Dr. sc. Erika Harju
Postdoc (Prof. Dr. Gisela Michel)
T +41 41 229 59 53 • Room 1.B08 • erika.harju@unilu.ch
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Erika Harju graduated from the Master’s program in Health Sciences at the University of Lucerne majoring in Health Behavior and Management. She started her PhD in the Department of Health Science and Medicine in May 2017. Her research focuses on childhood cancer survivorship – improving follow-up care through implementation of screening for psychological distress. Erika holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Applied Sciences in Bern. Alongside her master studies Erika continued her clinical work as a registered nurse with expertise in oncology.
Research
- Childhood, adolescent and young adult cancer survivors: late effects, quality of life, psychosocial outcomes
- Guidelines development
- Screening for psychological distress
Projects
Publications
- Harju, E., Hendriks, M., Roser, K., & Michel, G. (2020). Health-care professionals’ opinions on psychological screening in follow-up care for childhood cancer survivors. Swiss Medical Weekly, 150, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4193853
- Baenziger, J., Roser, K., Mader, L., Harju, E., Ansari, M., Waespe, N., … Michel, G. (2020). Post-traumatic stress in parents of long-term childhood cancer survivors compared to parents of the Swiss general population. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Research and Practice, 2 (3), 24 ff. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4134525
- Hendriks, M. J., Harju, E., & Michel, G. (2020). The unmet needs of childhood cancer survivors in long-term follow-up care A qualitative study. Psycho-Oncology; Psycho‐Oncology, 0. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.5593
- Harju, E., Michel, G., & Roser, K. (2019). A systematic review on the use of the emotion thermometer in individuals diagnosed with cancer. Psycho-Oncology, 28 (9), 1803–1818. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3346965
- Michel, G., François, C., Harju, E., Dehler, S., & Roser, K. (2019). The long-term impact of cancer: Evaluating psychological distress in adolescent and young adult cancer survivors in Switzerland. Psycho-Oncology, 28 (3), 577–585. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2551076
- Harju, E., Roser, K., Dehler, S., & Michel, G. (2018). Health-related quality of life in adolescent and young adult cancer survivors. Supportive Care in Cancer, 26 (9), 3099–3110. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2385489
Achievements
- Psychological effects of a cancer diagnosis during childhood and adolescence: needs and communication. Lecture, Annual Congress of the German, Austrian and Swiss Society of Hematology and Oncology, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hämatologie und medizinische Onkologie, Basel, 2020
- Psychological outcomes in childhood cancer survivors before and after attending follow-up care. Poster, Swiss Public Health Conference, Society of Swiss Public Health, Lucerne, 2020
- The Emotion Thermometer applied in follow-up care of childhood cancer survivors. Discussion contribution, 51st Annual Congress of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology, International Society of Paediatric Oncology, Lyon, 2019
- The Emotion Thermometer applied in follow-up care of childhood cancer survivors. Poster, 51st Annual Congress of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology, International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP), Lyon, 2019
- Health-related quality of life in parents of long-term childhood cancer survivors: Swiss Childhood Cancer Survivor Study – Parents. Lecture, 51st Congress of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP), International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP), Lyon, 2019
- Health-care professionals’ opinion on psychological screening in follow-up care of childhood cancer survivors. Lecture, Swiss Public Health Conference, Society of Swiss Public Health, Winterthur, 2019
- The Emotion Thermometer applied in follow-up care of childhood cancer survivors. Lecture, 24th PanCare Meeting, PanCare, Basel, 2019
- Health-care professionals’ opinion on psychological screening in follow-up care of childhood cancer survivors. Lecture, 23rd PanCare Meeting, PanCare, Opatija, 2019
- Health professionals’ experience with psychological screening in follow-up care of childhood cancer survivors. Lecture, Symposium on Psychosocial Aspects of Childhood Cancer, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, 2019
- A systematic review on the use of the emotion thermometer in individuals diagnosed with cancer. Poster, International Society of Paeditric Oncology (SIOP), International Society of Paeditric Oncology (SIOP), Kyoto, 2018
- The long-term impact of cancer: evaluating psychological distress in adolescent and young adult cancer survivors in Switzerland. Lecture, PanCare Meeting, PanCare, Paris, 2018
- Post-traumatic stress symptoms in parents of long-term childhood cancer survivors – Data from the Swiss Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. Poster, Australian and New Zealand Children's Haematology/Oncology Group (ANZCHOG) Annual Scientific Meeting, Australian and New Zealand Children's Haematology/Oncology Group (ANZCHOG), Sydney, 2018
- A systematic review on the use of the emotion thermometer in individuals diagnosed with cancer. Lecture, PanCare Meeting, PanCare, Prag, 2018
- Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms in Parents of Long-term Childhood Cancer Survivors. Lecture, International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS), International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS), Hongkong, 2018
- Health-related quality of life in parents of long-term childhood cancer survivors. Lecture, PanCare Meeting, PanCare, Lübeck, 2017
- Post-traumatic stress symptoms and predictors in parents of long-term childhood cancer survivors. Lecture, PanCare Meeting, PanCare, Lübeck, 2017
- Health-related quality of life in adolescent and young adult cancer survivors. Lecture, PanCare Meeting, PanCare, Lübeck, 2017