Amy Berkman is a T-32 postdoctoral research fellow at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, with her research focusing on long-term outcomes in survivors of childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer. She is also interested in intervention studies focused on improving cardiometabolic health in survivors.
Berkman received her undergraduate degree from Middlebury College and then attended Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont. She also completed her pediatric residency at Duke University.
During her residency, Berkman was named a Duke Pediatrics R38 Scholar and awarded the YT Chen Excellence in Research Award.
With her primary training to date being clinical, Berkman joined the Clinical Investigations program to strengthen her skillset in developing and implementing independent clinical research, building a foundation for a clinician research career.
Hometown: Shelburne, VT
Education:
Residency – Duke University
MD – Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont
BA – Middlebury College
Publications:
Berkman AM, Livingston JA, Merriman K, Hildebrandt M, Wang J, Dibaj S, McQuade J, You N, Ying A, Barcenas C, Bodurka D, DePombo A, Lee HJ, de Groot J, Roth M. Long-term survival among 5-year survivors of adolescent and young adult cancer. Cancer 2020 Aug 15;126(16):3708-3718. doi: 10.1002/cncr.33003. Epub 2020 Jun 2. PMID: 32484922
Berkman AM, Andersen CR, Roth ME, Gilchrist SC. Cardiovascular disease in adolescent and young adult cancer survivors: Impact of sociodemographic and modifiable risk factors. Cancer 2023 Feb 1;129(3):450-460. doi: 10.1002/cncr.34505. Epub 2022 Dec 5. PMID: 36464957.
Berkman AM, Goodenough CG, Durakiewicz P, Howell CR, Wang Z, Easton J, Mulder HL, Armstrong GT, Hudson MM, Kundu M, Ness KK. Associations between mitochondrial copy number, exercise capacity, physiologic cost of walking, and cardiac strain in young adult survivors of childhood cancer. J Cancer Surviv 2024 Apr 18. doi: 10.1007/s11764-024-01590-7. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38635100.