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Martha A. Askins, Ph.D.

Present Title & Affiliation

Primary Appointment

Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychologist, Department of Pediatrics, Psychosocial Director, Adolescent and Young Adult Program, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Department of Pediatrics, Houston, TX

Education & Training

Degree-Granting Education

1994 University of North Texas, Denton, TX, PHD, Counseling Psychology
1988 University of Texas, Austin, TX, BA, Psychology

Postgraduate Training

1994-1996 Postdotoral Fellow, Pediatric Psychology, University Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
7/1993-6/1994 Predoctoral Intern, Department of Pediatrics, Neuropsychology, The University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX
1993-1994 Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Mental Sciences Institute, Houston, TX
1993-1994 Predoctrol Intern, Developmental Neuropsychology Clinic, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Mental Sciences Institute, The University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX
1989-1992 Graduate Clinician, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
1989 Graduate Clinician, Mary Grimes Educational Center, Garland, TX

Board Certifications

1994 Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles
1. Butler RW, Sahler OJZ, Askins MA, Aderfer MA, Katz ER, Phipps S. Interventions to improve neuropsychological functioning in childhood cancer survivors. Developmental Disabilities Research Review. In Press.
2. Askins MA, Moore BD. Psychosocial support of the pediatric cancer patient: Lessons learned over the past 50 years. Current Oncology Reprots. In Press.
3. Askins MA, Sahler OJZ, Sherman SA, Fairclough DL, Butler RW, Noll RB, Katz ER, Phipps S, Dolgin MJ, Varni JW. Report from a Multi-Institutional Randomized Clinical Trial Examining Computer-Assisted Problem-Solving Training for English- and Spanish-Speaking Mothers of Children with Newly Diagnosed Cancer. Journal of Pediatric Psychology 34(5):551-563, 2009.
4. Wolff JE, Huttermann U, Askins MA. Quantifying health status outcomes in pediatric medulloblastoma patients. Anticancer Research 27((1B)):523-529, 7/2007.
5. Dolgin MJ, Phipps S, Fairclough DL, Sahler OJ, Askins M, Noll RB, Butler RW, Varni JW, Katz ER. Trajectories of Adjustment in Mothers of Children with Newly Diagnosed Cancer: A Natural History Investigation. J Pediatr Psychol, 4/2007. PMID: 17403910.
6. Wolff JE, Huttermann U, Askins MA. Quantifying health status outcomes in pediatric medulloblastoma patients. Anticancer Res 27:523-9, 1/2007. PMID: 17348436.
7. Wolff, J.E.A., Hutterman, U., Askins, M. Quantifying health status outcomes in pediatric brain tumor patients. Anticancer Research 27:523-530, 2007.
8. Wolff, J.E.A., Hutterman, U., Askins, M. Quantifying health status outcomes in pediatric medulloblastoma patients. Neuro-Oncology 9(2):180, 2007.

Last updated: 9/11/2009