Chiara Papini, PhD

Chiara Papini, PhD

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate

Departments

Principal Investigator

Tara M. Brinkman, PhD

Education

BSc – University of Padua, Italy
MA – University of Padua, Italy
PhD – University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

Research Interests

  • Neurocognitive and psychosocial late effects of childhood cancer
  • Psychological and behavioral interventions

Current research

  •  Neurocognitive functioning and health behaviors in adult survivors of childhood cancer
  • Cognitive and physical functioning in survivors of pediatric neuroblastoma
  • Neurocognitive intervention for chronic pain in childhood cancer survivors
  • Neurocognitive outcomes in long-term survivors of brain tumors
  • Sensory deficits and neurocognitive outcomes in long-term survivors of childhood cancer
  • Psychiatric outcomes and neuroimaging biomarkers in childhood cancer survivors

Contact Information

Chiara Papini, PhD Epidemiology and Cancer Control MS 735 St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 262 Danny Thomas Place Memphis, TN 38105-3678

Selected Publications

Papini C, Palaniyappan L, Kroll J, Froudist-Walsh S, Murray RM, Nosarti C. Altered cortical gyrification in adults who were born very preterm and its associations with cognition and mental health. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2020;5(7):640-650. PubMed PMID: 32198001. doi:10.1016/j.bpsc.2020.01.006

Papini C, White TP, Montagna A, et al. Altered resting-state functional connectivity in emotion-processing brain regions in adults who were born very preterm. Psychol Med. 2016;46(14):3025-3039. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5080670.  doi:10.1017/S0033291716001604

Pitchford NJ, Papini C, Outhwaite LA, Gulliford A. Fine motor skills predict maths ability better than they predict reading ability in the early primary school years. Front Psychol. 2016;7:783. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4884738.  doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00783

Last update: February 2022

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