Devine Program Publications

  1. Devine KA, Barnett M, Donovan KA, et al. Bright IDEAS-YA Skills Training and Psychosocial Outcomes of Young Adults With Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2026;9(4):e267997. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.7997
  2. Bono, M. H., Reese, S., Levonyan-Radloff, K., Donovan, K. A., Sahler, O. J. Z., Barnett, M. E., ... & Devine, K. A. (2025). “There’s a lot of unknowns”: a thematic analysis of the experiences of young adults with cancer who died during a psychosocial intervention trial. BMC Palliative Care, 24, 98.

Devine Program Alumni

Adrienne Viola, PhD - current resident, Boston Combined Residency Program in Pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital and Boston Medical Center.

Gary Kwok, Ph.D. - Assistant Member of the Center for Discovery and Innovation and Assistant Professor at the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine

 

Katie Devine, PhD, MPH

Headshot of Dr. DevineKatie Devine is the Associate Director of the New Jersey Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Research Center of Excellence (NJPHORCE) at Rutgers Cancer Institute and a Professor of Pediatrics and the Section Chief of Pediatric Population Science, Outcomes, and Disparities Research in the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

Devine Research Program

The Devine Research Program focuses on the psychosocial aspects of pediatric, adolescent, and young adult cancer survivorship, including patient and family adaptation to illness, adherence to medical recommendations and survivorship care, healthcare transitions, and health promotion for survivors.