Danai Papadatou PhD

Danai Papadatou is a Professor of Clinical Psychology at the School of Health Sciences, Dept of Nursing, of the National and Kapodistrian University in Athens, Greece. Her clinical experience, research interests, and publications focus on issues related to pediatric palliative care, childhood and parental bereavement, community trauma, and the impact of working with the dying and bereaved people upon professionals who support them. She is also the co-founder and president of “Merimna”, a Greek non-governmental association for the care of children and families facing illness and death, which provides pediatric palliative home care services and bereavement support for children, adolescents, families, schools, and communities. She has received several awards for her teaching, research, publications, and community service in pediatric palliative care, and childhood bereavement support.