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Erica C. Kaye, MD, MPH
Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty
Director of Research, Quality of Life and Palliative Care Division
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Contact Information
Erica C. Kaye, MD, MPH
Quality of Life and Palliative Care
MS 260, Room C6066
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
Education
BA – Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
MPH - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
MD – Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Honors & Awards
- 2017 Kathleen M. Foley AAHPM/NHPCO Research Scholars Award
- 2017 St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital CETO Clinical Education Award
- 2017 Early Investigator Award at the Massachusetts General Hospital Workshop in Supportive Care in Cancer, funded by the National Cancer Institute
- 2015 Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Welsh Scholarship
- 2011 Boston Children’s Hospital Frederick Lovejoy Research Grant
- 2011 American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) Palliative Medicine Scholarship
- 2010 Harvard Medical School Bemy Jelin ’91 Award
- 2010 Harvard University Presidential Scholars Public Service Award
- 2009-2010 Neil Ghiso Foundation Palliative Care Fellowship and Grant
- 2006 Harvard Medical School Louis Pasteur Research Award
Research Interests
- Early integration of palliative care into the ongoing care of children with cancer
- Communication between pediatric oncology clinicians, patients with high risk cancer, and their families at high stress time points during the illness trajectory
- Bereavement care for families of children who die from cancer
- Delivery of pediatric palliative care in developing countries
Clinical Trials
Recruiting
Study goal:
To identify recurrent verbal and nonverbal communication techniques employed by pediatric oncologists in the delivery of difficult prognostic information to parents through content analysis of audio recorded conversations between pediatric oncologists and parents of children with high-risk cancer at times of disease re-evaluation
Age:
Patients: Age 30 or younger
Parents: Age 18 or older
