the VA hospital in Dallas, Texas where she coached veterans with blood cancer on how to use nutrition to improve their treatment outcomes and minimize cancer-related side effects. Katie is passionate about health education and patient empowerment. In her spare time, she loves to experiment with new recipes in the kitchen, spend time running outdoors, and travel to new places.
Healthtree contact Heather Derry-Vick, PhD

Heather Derry-Vick, PhD

Dr. Derry-Vick is a clinical psychologist and Assistant Member of the Center for Discovery and Innovation at Hackensack Meridian Health in New Jersey. Dr. Derry-Vick examines how psychosocial factors, such as stressful experiences or depressive symptoms, interact with health conditions including cancer. By investigating and addressing links between behavioral and physical health, the Derry-Vick lab’s long-term goals are to lessen the impact of stress in the context of medical care and to maximize quality of life among people with chronic conditions.