Faculty Name:Stefanie Vuotto, PhD

Areas of Interest

• Risk and resilience
• Psychosocial late effects of childhood cancer
• Measurement and predictors of human trafficking

Dr. Vuotto’s research examines the impact of early-life adversity on human development, with a particular focus on vulnerable populations. Her work primarily investigates the psychological, psychiatric, neurocognitive, quality of life, social attainment, and functional independence outcomes of pediatric cancer survivors across diverse age groups and treatment-related exposures. She completed her pre-doctoral training at Covenant House New York, working with adolescents and young adults in crisis, and a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, where she specialized in assessing and supporting child, young adult, and adult survivors of childhood cancer. Dr. Vuotto is a licensed psychologist with expertise in clinical evaluation and treatment of children, adolescents, and young adults.

Select Publications

• Vuotto, S.C., Wang, M., Okcu, M.F., Bowers, D.C., Ullrich, N.J., Ness, K.K., Li, C., Srivastava, D.K., Howell, R.M., Gibson, T.M., Leisenring, W.M., Oeffinger, K.C., Robison, L.L., Armstrong, G.T., Krull, K.R. and Brinkman, T.M. (2024). Neurologic morbidity and functional independence in adult survivors of childhood cancer. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, 11(2), 291–301. Https://doi.org/10.1002/acn3.51951
• Vuotto, S., Lam, S. Cheung, Y.T. (2021). Tryptophan and Metabolites (Serotonin and Kynurenines) in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. In L.A. Sordillo & P. Sordillo (Eds.), Biophotonics, Tryptophan and Disease (pp. 93-105). Elsevier.
• Vuotto, S., Ojha, R.P., Li, C., Kimberg, C., Klosky, J., Krull, K.R., Srivastava, D.K., Robison, L., Hudson, M., Brinkman, T. (2018). The role of body image dissatisfaction in the association between treatment-related scarring or disfigurement and psychological distress in adult survivors of childhood cancer. Psycho-Oncology, 27(1), 216-222. Https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.4439
• Vuotto, S., Li, C., Oeffinger, K., Green, D., Patel, S., Srivastava, D., Stovall, M., Ness, K., Armstrong, G., Robison, L., Krull, K. & Brinkman, T. (2017). Impact of Chronic Disease on Psychological Distress in Adult Survivors in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. Cancer, 123(3), 521-528. Https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.30348
• Vuotto, S.C., Perez, K.M., Krull, K.R. & Brinkman, T.M. (2015). A narrative review of the occurrence of posttraumatic stress responses in adolescent and young adult cancer survivors. Clinical Oncology in Adolescents and Young Adults, 5, 19-33. https://doi.org/10.2147/COAYA.S49175