Dr. Allison Applebaum was previously at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center as the founding director of the Caregivers Clinic, the first program of its kind in the United States to provide comprehensive psychosocial care to family members and friends of patients who are in the caregiving role. Dr. Applebaum’s program of research focuses on the development and dissemination of supportive services for family caregivers. She is the editor of the textbook Cancer Caregivers, has published over 100 articles, reviews, and book chapters on these topics.