Dr. Abby R. Rosenberg, director of the Palliative Care and Resilience (PCAR) lab at the Seattle Children’s Research Institute (SCRI); an associate professor of pediatric hematology/oncology at the University of Washington (UW); director of pediatrics at the UW Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence; and director of survivorship and outcomes research in pediatric oncology at the UW, has been awarded the 2021 Trish Greene Quality of Life Award by the American Cancer Society (ACS). The prestigious award was presented to Dr. Rosenberg in an intimate ceremony in Seattle Children’s new Forest B building and honors those who have dedicated their career to research that improves the quality of life for cancer patients and their families. “I am so honored and humbled to receive this lifetime achievement award in quality-of-life research,” expressed Rosenberg. “I believe that it is our obligation to help patients with cancer live the best lives they can for as long as possible. Her research focuses on how to support adolescent patients in building their own resilience skills in order to better manage the experience of cancer.
