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Mary-Brent Brown

Primary Position
Social Work Intern, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Job Responsibilities
Patient Care
Education/Training
Social Work
Short Synopsis of Professional Interests
Social Work Intern 2022-2023 in Gastroenterology and Liver Transplant
Training Opportunities at Location
Yes
eMAIL
marybb@upenn.edu
Primary Position
Dean, College of Health Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Job Responsibilities
Research
Other
Other Job Responsibilities
Administration
Education/Training
Psychology
Short Synopsis of Professional Interests
My research focuses on several major areas; the study of children with learning disabilities/ADHD, the study of cognitive/psychosocial late effects among childhood cancer survivors, and the management of cognitive late effects in child cancer survivors.
Training Opportunities at Location
Yes
Address
University of North Texas
7300 University Hills Boulevard
Dallas, TX 75241
eMAIL
rtbrown@unt.edu
Phone(s)
(972) 780-3601
Keywords
Pediatric Psychology
Cognitive Late Effects
Stimulant Medication
Attention
Sickle Cell Disease
Publications of Interest

Brown, R.T., Ellis, D.,& Naar-King, S. (2014). Health related and somatic symptom disorders. In E.J. Mash & R.A. Barkley (Eds.), Child Psychopathology (3rd ed.), New York: The Guilford Press.

Daly, B. & Brown, R.T. (2013). Cognitive sequelae of cancer treatment. In L.S. Wiener, M. Pao, A.E., Kazak, M.J. Kupst, A.F. Patenaude, & J. Holland, Quick reference for pediatric oncology clinicians: Psychiatric and psychological dimensions of symptom management (2nd ed.).New York: Oxford University Press.

Brown, R.T., Shafman, S.R., Tilley, B.C., Anthony, K.K., Kral, M.C. Maxson, B., Mee, L., Bonner, M.J., Vogler, L.B., Schanberg, L.E., Connelly, M.A., Wagner, J.L., Silver, R.M., & Nietert, P.J. (2012) The Health Education for Lupus Patients (H.E.L.P.) Study: A randomized controlled cognitive-behavioral intervention targeting psychosocial adjustment and quality of life in adolescent females with systemic lupus erythematosus. The American Journal of Medical Sciences, 344, 274-282.

Daly, B.P., Kral, M.C., Brown, R.T., Elkin, D., Madan-Swain, A., Mitchell, M., Crosby, L., Dematteo, D., La Rosa, A., & Jackson, S. (2012). Ameliorating attention problems in children with sickle cell disease: A pilot study of methylphenidate. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 33, 244-251.

Daly, B.P., Eichen, D., Bailer, B., Brown, R.T., & Buchanan, C. (2012). Central nervous system. In V. S. Ramachandran (Ed.), Encyclopedia of human behavior (2nd. Ed.) (pp. 454-459). Oxford: Elsevier.