Alexandra (Alex) Psihogios, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Medical Social Sciences and Pediatrics, licensed clinical psychologist, full member of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Co-Chair of the Adolescent/Young Adult (AYA) Cancer Research Committee in the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. With funding from the National Cancer Institute and cancer foundations, her programmatic research focuses on improving cancer outcomes for AYAs with cancer and survivors via equitable and innovative digital health approaches. Much of this research targets disease self-management and oral chemotherapy adherence. Across projects, Dr. Psihogios prioritizes the creation of digital tools that AYAs will use and can access in the “real-world” by: 1) deeply partnering with AYAs, 2) employing human-centered design and implementation science methods, and 3) using experimental designs such as micro-randomized trials to test engagement strategies. With an NCI Career Development Award (K08), she is developing an app-based, just-in-time adaptive mobile intervention for AYA oral chemotherapy adherence. Once optimized, this intervention will deliver the right kind of adherence support, at the right time, based on contextual factors that fluctuate. Another line of research focuses on delivering support to AYAs within an information ecosystem that they already use for cancer--social media and the "influencers" therein. Dr. Psihogios works closely with a Community Advisory Board of YA survivors who are influencers (post about cancer online and have a large following) as a strategy for deploying engaging cancer information to AYAs with broad reach. With funding from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and Teen Cancer America, her lab is piloting adherence social media messages that were co-created by influencers to determine acceptability, feasibility, and potential impact.