Lynne S. Padgett, Ph.D., FAPOS

Dr. Lynne S. Padgett

Program Director
Division of Clinical and Health Services Research

lynne.padgett@nih.gov
301-827-5511

Dr. Lynne Padgett is a program director in the Division of Clinical and Health Services Research at NIMHD and a licensed psychologist. Her research interests include delivery of care in palliative and end-of-life care, aging and older adults including cognitive impairment and maintaining independence, caregiving, disparities in cancer survivorship, rehabilitation and care delivery, and decision-making by patients, clinicians, and health care systems.

Previously, Dr. Padgett was a health science officer for the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs Office of Health Services Research & Development and a program director in the National Cancer Institute Office of Cancer Survivorship and the Basic, Biobehavioral and Psychological Sciences Branch of the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences. Clinically, she has worked as a health and rehabilitation psychologist, primarily in oncology and hospital medicine with the VA Washington DC Healthcare System, and Kaiser Permanente - Georgia.

Dr. Padgett earned her Ph.D. in counseling psychology from the University of Memphis with special emphasis in behavioral medicine and research design and statistics. She completed postdoctoral training in rehabilitation psychology at Emory University School of Medicine. She is a fellow of the American Psychosocial Oncology Society.

Selected Publications

Brick, R., Voss, L., Arbid, S., Joshi, Y., Tome, G., El Hassanieh D., Sleight, A. G., Klein, C., Sabir, A., Wechsler, S., Campbell, G., Campbell, K. L., Lam, A., Lyons, K. D., Padgett, L., & Jones, J. (2023, August). Reporting Rigor of Cancer Rehabilitation Interventions: Application of the CReDECI-2 Guidelines. American Journal of Physical Medine and Rehabilitation, (Online ahead of print).

Graboyes, E.M., Maurer, S., Balliet, W., Li, H., Williams, A.M., Osazuwa-Peters, N., Yan, F., Padgett, L., Rush, A., Ruggiero, K.J., & Sterba, K.R. (2023, January). Efficacy of a Brief Tele-Cognitive Behavioral Treatment vs. Attention Control for Head and Neck Cancer Survivors with Body Image Distress: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial. Journal of the American Medical Association Otolaryngology Head Neck Surgery, 149(1): 54-62.

Brick, R., Padgett, L., Jones, J., Wood, K.C., Pergolotti, M., Marshall, T.F., Campbell, G., Eilers, R., Keshavarzi, S., Flores, A.M., Silver, J.K., Virani, A., Livinski, A.A., Ahmed, M.F., Kendig, T., Khalid, B., Barnett, J., Borhani, A., Bernard, G., & Lyons, K.D. (2022, February). The Influence of Telehealth-Based Cancer Rehabilitation Interventions on Disability: A Systematic Review. Journal Cancer Survivorship,17(6):1725–1750. doi: 10.1007/s11764-022-01181-4

Pergolotti, M., Battisti, N.M.L., Padgett, L., Sleight, A.G., Abdallah, M., Newman, R., Van Dyk, K., Covington, K.R., Williams, G.R., van den Bos, F., Pollock, Y., Salerno, E.A., Magnuson, A., Gattás-Vernaglia, I.F., & Ahles, T.A. (2020, March). Embracing the Complexity: Older Adults with Cancer-Related Cognitive Decline - A Young International Society of Geriatric Oncology position paper. Journal of Geriatric Oncology, 11(2):237-243. doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2019.09.002

Padgett, L.S., Asher, A., & Cheville, A. (2018, Jul/Aug). The Intersection of Rehabilitation and Palliative Care: Patients with Advanced Cancer in the Inpatient Rehabilitation Setting. Rehabilitation Nursing, 43(4):219-228. doi: 10.1097/rnj.0000000000000171

Lyons, K.D., Padgett, L.S., Marshall, T.F., Greer, J.A., Silver, J.K., Raj, V.S., Zucker, D.S., Fu, J.B., Pergolotti. M., Sleight, A.G., & Alfano, C.M. (2019, March). Follow the Trail: Using Insights from the Growth of Palliative Care to Propose a Roadmap for Cancer Rehabilitation. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 69(2):113-126. doi.org/10.3322/caac.21549

Zebrack, B., Kayser, K., Bybee, D., Padgett, L., Sundstrom, L., Jobin, C., & Oktay, J. A. (2017, July). Practice-Based Evaluation of Distress Screening Protocol Adherence and Medical Service Utilization. Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network,15(7):903-912. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2017.0120

Ferrer, R.A., Padgett, L., & Ellis, E.M. (2016, August). Extending Emotion and Decision-Making Beyond the Laboratory: The Promise of Palliative Care Contexts. Emotion,16(5):581-586. doi: 10.1037/emo0000175


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