Melanie J. Bonner, Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Professor of the Practice and Associate Professor of Surgery and Member of Duke Cancer Institute

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Office Phone:	(919) 681-0024
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Web Page:	http://duke.box.com/BonnerCV

Teaching (Fall 2018):

• Psy 739.01, Ethical issues research/pract Synopsis

  Allen 304i, M 10:05 AM-12:05 PM

• Psy 743.01, Clinical practicum Synopsis

  See instru, W 01:25 PM-02:55 PM

Education:

Pediatric Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship	Duke University Medical Center	1996
Ph.D.	Virginia Polytech Institute and State University	1995
M.S. in Psychology	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	1992
B.S. in Psychology	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	1989

Specialties:

Clinical Psychology

Research Interests:

My research program is focused on neurocognitive assessment and intervention in children with chronic illness. Current projects include: 1) cognitive rehabilitation interventions in children with cancer and with sickle cell disease; 2) understanding the impact of child chronic illness on caregivers 3)) evaluation of quality of life factors in children with chronic illness. Please see my Scholars@Duke profile for publications and other information

Curriculum Vitae

Recent Publications   (More Publications)   (search)

1. Anderson, LM; Leonard, S; Jonassaint, J; Lunyera, J; Bonner, M; Shah, N (2018). Mobile health intervention for youth with sickle cell disease: Impact on adherence, disease knowledge, and quality of life. Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 65(8), e27081-e27081. [doi]
2. Allen, TM; Anderson, LM; Rothman, JA; Bonner, MJ (2017). [Formula: see text]Executive functioning and health-related quality of life in pediatric sickle cell disease.. Child Neuropsychology : a Journal on Normal and Abnormal Development in Childhood and Adolescence, 23(8), 889-906. [doi]  [abs]
3. Schreiber, JE; Palmer, SL; Conklin, HM; Mabbott, DJ; Swain, MA; Bonner, MJ; Chapieski, ML; Huang, L; Zhang, H; Gajjar, A (2017). Posterior fossa syndrome and long-term neuropsychological outcomes among children treated for medulloblastoma on a multi-institutional, prospective study.. Neuro Oncology, 19(12), 1673-1682. [doi]  [abs]
4. Gallentine, WB; Shinnar, S; Hesdorffer, DC; Epstein, L; Nordli, DR; Lewis, DV; Frank, LM; Seinfeld, S; Shinnar, RC; Cornett, K; Liu, B; Moshé, SL; Sun, S; FEBSTAT Investigator Team, (2017). Plasma cytokines associated with febrile status epilepticus in children: A potential biomarker for acute hippocampal injury.. Epilepsia, 58(6), 1102-1111. [doi]  [abs]
5. Willard, VW; Allen, TM; Hardy, KK; Bonner, MJ (2017). Social functioning in survivors of pediatric brain tumors: Contribution of neurocognitive and social-cognitive skills. Children's Health Care, 46(2), 181-195. [doi]