Niki Jurbergs, PhD

Niki Jurbergs, PhD, is a faculty member in the Department of Psychology and Biobehavioral Sciences at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. She completed her doctoral and master’s degrees in psychology at Louisiana State University. She earned a postdoctoral fellowship at St. Jude. Her clinical interests include psychological adaptation to pediatric illness, procedural distress, and behavioral interventions for treatment-related challenges. Her research focuses on understanding the cognitive and psychological impact of pediatric cancer.