Jennifer S Ford

Dr. Jennifer S. Ford is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Hunter College, CUNY, and Director of the Hunter Psycho-Oncology Lab. She holds additional roles as Deputy Director of Clinical Training for the Health Psychology and Clinical Science doctoral program at the CUNY Graduate Center. Her research focuses on improving quality of life and clinical outcomes for pediatric, adolescent, and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors, with an emphasis on psychosocial adaptation, psychosexual functioning, fertility concerns, and behavioral interventions. She has pioneered technology-based interventions to address health disparities in survivorship care, including web-based decision aids for family planning and telehealth strategies for mental health support.

• Education: PhD in Clinical Psychology (Kent State University)
• Affiliations: Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS), Society of Behavioral Medicine, Annals of Behavioral Medicine (Associate Editor)
• Key Projects: Roadmap to Parenthood decision aid, EMPOWER breast cancer screening trial, FAM Study on fertility care disparities

Her research integrates qualitative and quantitative methods to explore topics like anxiety management, peer relationships post-cancer, and identity formation among AYA survivors. She has secured funding from NIH grants, including U54 CA221704 for cancer health disparity research. The lab actively mentors undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers in translational psycho-oncology research.