Martha Young, Program Manager, Pediatric Patient and Family Education, Dana-Farber

Martha Young is the Program Manager for Patient and Family Education in the Jimmy Fund
Clinic. As part of this role, she often works with the nursing team to create educational
materials for newly diagnosed families. She also oversees the Blum Pediatric Resource Room, a
space that integrates patient education into the everyday family experience in the Jimmy Fund
Clinic. Throughout her 17 years in the clinic, she has worked with the team to create programs
and resources aimed to help support patients and their families throughout treatment. Some of
those programs include Music Therapy, BEADS and BEADS for Sibs, caregiver corner, art
programming, FACES and FLASHES – groups for teen and “tween” patients to meet outside of