Nancy Borstelmann, PhD, MPH, LCSW | The Grief-Sensitive Healthcare Project

Bio: Dr. Nancy Borstelmann (she/her) is a Clinical Instructor and Chief of Family Behavioral Health Services in Hematology/Oncology at the Yale Child Study Center. Prior to starting her position at Yale, Nancy was the Senior Director of Social Work at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston and Chief of the Division of Social Work in the Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care. She is a licensed clinical social worker whose career has been focused on serving patients and families coping with the impact of serious illness through direct clinical roles, program development, education, and leadership. Nancy specializes in family caregivers’ challenges, living with life-limiting illness as a family, and integrating the needs of children when a parent has cancer.

Summary: Dr. Nancy Borstelmann (she/her) is a Clinical Instructor and Chief of Family Behavioral Health Services in Hematology/Oncology at the Yale Child Study Center. Prior to starting her position at Yale, Nancy was the Senior Director of Social Work at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston and Chief of the Division of Social Work in the Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care. She is a licensed clinical social worker whose career has been focused on serving patients and families coping with the impact of serious illness through direct clinical roles, program development, education, and leadership. Nancy specializes in family caregivers’ challenges, living with life-limiting illness as a family, and integrating the needs of children when a parent has cancer.