Dr. Vicky Lehman

Professional Experience

Vicky Lehmann is a (medical/clinical) psychologist and senior researcher with a unique specialization in psychosocial issues of young adult cancer survivorship, focusing on sexuality, dating, infertility, and fertility preservation. Dr. Lehmann has extensive postdoctoral work experience in the US (2014-2018), and has recently been granted a prestigious Young Investigator Grant from the Dutch Cancer Society (KWF) to further advance her work in the Netherlands.
Dr. Lehmann completed two masters programmes in psychology and sucessfully defended her dissertation entitled”Singlehood and Partnerships among Health People and Childhood Cancer Survivors”in 2014. Ever since, she continued to use her research and clinical insights to develop research questions and projects that consecutively build onto each other.

Professional Experience:
2018 – present: senior researcher, Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands
2017 – 2018: postdoctoral researcher, St. Jude Childre’s Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA 2014 – 2016: postdoctoral research fellow, Nationwide Children’s Hospital/ Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
2011 – 2014: PhD-candiate, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands

Expertise and Research Interests

Young adult cancer patients/survivors and their:

– psychosexual development,
– body image,
– sexual functioning/ satisfaction (oncosexology)
– fertility problems and fertility preservation (oncofertility)
– patient-provider communication

Selected Publications

Lehmann, V, Laan, ETM, & den Oudsten, BL (2022). Sexual Health-Related Care Needs among Young Adult Cancer Patients and Survivors: A Systematic Literature Review. J Cancer Survivorship, 16(4):913-924.  doi: 10.1007/s11764-021-01084-w.
Lehmann, V, Chemaitilly, W, Lu, L, Green, DM, Kutteh, WH, Brinkman, TM, Srivastava, DK, Robison, LL, Hudson, MM, & Klosky, JL (2019). Gonadal Functioning and Perceptions of Infertility Risk among Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Report from the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Study. J of Clinical Oncology 37(11), 893-902
Lehmann, V, Ferrante, AC, Winning, AM, & Gerhardt, CA (2019). The Perceived Impact of Infertility on Romantic Relationships among Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer. Psycho-Oncology. 28 (3), 622-628.
Lehmann, V, Ferrante, AC, Keim, MC, Olshefski, RS, & Gerhardt, CA (2018). Psychosexual Development and Perceptions of Timing among Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer. Psycho-Oncology. 27 (8), 1944-1949.
Lehmann, V, Tuinman, MA, Keim, MC, Winning, AM, Olshefski, RS, Bajwa, R, Hagedoorn, M, & Gerhardt, CA (2017). Psychosexual development and satisfaction in long-term survivors of childhood cancer: Neurotoxic treatment intensity as a risk indicator. Cancer, 123 (10), 1869-1876.
Lehmann, V, Hagedoorn, M & Tuinman, MA (2015). Body Image in Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review of Case-Control Studies. J Cancer Survivorship, 9(2), 339-348.
book chapters:
Benedict, C, Ahmad, Z, Lehmann, V, & Ford, J (2020). Adolescent and Young Adult Issues. In Psycho-Oncology Care: Companion Guides for Clinicians. Sexual Health, Fertility, and Relationships in Cancer Care (eds.) D. Kissane & M. Watson. Oxford University Press, New York 63-97.
Lehmann, V & Tuinman, MA (2018). Body Image Issues Across Cancer Types. In Body Image Care for Cancer Patients, (eds.) M. Fingeret & I. Teo. Oxford University Press, New York. 81-100.