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Marta Salek

Marta Salek

Physician Scientist, Assistant Member · MD, MPH

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital · United States

RegionGlobal
Clinical focusAccess to CareCare ModelsChildren's PerspectivesCommunicationDecision-makingHumanitarian & conflict settingsOncologyParents/CaregiversPublic HealthResearch in CPCTool Development
MethodologyCommentaryImplementation scienceParticipatory / co-designQualitativeReview/Synthesis
Career stageClinician-researcherEarly-career researcher
LanguagesEnglish

Dr. Salek is a palliative oncologist and faculty member in the department of Global Pediatric Medicine at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Dr. Salek’s research focuses on palliative care integration in childhood cancer and exploring clinical decision-making to design interventions that improve patient and family outcomes and clinician workflows in resource constrained settings around the world. She specializes in qualitative research, mixed methods, and implementation science.

  • Open to collaboration

Publications

Transfusion Use Among Children with Hematologic Malignancies Receiving Concurrent Hospice Care
Weaver M, Jalfon R, Liang J, Mamer T, Johnson L, Kaye E, Salek M, Cowfer B, Superdock A, Li Y, Levine D · Journal of Pain & Symptom Management · 2026
Life Duration of Pediatric Patients with Cancer Enrolled on Concurrent Hospice Care: A Retrospective Decedent Study
Weaver M, Jalfon R, Zeng E, Kalyanasundaram S, Kaye E, Salek M, Cowfer B, Johnson L, Mamer T, Mandrell B, Lindley L, Levine D · Journal of Palliative Medicine · 2026
Treatment Decision Making at Diagnosis for Children Presenting With Advanced Cancer in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Salek M, Caceres-Serrano A, Canedo J, Fuentes L, Mehler S, Rule A, Zeal J, Rodriguez-Galindo C, Graetz D, Bhakta N, Kaye E, Group C, Baker J, Dolendo M, Figueredo D, Force L, Friedrich P, Geriga F, Gunasekera S, Hunleth J, Kizyma R, Maradiege E, Kim Nguyen H, Nzamu I, Raza M, Rustamova K, Sari N, Wise P · JCO Global Oncology · 2026
Co-Design & Collaboration: Global Pediatric Palliative Care Research to Address Care Inequities
Salek M, Reyna M, De Campos D, Caneba J, Zhou X, García-Quintero X, McNeil M · Journal of pain and symptom management · 2025
Decision-Making Factors in Advanced or Incurable Childhood Cancer Diagnosis in Low- and Middle- Income Countries
Rule A, Salek M · Journal of Pain and Symptom Management · 2024
Communication of Early Integration of Palliative Care for Children With Cancer in Latin America: The Care as a Vessel Metaphor
Garcia-Quintero X, Cleves D, Cuervo M, McNeil M, Salek M, Robertson E, Gomez W, Baker J, Kaye E · JCO Glob Oncol · 2023
Development of a Global Palliative Care Program
McNeil M, Garcia X, Salek M, Baker J · Pediatric Blood and Cancer · 2022
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on an Embedded Palliative Oncology Model in Pediatric Cancer Care
Salek M, Woods C, Baker J, Kaye E · Journal of Pain and Symptom Management · 2022
Multidisciplinary Clinician Perspectives on Embedded Palliative Care Models in Pediatric Cancer
Salek M, Woods C, Gattas M, Gattuso J, Mandrell B, Baker J, Kaye E · J Pain Symptom Manage · 2022

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