Christina Murphy
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.
BS
Cornell University, 2010.
PhD (Clinical Psychology)
Marquette University, 2018.
Post-Graduate Training
Pre-doctoral Intern, Integrated Behavioral Health Care Track, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 2017-2018.
Post-doctoral Fellow, Clinical Psychology, Children’s Hospital of Richmond at Virginia Commonwealth University, Hematology, Oncology, Stem-Cell Transplantation, 2018-2019.
Permanent linkPre-doctoral Intern, Integrated Behavioral Health Care Track, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 2017-2018.
Post-doctoral Fellow, Clinical Psychology, Children’s Hospital of Richmond at Virginia Commonwealth University, Hematology, Oncology, Stem-Cell Transplantation, 2018-2019.
Selected Publications
Murphy, C., Marshall, A., Kaufman, M.C., Molisani, S.E., Riisen, A.C., Scotti-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. Poster Presentation at the APA Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD August 2026.Stephanie J. Glover, PsyD, Julia Spandorfer Ney, MS, Christina Murphy, PhD, Om Sahaym, BS, Samantha Huestis, PhD, Mindy Szelap, LCSW, Rashmi Bhandari, PhD: The Multi-Site Adaptation of Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE) for Pediatric Chronic Pain: Protocol Development and Implementation Framework Poster Presentation at the Stanford Research Awards Dinner May 2026.
Marshall, A., Kaufman, M.C., Murphy, C., Molisani, S.E., Riisen, A.C., Scotti-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 178: 7-14, May 2026 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2026.01.020. Epub 2026 Feb 4.
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.
Murphy, C., Ladak, L., Szperka, CL., Marquez De Prado, B., Hershey, A., Gentile, C.P.: Response to: Reassessing pediatric migraine disability: Toward an updated assessment tool in the era of novel therapeutics. Headache 65(8): 1275, June 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1111/head.14998. Epub ahead of print.
Murphy, C., Ladak, L., Szperka, CL., Marquez De Prado, B., Hershey, A., Gentile, C.P. : Anxiety, depression, and headache-related disability in a large pediatric clinic-based sample. Headache 65(3): 420-429, March 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1111/head.14849. Epub 2024 Nov 15.
Mariotti, E., Murphy, C.: Caregiver Response to Chronic Pain: Navigating protection, support, and functioning. Oral Presentation at the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, PA: Delaware Valley Fall Conference, King of Prussia, PA October 2024.
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. Poster Presentation at the Nudges in Health Care Symposium, Philadelphia, PA September 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 63(S1), 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 Poster Presentation at the American Headache Society Scientific Meeting, Austin, TX June 2023.