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Rhonda Robert

Primary Position
Professor of Clinical Psychology
Job Responsibilities
Research
Patient Care
Other
Other Job Responsibilities
Teaching and mentoring students
Education/Training
Psychology
Short Synopsis of Professional Interests
Comprehensive psycho-oncology services are provided through the Children’s Cancer Hospital, U. T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, including clinical and neuropsychological services, as well as psychiatric, expressive arts, education, social work, chaplaincy,
eMAIL
rrobert@mdanderson.org
Phone(s)
713 792 6620 Fax: 713 792 0608
Keywords
Quality of life
AYA
long-term survivors
end-of-life
Publications of Interest

Phipps S, Buckholdt KE, Fernandez L, Wiener L, Kupst MJ, Madan-Swain A, Mullins L, Robert R, Sahler OJ, Vincent N, Noll RB. Pediatric oncologists' practices of prescribing selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) for children and adolescents with cancer: A multi-site study. Pediatr Blood Cancer 58(2):210-15, 2/2012.

Robert RS, Paxton RJ, Palla SL, Yang G, Askins MA, Joy SE, Ater JL. Feasibility, Reliability, and Validity of the Pediatric Quality of Life InventoryT Generic Core Scales, Cancer Module, and Multidimensional Fatigue Scale in Long-Term Adult Survivors of Pediatric Cancer. Pediatric Blood and Cancer 59(4):703-7, 10/2012.

Robert R, Zhukovsky D, Mauricio R, Gilmore K, Morrison S, Palos G. Bereaved parents' perspectives on pediatric palliative care. Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care 8(4):316-38, 11/2012.

Rose M, Robert R. Interface between Psychiatry, Sleep, and Cancer. In: The MD Anderson Manual of Psychosocial Oncology (chpt 12). Ed(s) J. Duffy & A. Valentine. McGraw-Hill: New York, 149-164, 2011.

Zhukovsky D, Robert R. Pediatric palliative care. In: The Oxford American Handbook of Hospice & Palliative Medicine, Chapter 27, First. Ed(s) S. Yennurajalingam & E. Bruera. Oxford University Press: New York, 333-343, 2011.