Christina Murphy, PhD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Department: Psychiatry
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3401 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BS
Cornell University, 2010.
PhD (Clinical Psychology)
Marquette University, 2018.
Permanent linkBS
Cornell University, 2010.
PhD (Clinical Psychology)
Marquette University, 2018.
Selected Publications
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 2025.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.
Molisani, Digiovine, Dlugos, Fitzgerald, Fried, Giblin, Gonzalez, Helbig, Kaufman, Kessler, McDonnell, McKee, Murphy, Parikh, Prelack, Ramos, Riisen, Scotti-Degnan, Szperka, Tefft, Witzman, Abend: 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.
Murphy, C., Ladak, L., Szperka, CL., Marquez De Prado, B., Hershey, A., & Patterson Gentile, C : Anxiety, depression, and headache-related disability in a large pediatric clinic-based sample. Headache 2024.
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
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 American Headache Society Scientific Meeting, Austin, TX June 2023.
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.
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.
Schiltz, H. K., McVey, A. J., Gonring, K., Haendel, A., Murphy, C., Van Hecke, A. V., Gerdes, A.: Examining differences in parenting stress, parental efficacy, and household context among mothers of youth with autism and/or ADHD. Journal of Child and Family Studies 31: 774-789, March 2022 Notes: doi.org/10.1007/s10826-021-02083-2.
Jouriles, E., Sargent, K., Salis, K., Caiozzo, C., Rosenfield, D., Cascardi, M., Grych, J., O’Leary, D., & McDonald, R.: TakeCARE, a video to promote bystander behavior on college campuses: Replication and extension. Journal of Interpersonal Violence 35(23-24): 5652-5675, November 2020 Notes: Caiozzo was name before marriage, doi: 10.1177/0886260517718189. Epub 2017 Aug 3.