Daniel Armstrong, Ph.D., professor of pediatrics and psychology and director of the Mailman Center for Child Development at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, recently received the 2009 American Cancer Society Lane W. Adams Quality of Life Award. The prestigious national prize recognizes individuals who have made a difference through innovation, leadership and consistent excellence in providing compassionate, skilled care and counsel to people living with cancer and their families. Armstrong has been at the forefront internationally of studying the cognitive effects of cancer treatments on children. His team developed some of the first educational accommodation plans for childhood cancer survivors who needed a different way to learn and get through school because of the late effects of their cancer treatments.
