Juliet L. Kroll, Ph.D.
Department of Palliative, Rehabilitation and Integrative Medicine, Division of Cancer Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
2020 | Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA, PHD, Clinical Psychology |
Postgraduate Training
2020-2022 | Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Behavioral Science, Division of Cancer Prevention, Houston, TX |
2019-2020 | Clinical Residency, University of California Los Angeles, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles, CA |
Honors & Awards
2022 | Meritorious Award for High Scoring Abstract, Society of Behavioral Medicine |
2021 | Registration Award for High Scoring Abstract, American Society of Preventative Oncology |
2020 | First Place Citation Poster Award, American Psychosomatic Society |
2019 | Outstanding Graduate Student, Department of Psychology, Southern Methodist University |
2018 | Paul D. MacLean Travel Award for Neuroscience Trainee, American Psychosomatic Society |
2017 | Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute Fellow, Southern Methodist University |
2016 | Interoception Summit Travel Scholar, Laureate Institute for Brain Research, Tulsa, OK |
2015 | Outstanding Student Paper Presentation, International Society for the Advancement of Respiratory Psychophysiology |
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Tunnel NC, Corner SE, Roque AD, Kroll JL, Ritz T, Meuret AE. Biobehavioral Approach to Distinguishing Panic Symptoms from Medical Illness. Front Psychiatry. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38779550.
- Ritz T, Kroll JL, Rosenfield D, Aslan S, Yezhuvath U, Khan D, Pinkham A, Brown ES. FMRI BOLD responses to film stimuli and their association with exhaled nitric oxide in asthma and health. Psychophysiology:e1413. e-Pub 2024.
- Kroll JL, Jones M, Chen A, Yang CC, Carmack CL, Cohen L, Milbury K. Adult attachment in couples facing stage IV lung cancer: associations with patient quality of life outcomes and sense of life completion. J Psychosoc Oncol Res Pract 5(3), 2023.
- Kroll JL, Jones M, Chen A, Yang CC, Carmack CL, Cohen L, Bruera E, Milbury K. End-of-life care, symptom burden, and quality of life in couples facing stage IV lung cancer: the role of patient and spousal psycho-spirituality and discussions around fear of death and disease progression. J Palliat Med 26(5):690-696, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36856536.
- Kroll JL, Ritz T. Asthma, the central nervous system and neurocognition: Current findings, potential mechanisms and treatment implications. Neurosci Biobehav Rev, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36708797.
- Kroll JL*, Snyder S*, Chen AB, Antonoff MB, Yang CC, Milbury K (*co-first authors. Moderators of the association between stigma and psychological and cancer-related symptoms in women with non-small cell lung cancer. Psychooncology 31(9):1581-1588, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35726392.
- Kroll JL, Nordberg HO, Kim R, Werchan CA, Rosenfield D, Befus AD, Ritz T. Social support, exhaled nitric oxide and upper respiratory symptoms in health and asthma. Bio Psychol 172, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35644258.
- Kroll J, Kim S, Cho D, Weathers S, Chen A, Smith G, Burera E, Milbury K. Financial distress and its associated burden in couples coping with an advanced cancer. Support Care Cancer 30(5):4485-4495, 2022. PMID: 35112209.
- Smith G, Banegas MP, Acquati C, Chang S, Chino F, Conti RM, Greenup RA, Kroll JL, Liang MI, Pisu M, Primm KM, Roth ME, Shankaran V, Yabroff KR. Navigating Financial Toxicity in Cancer Patients: A Multidisciplinary Management Approach". CA A Cancer J Clin 72:437-453, 2022. PMID: 35584404.
- Martinez RG, van Dyk IS, Kroll JL, Emerson ND, Bursch B. Recommendations for building telemental health relationships with youth: A systematic review and resource for clinicians. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health 7(3):349-362, 2022. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 36248612.
- Nordberg H, Kroll J, Rosenfield D, Chmielewski M, Ritz T. Chronic stress experience, sleep, and physical activity: relations with change in negative affect and acute stress response to a naturalistic stressor. Br J Health Psychol 27(2):449-467, 2021. PMID: 34423530.
- Milbury K, Kroll J, Snyder S, Chen A, Higgins H, Li Y, Bruera E. Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial in Women with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer to Assess the Feasibility of Delivering Group-Based Psychosocial Care Via Videoconference. Integrative Cancer Therapies 20, 2021. PMID: 34663123.
- Ritz T, Kroll JL, Aslan S, Janssens T, Khan D, Pinkham A, Brown ES. Subcortical gray matter volumes in asthma: Associations with asthma duration, control, catastrophic thinking, and anxiety. Brain Imaging and Behavior 14(6):2341-2350, 2020. PMID: 31501976.
- Kroll JL, Brown ES, Ritz T. Cortisol awakening response in asthma and health. Clinical and Experimental Allergy 59(8):1150-1153, 2019. PMID: 31161674.
- Ritz T, Kroll JL, Patel J, Chen J, Yezhuvath U, Aslan S, Khan D, Pinkham A, Rosenfield D, Brown ES. Central nervous system signatures of affect in asthma: Associations with emotion induced bronchoconstriction and asthma control. J Applied Physiology 126:1724-1736, 2019. PMID: 30920889.
- Ritz T, Werchan C, Kroll JL, Rosenfield D. Beetroot juice supplementation for the prevention of cold symptoms associated with stress in health and asthma: a pilot study. Physiology and Behavior 202:45-51, 2019. PMID: 30682333.
- Kroll JL, Steele A, Pinkham A, Choi C, Khan D, Saifi M, Deol S, Brown ES, Ritz T. Hippocampal metabolites in asthma and their implications for cognitive function. NeuroImage: Clinical 19:213-219, 2018. PMID: 30035015.
- Kroll JL, Werchan C, Rosenfield R, Ritz T. Acute ingestion of dietary nitrate increases exhaled nitric oxide in healthy individuals. PLOSOne 13:e0191030. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29370244.
- Khalsa SS, Adolphs R, Cameron OG, et al. Interoception Summit 2016 Participants. Interoception and mental health: a roadmap. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neurosocience and Neuroimaging 3:501-513, 2018. PMID: 29884281.
- Kroll JL, Werchan C, Reeves A, Bruenner K, Lippert A, Ritz T. Sensitivity of salivary hydrogen sulfide to psychological stress and its relationship with exhaled nitric oxide and affect. Physiology and Behavior 179:99-104, 2017. PMID: 28527680.
- Meuret A, Kroll JL, Ritz T. Panic disorder comorbidity with medical conditions and treatment implications. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology 13:209-240, 2017. PMID: 28375724.
- Grace P, Ramos K, Rodgers K, Wang X, Hutchinson M, Lewis M, Morgan K, Kroll J, Taylor F, Strand K, Zhang Y, Berkelhammer D, Huey M, Green L, Cochran T, Yin H, Barth D, Johnson K, Rice K, Maier S, Watkins L. Activation of adult rat CNS endothelial cells by opioid-induce toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) signaling induced proinflammatory, biochemical, morphological, and behavioral sequelae. Neuroscience 280:299-317, 2014. PMID: 25241065.
- Ramos K, Lewis M, Morgan K, Crysdale N, Kroll JL, Taylor F, Harrison J, Sloan E, Maier S, Watkins L. Spinal upregulation of glutamate transporter GLT-1 by ceftriaxone: therapeutic efficacy in a range of experimental nervous system disorders. Neuroscience 169:1888-1900, 2011. PMID: 20547213.
Grant & Contract Support
Title: | Psycho-Spiritual Management for Patients with Advanced Cancer and their Family Caregivers |
Funding Source: | National Cancer Institute |
Role: | Co-Investigator |
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