Hermioni Amonoo, MD, MPP, MPH

Clinical Research Senior Faculty Representative |
Carol C. Nadelson, MD Distinguished Chair in Psychiatry |
Director, Well-Being and Cancer Research Program |
Associate Professor, Psychiatry

Biography

Hermioni L. Amonoo, MD, MP, MPH is the Carol C. Nadelson, MD Endowed Chair in Psychiatry at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH). She is a physician-scientist in the Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) and Director of the Wellbeing and Cancer Research Program in the Department of Psychiatry at BWH. She is a graduate of Harvard Medical School (MD), Harvard Kennedy School of Government (MPP), Harvard Chan School of Public Health (MPH), the Massachusetts General Hospital Adult Psychiatry Residency Training Program and the BWH/DFCI Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry/Psychosocial Oncology Fellowship Training Program. Her program of research aims to understand the wellbeing needs of vulnerable cancer populations to develop innovative and practical psychological and digital therapeutics for patients with cancer and their caregivers. Her research has been consistently funded by Harvard Medical School, the Harvard Catalyst, the Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Brigham Research Institute, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institute of Health (NIH), and several foundations.