Christopher J. Recklitis, PhD, MPH

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Phone: (617) 632-3839
Fax: (617) 632-2473

christopher_recklitis@dfci.harvard.edu

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Phone: (617) 632-3839
Fax: (617) 632-2473

christopher_recklitis@dfci.harvard.edu

Christopher J. Recklitis, PhD, MPH

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

EDUCATIONAL TITLES

Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Director of Reseach, Perini Family Survivors' Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Research Abstract

My research interests are in the areas of health psychology and mental health outcomes of oncology patients. I am interested in the assessment for quality-of-life, psychiatric morbidity, and health behaviors in cancer survivors. My current projects include an NCI funded study evaluating existing PTSD screening measures for assessment of young adult cancer survivors, and two NCI funded clinical trials of brief behavioral interventions to treat insomnia in cancer survivors.

Mizrach HR, Markwart M, Rosen RL, Park ER, Finkelstein-Fox L, Recklitis CJ, Perez GK. Reddit for research recruitment? Social media as a novel clinical trial recruitment tool for adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors. J Cancer Surviv 2024. PubMed
Chevalier LL, McCormick K, Cooney TM, Recklitis CJ, Bober SL. Sexual health in adult survivors of childhood cancer: A Project REACH study. Cancer 2024. PubMed
Zhou ES, Recklitis CJ, Partridge AH. When Cancer Centers Snooze, Patients Lose: It is Time to Make Insomnia a Priority for Survivors. JCO Oncol Pract 2023. PubMed
Chevalier LL, Blackmon JE, Roman A, Chang G, Recklitis CJ. Screening young adult cancer survivors for depression and anxiety with the Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders (PRIME-MD): Comparisons with a structured clinical diagnostic interview. 2023; 32:1122-1129. PubMed
Recklitis CJ, Michaud A, Blackmon JE, Orsillo S, Chang G. Evaluating posttraumatic stress in young adult cancer survivors: Implications of revised DSM-5 traumatic event criteria. 2023; 32:895-903. PubMed
Lu D, Sapkota Y, Valdimarsdóttir UA, Koenen KC, Li N, Leisenring WM, Gibson T, Wilson CL, Robison LL, Hudson MM, Armstrong GT, Krull KR, Yasui Y, Bhatia S, Recklitis CJ. Genome-wide association study of posttraumatic stress disorder among childhood cancer survivors: results from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study and the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort. Transl Psychiatry 2022; 12:342. PubMed
Chevalier LL, Blackmon JE, Bober SL, Roman A, Chang G, Recklitis CJ. Evaluating sensitive symptoms in young adult cancer survivors: acceptability of suicidal ideation and sexual health items across administration modes. J Cancer Surviv 2022. PubMed
Chevalier LL, Fine E, Sharma A, Zhou ES, Recklitis CJ. Evaluating the Sleep Treatment Education Program (STEP-1): A single-session educational workshop addressing insomnia in cancer survivors. J Psychosoc Oncol 2022. PubMed
Chevalier LL, Michaud AL, Zhou ES, Chang G, Recklitis CJ. Validation of the Three-Item Insomnia Severity Index Short Form in Young Adult Cancer Survivors: Comparison with a Structured Diagnostic Interview. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol 2022. PubMed
Mizrach H, Goshe B, Park ER, Recklitis C, Greer JA, Chang Y, Frederick N, Abrams A, Tower MD, Walsh EA, Huang M, Kenney L, Homans A, Miller K, Denninger J, Usmani GN, Peppercorn J, Perez GK. Randomized Waitlist-Control Trial of a Web-Based Stress-Management and Resiliency Program for Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors: Protocol for the Bounce Back Study. JMIR Res Protoc 2022; 11:e34033. PubMed
Chevalier LL, Zwemer EK, Casey R, Recklitis CJ. The Effect of Pediatric Cancer on Identity in Young Adult Survivors: Results from Project REACH. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol 2021. PubMed

Recklitis CJ, Blackmon JE, Chevalier LL, Chang G. Validating the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Short Form v1.0-Anxiety 8a in a sample of young adult cancer survivors: Comparison with a structured clinical diagnostic interview. Cancer 2021. PubMed
Major A, Recklitis CJ, Bober S. Providing Effective Mental Health Support for Oncology Health-Care Workers in the COVID-19 Era: Responding Quickly but Carefully. JNCI Cancer Spectr 2021; 5:pkab031. PubMed
Kenney LB, Vrooman LM, Lind ED, Brace-O'Neill J, Mulder JE, Nekhlyudov L, Recklitis CJ. Virtual visits as long-term follow-up care for childhood cancer survivors: Patient and provider satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2021. PubMed
Michaud AL, Zhou ES, Chang G, Recklitis CJ. Validation of the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) for identifying insomnia in young adult cancer survivors: comparison with a structured clinical diagnostic interview of the DSM-5 (SCID-5). Sleep Med 2021; 81:80-85. PubMed
Lu D, Kenney LB, Vrooman LM, Recklitis CJ. Long-Term Psychosocial Well-Being and Quality of Life Among Childhood Cancer Survivors Who Developed a Subsequent Malignant Neoplasm. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol 2020. PubMed
Zhou ES, Michaud AL, Owens J, Recklitis CJ. Sleep in young adult cancer survivors during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Clin Sleep Med 2020. PubMed
Michaud AL, Cadigan C, Mason C, Recklitis CJ. Evaluating the Brief Parental Intake Form (BPIF) for psychosocial difficulties in childhood cancer survivors. 2020. PubMed
Zhou ES, Recklitis CJ. Internet-delivered insomnia intervention improves sleep and quality of life for adolescent and young adult cancer survivors. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2020. PubMed
Vazquez D, Rosenberg S, Gelber S, Ruddy KJ, Morgan E, Recklitis C, Come S, Schapira L, Partridge AH. Posttraumatic Stress in Breast Cancer Survivors Diagnosed at a Young Age. 2020. PubMed
Frederick NN, Fine E, Michaud A, Recklitis CJ, Bober SL. Pediatric hematology and oncology fellow education in sexual and reproductive health: A survey of fellowship program directors in the United States. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2020; 67:e28245. PubMed
Nekhlyudov L, Blackmon JE, Kantoff P, Recklitis CJ. Patterns of self-reported care in a cohort of prostate cancer survivors: Implications for risk-stratified care. 2020. PubMed
Zhou ES, Michaud AL, Recklitis CJ. Developing efficient and effective behavioral treatment for insomnia in cancer survivors: Results of a stepped care trial. Cancer 2019. PubMed
Bober SL, Fine E, Recklitis CJ. Sexual health and rehabilitation after ovarian suppression treatment (SHARE-OS): a clinical intervention for young breast cancer survivors. J Cancer Surviv 2019. PubMed
Recklitis CJ, Liptak C, Footer D, Fine E, Chordas C, Manley P. Prevalence and Correlates of Pain in Adolescent and Young Adult Survivors of Pediatric Brain Tumors. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol 2019. PubMed
Hungr C, Recklitis CJ, Wright AA, Bober SL. How does a single session group intervention improve sexual function in ovarian cancer survivors? A secondary analysis of effects of self-efficacy, knowledge and emotional distress. Psychol Health Med 2019. PubMed
Bober SL, Michaud AL, Recklitis CJ. Finding sexual health aids after cancer: are cancer centers supporting survivors' needs? J Cancer Surviv 2019. PubMed
Yusufov M, Zhou ES, Recklitis CJ. Psychometric Properties of the Insomnia Severity Index in Cancer Survivors. 2018. PubMed
Hungr C, Recklitis CJ. Utilization of integrated psychosocial care in a pediatric cancer survivorship clinic: A retrospective medical record review. 2018. PubMed
Zhou ES, Hall KT, Michaud AL, Blackmon JE, Partridge AH, Recklitis CJ. Open-label placebo reduces fatigue in cancer survivors: a randomized trial. Support Care Cancer 2018. PubMed
Zhou ES, Clark K, Recklitis CJ, Obenchain R, Loscalzo M. Preferences for Help with a Sleep Problem Before Starting Cancer Treatment. J Pain Symptom Manage 2018. PubMed
Brinkman TM, Recklitis CJ, Michel G, Grootenhuis MA, Klosky JL. Psychological Symptoms, Social Outcomes, Socioeconomic Attainment, and Health Behaviors Among Survivors of Childhood Cancer: Current State of the Literature. J Clin Oncol 2018. PubMed
Zhou ES, Clark K, Recklitis CJ, Obenchain R, Loscalzo M. Sleepless from the Get Go: Sleep Problems Prior to Initiating Cancer Treatment. Int J Behav Med 2018. PubMed
Bober SL, Recklitis CJ, Michaud AL, Wright AA. Improvement in sexual function after ovarian cancer: Effects of sexual therapy and rehabilitation after treatment for ovarian cancer. Cancer 2017. PubMed
Ullrich CK, Rodday AM, Bingen KM, Kupst MJ, Patel SK, Syrjala KL, Harris LL, Recklitis CJ, Chang G, Guinan EC, Terrin N, Tighiouart H, Phipps S, Parsons SK. Three sides to a story: Child, parent, and nurse perspectives on the child's experience during hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Cancer 2017. PubMed
Recklitis CJ, Bakan J, Werchniak AE, Mahler H. Using Appearance-Based Messages to Increase Sun Protection in Adolescent Young Adult Cancer Survivors: A Pilot Study of Ultraviolet Light Photography. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol 2017. PubMed
Recklitis CJ, Blackmon JE, Chang G. Validity of the Brief Symptom Inventory-18 (BSI-18) for Identifying Depression and Anxiety in Young Adult Cancer Survivors: Comparison With a Structured Clinical Diagnostic Interview. Psychol Assess 2017. PubMed
Recklitis CJ, Syrjala KL. Provision of integrated psychosocial services for cancer survivors post-treatment. Lancet Oncol. 2017; 18:e39-e50. PubMed
Zhou ES, Bober SL, Nekhlyudov L, Hu JC, Kantoff PW, Recklitis CJ. Physical and emotional health information needs and preferences of long-term prostate cancer survivors. Patient Educ Couns 2016. PubMed
Blackmon JE, Liptak C, Recklitis CJ. Validation of Three Previously Developed Short Forms of the Beck Depression Inventory for Youth: A Replication. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol 2016. PubMed
Zhou ES, Partridge AH, Syrjala KL, Michaud AL, Recklitis CJ. Evaluation and treatment of insomnia in adult cancer survivorship programs. J Cancer Surviv 2016. PubMed
D'Agostino NM, Edelstein K, Zhang N, Recklitis CJ, Brinkman TM, Srivastava D, Leisenring WM, Robison LL, Armstrong GT, Krull KR. Comorbid symptoms of emotional distress in adult survivors of childhood cancer. Cancer 2016. PubMed
Frederick NN, Recklitis CJ, Blackmon JE, Bober S. Sexual Dysfunction in Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2016. PubMed
Frederick NN, Kenney L, Vrooman L, Recklitis CJ. Fatigue in adolescent and adult survivors of non-CNS childhood cancer: a report from project REACH. Support Care Cancer 2016. PubMed
Zhou ES, Vrooman LM, Manley PE, Crabtree VM, Recklitis CJ. Adapted Delivery of Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Insomnia in Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors: A Pilot Study. Behav Sleep Med 2016. PubMed
Zhou ES, Partridge AH, Recklitis CJ. A pilot trial of brief group cognitive-behavioral treatment for insomnia in an adult cancer survivorship program. 2016. PubMed
Recklitis CJ, Blackmon JE, Chang G. Screening young adult cancer survivors for distress with the Distress Thermometer: Comparisons with a Structured Clinical diagnostic interview. Cancer 2015. PubMed
Ullrich CK, Rodday AM, Bingen K, Kupst MJ, Patel SK, Syrjala KL, Harris LL, Recklitis CJ, Schwartz L, Davies S, Guinan EC, Chang G, Wolfe J, Parsons SK. Parent Outlook: How Parents View the Road Ahead as They Embark on Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Their Child. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2015. PubMed
Zhou ES, Manley PE, Marcus KJ, Recklitis CJ. Medical and Psychosocial Correlates of Insomnia Symptoms in Adult Survivors of Pediatric Brain Tumors. J Pediatr Psychol 2015. PubMed
Zhou ES, Hu JC, Kantoff PW, Recklitis CJ. Identifying suicidal symptoms in prostate cancer survivors using brief self-report. J Cancer Surviv 2015. PubMed
Blackmon JE, Liptak C, Recklitis CJ. Development and preliminary validation of a short form of the Beck Depression Inventory for Youth (BDI-Y) in a sample of adolescent cancer survivors. J Cancer Surviv 2015. PubMed
Park ER, Kirchhoff AC, Perez GK, Leisenring W, Weissman JS, Donelan K, Mertens AC, Reschovsky JD, Armstrong GT, Robison LL, Franklin M, Hyland KA, Diller LR, Recklitis CJ, Kuhlthau KA. Childhood Cancer Survivor Study participants' perceptions and understanding of the Affordable Care Act. J Clin Oncol 2015; 33:764-72. PubMed
Bober SL, Recklitis CJ, Bakan J, Garber JE, Patenaude AF. Addressing sexual dysfunction after risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy: effects of a brief, psychosexual intervention. 2015. PubMed
Heinze KE, Rodday AM, Nolan MT, Bingen K, Kupst MJ, Patel SK, Syrjala K, Harris L, Recklitis C, Schwartz L, Davies S, Guinan EC, Noll R, Chang G, Parsons SK. The impact of pediatric blood and marrow transplant on parents: introduction of the parent impact scale. Health Qual Life Outcomes 2015; 13:46. PubMed
Recklitis CJ, Zhou ES, Zwemer EK, Hu JC, Kantoff PW. Suicidal ideation in prostate cancer survivors: understanding the role of physical and psychological health outcomes. Cancer 2014. PubMed
Zhou ES, Recklitis CJ. Insomnia in adult survivors of childhood cancer: a report from project REACH. Support Care Cancer 2014. PubMed
Bakan J, Chen B, Medeiros-Nancarrow C, Hu JC, Kantoff PW, Recklitis CJ. Effects of a gift certificate incentive and specialized delivery on prostate cancer survivors' response rate to a mailed survey: a randomized-controlled trial. 2014; 5:127-32. PubMed
Brinkman TM, Zhang N, Recklitis CJ, Kimberg C, Zeltzer LK, Muriel AC, Stovall M, Srivastava DK, Sklar CA, Robison LL, Krull KR. Suicide ideation and associated mortality in adult survivors of childhood cancer. Cancer 2014; 120:271-7. PubMed
Bober SL, Zhou ES, Chen B, Manley PE, Kenney LB, Recklitis CJ. Sexual function in childhood cancer survivors: a report from Project REACH. 2013; 10:2084-93. PubMed
Varela VS, Ng A, Mauch P, Recklitis CJ. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in survivors of Hodgkin's lymphoma: prevalence of PTSD and partial PTSD compared with sibling controls. 2013. PubMed
Liptak C, Manley P, Recklitis CJ. The feasibility of psychosocial screening for adolescent and young adult brain tumor survivors: the value of self-report. J Cancer Surviv 2012. PubMed
Park ER, Kirchhoff AC, Zallen JP, Weissman JS, Pajolek H, Mertens AC, Armstrong GT, Robison LL, Donelan K, Recklitis CJ, Diller LR, Kuhlthau KA. Childhood Cancer Survivor Study participants' perceptions and knowledge of health insurance coverage: implications for the Affordable Care Act. J Cancer Surviv 2012; 6:251-9. PubMed
Merport A, Recklitis CJ. Does the Brief Symptom Inventory-18 case rule apply in adult survivors of childhood cancer? Comparison with the Symptom Checklist-90. J Pediatr Psychol 2012. PubMed
Zwemer EK, Mahler HI, Werchniak AE, Recklitis CJ. Sun exposure in young adult cancer survivors on and off the beach: results from Project REACH. J Cancer Surviv 2012. PubMed
Merport A, Bober SL, Grose A, Recklitis CJ. Can the distress thermometer (DT) identify significant psychological distress in long-term cancer survivors? A comparison with the Brief Symptom Inventory-18 (BSI-18). Support Care Cancer 2012. PubMed
Recklitis CJ, Sanchez Varela V, Ng A, Mauch P, Bober S. Sexual functioning in long-term survivors of Hodgkin's lymphoma. 2010; 19:1229-33. PubMed
Recklitis CJ, Diller LR, Li X, Najita J, Robison LL, Zeltzer L. Suicide ideation in adult survivors of childhood cancer: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. J Clin Oncol 2010; 28:655-61. PubMed
Kenney LB, Nancarrow CM, Najita J, Vrooman LM, Rothwell M, Recklitis C, Li FP, Diller L. Health status of the oldest adult survivors of cancer during childhood. Cancer 2010; 116:497-505. PubMed
Park ER, Bober SL, Campbell EG, Recklitis CJ, Kutner JS, Diller L. General internist communication about sexual function with cancer survivors. J Gen Intern Med 2009; 24 Suppl 2:S407-11. PubMed
Bober SL, Recklitis CJ, Campbell EG, Park ER, Kutner JS, Najita JS, Diller L. Caring for cancer survivors: a survey of primary care physicians. Cancer 2009; 115:4409-18. PubMed
Hoffman KE, McCarthy EP, Recklitis CJ, Ng AK. Psychological distress in long-term survivors of adult-onset cancer: results from a national survey. Arch Intern Med 2009; 169:1274-81. PubMed
Recklitis CJ. Psychometric research and clinical screening: do we really want one without the other? Psychooncology 2009; 18:789-90. PubMed
Recklitis CJ,Campbell EG,Kutner JS,Bober SL. Money talks: non-monetary incentive and Internet administration fail to increase response rates to a physician survey. J Clin Epidemiol 2009; 62:224-6. PubMed
Recklitis CJ, Sanchez-Varela V, Bober S. Addressing psychological challenges after cancer: a guide for clinical practice. Oncology (Huntingt) 2008; 22:11-20. PubMed
Zwahlen D, Hagenbuch N, Carley MI, Recklitis CJ, Buchi S. Screening cancer patients' families with the distress thermometer (DT): a validation study. 2008; 17:959-66. PubMed
Ng AK, Li S, Recklitis C, Diller LR, Neuberg D, Silver B, Mauch PM. Health Practice in Long-Term Survivors of Hodgkin Lymphoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2008; 71:468-76. PubMed
Zeltzer LK, Lu Q, Leisenring W, Tsao JC, Recklitis C, Armstrong G, Mertens AC, Robison LL, Ness KK. Psychosocial outcomes and health-related quality of life in adult childhood cancer survivors: a report from the childhood cancer survivor study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008; 17:435-46. PubMed
Recklitis CJ, Licht I, Ford J, Oeffinger K, Diller L. Screening adult survivors of childhood cancer with the distress thermometer: a comparison with the SCL-90-R. Psychooncology 2007; 16:1046-9. PubMed
O'leary TE, Diller L, Recklitis CJ. The effects of response bias on self-reported quality of life among childhood cancer survivors. Qual Life Res 2007; 16:1211-20. PubMed
Schultz KA, Ness KK, Whitton J, Recklitis C, Zebrack B, Robison LL, Zeltzer L, Mertens AC. Behavioral and social outcomes in adolescent survivors of childhood cancer: a report from the childhood cancer survivor study. J Clin Oncol 2007; 25:3649-56. PubMed
Recklitis CJ, Rodriguez P. Screening childhood cancer survivors with the brief symptom inventory-18: classification agreement with the symptom checklist-90-revised. 2007; 16:429-36. PubMed
Recklitis CJ, Lockwood RA, Rothwell MA, Diller LR. Suicidal ideation and attempts in adult survivors of childhood cancer. J Clin Oncol 2006; 24:3852-7. PubMed
Temel JS, Pirl WF, Recklitis CJ, Cashavelly B, Lynch TJ. Feasibility and validity of a one-item fatigue screen in a thoracic oncology clinic. J Thorac Oncol 2006; 1:454-9. PubMed
Recklitis CJ, Parsons SK, Shih MC, Mertens A, Robison LL, Zeltzer L. Factor structure of the brief symptom inventory--18 in adult survivors of childhood cancer: results from the childhood cancer survivor study. Psychol Assess 2006; 18:22-32. PubMed
Hudson MM, Mertens AC, Yasui Y, Hobbie W, Chen H, Gurney JG, Yeazel M, Recklitis CJ, Marina N, Robison LR, Oeffinger KC,. Health status of adult long-term survivors of childhood cancer: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. JAMA 2003; 290:1583-92. PubMed
Zhou ES, Partridge AH, Blackmon JE, Morgan E, Recklitis CJ. A pilot videoconference group stress management program in cancer survivors: lessons learned. Rural Remote Health ; 16:3863. PubMed
Gagnon EM, Recklitis CJ. Parents' decision-making preferences in pediatric oncology: the relationship to health care involvement and complementary therapy use. ; 12:442-52. PubMed
Chordas C, Manley P, Merport Modest A, Chen B, Liptak C, Recklitis CJ. Screening for pain in pediatric brain tumor survivors using the pain thermometer. J Pediatr Oncol Nurs ; 30:249-59. PubMed

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