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Christina Murphy, PhD
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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1cf Murphy, C., Molisani, S.E., Riisen, A.C., Scott-Degnan, C.M., Karvounides, D., Witzman, S., Kaufman, M.C., Gonzalez, A., Ramos, M.O., Szperka, C.L., & Abend, N.S.: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Implement Anxiety Screening for Children & Teens with Headache and Epilepsy. Neurology Clinical Practice 15(3): e200458, June 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1212/CPJ.0000000000200458. Epub 2025 Mar 28.
16c Murphy, C., Ladak, L., Szperka, CL., Marquez De Prado, B., Hershey, A., & Patterson Gentile, C: Response to: Reassessing pediatric migraine disability: Toward an updated assessment tool in the era of novel therapeutics. Headache June 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1111/head.14998. Epub ahead of print.
8b Murphy, C., Ladak, L., Szperka, CL., Marquez De Prado, B., Hershey, A., & Patterson Gentile, C, d8 : Anxiety, depression, and headache-related disability in a large pediatric clinic-based sample. Headache 65(3): 420-429, November 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1111/head.14849. Epub 2024 Nov 15.
137 Mariotti, E., & Murphy, C.: Caregiver Response to Chronic Pain: Navigating protection, support, and functioning. National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, PA: Delaware Valley Fall Conference, King of Prussia, PA October 2024.
21f Molisani, S., Digiovine, M., Dlugos, D., Fitzgerald, M., Fried, L., Giblin, B., Gonzalez, A., Helbig, I., Kaufman, M., Kessler, S., McDonnell, P., McKee, J., Murphy, C., Parikh, D., Prelack, M., Ramos, M., Riisen, A., Scotti-Degnan, C., Szperka,C., Tefft, S., Witzman, N., Abend, N.: Nudging the neurologist: Improving pediatric epilepsy care to align with American Academy of Neurology quality measures. Nudges in Health Care Symposium, Philadelphia, PA September 2024.
12f Ladak, A., Murphy, C., Szperka, C.L., Marquez De Prado, B., Hershey, A.D., & Patterson Gentile, C.: Characterization of Youth with Headaches who Report Neck Pain. American Headache Society Scientific Meeting, Austin, TX June 2023
114 Marzouk, M.A., Murphy, C., Karvounides, D., Powers, S., Seng, E., Hershey, A.D., & Szperka, C.L.: Openness to Behavioral Health Services for Headache Patients with Continuous or Daily Headache in a Pediatric Neurology Setting 5c American Headache Society Scientific Meeting, Austin, TX June 2023.
142 Murphy, C., Ladak, A., Szperka, C.L., Marquez De Prado, B., Hershey, A.D., & Patterson Gentile, C.: Anxiety, Depression, and Headache-Related Disability in a Large Pediatric Cohort. American Headache Society Scientific Meeting, Austin, TX June 2023.
167 Murphy, C., Rissen, A., Scotti-Degnan, C., Karvounides, D., Lynch, J., Molisani, S., & Szperka, C.: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Implementation of Mood & Anxiety Screening for Pediatric Neurology Patients. Society for Pediatric Psychology Annual Convention, Chicago, IL March 2023.
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Selected Publications
167 Marshall, A., Kaufman, M.C., Murphy, C., Molisani, S.E., Riisen, A.C., Scott-Degnan, C.M., Whitman, S., Gonzalez, A.K., Ramos, M.O., Szperka, C.L., & Abend, N.S.: Screening for Anxiety Symptoms with the GAD-2 versus GAD-7 in Children with Headache or Epilepsy. Pediatric Neurology 2026.1cf Murphy, C., Molisani, S.E., Riisen, A.C., Scott-Degnan, C.M., Karvounides, D., Witzman, S., Kaufman, M.C., Gonzalez, A., Ramos, M.O., Szperka, C.L., & Abend, N.S.: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Implement Anxiety Screening for Children & Teens with Headache and Epilepsy. Neurology Clinical Practice 15(3): e200458, June 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1212/CPJ.0000000000200458. Epub 2025 Mar 28.
16c Murphy, C., Ladak, L., Szperka, CL., Marquez De Prado, B., Hershey, A., & Patterson Gentile, C: Response to: Reassessing pediatric migraine disability: Toward an updated assessment tool in the era of novel therapeutics. Headache June 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1111/head.14998. Epub ahead of print.
8b Murphy, C., Ladak, L., Szperka, CL., Marquez De Prado, B., Hershey, A., & Patterson Gentile, C, d8 : Anxiety, depression, and headache-related disability in a large pediatric clinic-based sample. Headache 65(3): 420-429, November 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1111/head.14849. Epub 2024 Nov 15.
137 Mariotti, E., & Murphy, C.: Caregiver Response to Chronic Pain: Navigating protection, support, and functioning. National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, PA: Delaware Valley Fall Conference, King of Prussia, PA October 2024.
21f Molisani, S., Digiovine, M., Dlugos, D., Fitzgerald, M., Fried, L., Giblin, B., Gonzalez, A., Helbig, I., Kaufman, M., Kessler, S., McDonnell, P., McKee, J., Murphy, C., Parikh, D., Prelack, M., Ramos, M., Riisen, A., Scotti-Degnan, C., Szperka,C., Tefft, S., Witzman, N., Abend, N.: Nudging the neurologist: Improving pediatric epilepsy care to align with American Academy of Neurology quality measures. Nudges in Health Care Symposium, Philadelphia, PA September 2024.
12f Ladak, A., Murphy, C., Szperka, C.L., Marquez De Prado, B., Hershey, A.D., & Patterson Gentile, C.: Characterization of Youth with Headaches who Report Neck Pain. American Headache Society Scientific Meeting, Austin, TX June 2023
114 Marzouk, M.A., Murphy, C., Karvounides, D., Powers, S., Seng, E., Hershey, A.D., & Szperka, C.L.: Openness to Behavioral Health Services for Headache Patients with Continuous or Daily Headache in a Pediatric Neurology Setting 5c American Headache Society Scientific Meeting, Austin, TX June 2023.
142 Murphy, C., Ladak, A., Szperka, C.L., Marquez De Prado, B., Hershey, A.D., & Patterson Gentile, C.: Anxiety, Depression, and Headache-Related Disability in a Large Pediatric Cohort. American Headache Society Scientific Meeting, Austin, TX June 2023.
167 Murphy, C., Rissen, A., Scotti-Degnan, C., Karvounides, D., Lynch, J., Molisani, S., & Szperka, C.: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Implementation of Mood & Anxiety Screening for Pediatric Neurology Patients. Society for Pediatric Psychology Annual Convention, Chicago, IL March 2023.
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