Cancer Survivorship 101: Better Sleep for Cancer Survivors

"Better Sleep for Cancer Survivors", with Eric Zhou, PhD

Due to the quarantine, we had to cancel our annual in-person Cancer Survivorship 101 event that was planned for June, 2020. Instead, we created a series of video lectures presented here on our website and our YouTube page featuring the speakers that were to be highlighted at the event.

Better Sleep for Cancer Survivors
Eric Zhou, PhD
Division of Sleep Medicine
Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School
Staff Psychologist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
450 Brookline Avenue, Dana 09
Boston, MA 02215

Dr. Eric Zhou is on faculty in the Division of Sleep Medicine and an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. He serves as a Staff Psychologist at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Dr. Zhou completed his post-doctoral fellowship at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and his pre-doctoral internship at Brown University Alpert Medical School. He received a B.Sc. (Integrated Sciences and Psychology) from the University of British Columbia and an M.S. and Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology, Health Division) from the University of Miami.

His research focuses on how we can better understand and treat sleep disorders in both pediatric and adult populations, including those with chronic illnesses. Dr. Zhou's work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, private foundations, and industry. His research in the field of health psychology / behavioral medicine has been published in journals such as JAMA Psychiatry, Cancer, and SLEEP. He serves on the editorial boards of Annals of Behavioral Medicine and the International Journal of Behavioral Medicine.

Survivor Journeys has been a non-profit organization since March, 2015. Its origins, began during the year-long medical quarantine Dr Jay Burton lived through after his stem cell transplant for Acute Myeloid Leukemia which ended in late October 2011. Dr Burton’s emotional and social support experiences prompted speaking engagements about cancer survivorship. The community interest generated from these talks, as well as the lack of emotional and support services for cancer survivors in our region, led to the creation of Survivor Journeys.

Learn more at survivorourneys.org