Farya Phillips, Ph.D., CCLS, is a research assistant professor and fellow at the\u00a0Institute for Collaborative Health Research and Practice\u00a0in the Steve Hicks School of Social Work. She oversees multiple projects relating to psychosocial care in oncology. Her primary research interests include adolescent and young adult cancer survivors as well as interventions for children with a parent diagnosed with cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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