Selected Publications

Bakula, D.M., Sharkey, C.M., Perez, M.N., Espeleta, H.C., Gamwell, K.L., Baudino, M., Delozier, A.M., Chaney, J.M., Alderson R.M., Mullins, L.L.: Featured Article: The Relationship Between Parent and Child Distress in Pediatric Cancer: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Pediatric Psychology 44(10): 1121-1136, November 2019 Notes: doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsz051.

Galtieri, L.R., Perez, M.N., Barakat, L.P.: Quality of Life of Caregivers at the End of their Child’s Pediatric Cancer Treatment: Cancer-Related Worry and Material Hardship. Journal of Pediatric Psychology 49(5): 348-355, May 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsae014.

Perez, M.N., Deatrick, J.A., Barakat, L.P.: Caregiver Condition Management and Family Functioning After Pediatric Cancer Treatment: Moderation by Race and Ethnicity. Psychooncology 33(1): e6263, January 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1002/pon.6263. Epub 2023 Dec 1.

Perez, M.N., Madden, R.E., Zukin, H.N., Velazquez-Martin, B., Barakat, L.P.: Psychosocial needs of pediatric cancer patients and their caregivers at end of treatment: Why psychosocial screening remains important. Pediatric Blood & Cancer Page: e30540, June 2023 Notes: doi: 10.1002/pbc.30540.

Perez, M.N., Traino, K.A., Bakula, D.M., Sharkey, C.M., Espeleta, H.C., Delozier, A.M., Mayes, S., McNall, R., Chaney, J.M., Mullins, L.L.: Barriers to care in pediatric cancer: The role of illness uncertainty in relation to parent psychological distress. Psycho-Oncology 29(2): 304-310, February 2020 Notes: doi: 10.1002/pon.5248. Epub 2019 Nov 20.

Perez, M.N., Halada, S., Isaza, A., Sisko, L., Mostoufi-Moab, S., Bauer, A. J., Barakat, L.P.: Health-Related Quality of Life at Diagnosis for Pediatric Thyroid Cancer Patients. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 108(5): e169-e177, Apr 2023 Notes: doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgac648.

Sharkey, C.M., Espeleta, H.C., Traino, K.A., Roberts, C.M., Perez, M.N., Bakula, D.M., Chaney, J.M., Alderson, R.M., Mullins, L.L.: Psychological adjustment outcomes among pediatric brain tumor survivors: A meta-analysis. Pediatric Blood & Cancer 67(10): e28644, October 2020 Notes: doi: 10.1002/pbc.28644. Epub 2020 Aug 6.

Perez, M.N., Sharkey, C.M., Tackett, A.P., Delozier, A.M., Bakula, D.M., Gamwell, K.L., Mayes, S., McNall, R., Chaney, J.M., Clawson, A.H., Mullins, L.L.: Post traumatic stress symptoms in parents of children with cancer: A mediation model. Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 35(4): 231-244, May 2018 Notes: doi: 10.1080/08880018.2018.1524954. Epub 2018 Nov 5.

DeLone, A.M., Fisher, R.S., Traino, K.A., Basile, N.L., Perez, M.N., McNall-Knapp, R., Dattilo, T.M., Carter, J.C., Mullins, L.L.: Parents’ experience of pediatric cancer as a mediator of barriers to care and child’s quality of life. Journal of Pediatric Psychology 48(Supplemental 1), April 2023.

McGrady, M.E., Perez, M.N., Bernstein, J., Strenk, M., Kiger, M.A., Norris, R.E.: Adherence and Barriers to Inpatient Physical Therapy Among Adolescents and Young Adults with Hematologic Malignancies. Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology 11(6): 605-610, December 2022 Notes: doi: 10.1089/jayao.2021.0143. Epub 2022 Jan 18.