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Tiffany Tucker, PhD

Instructor, St. Jude Faculty

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Tiffany Tucker, PhD

Psychology and Biobehavioral Services

MS 740

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

262 Danny Thomas Place

Memphis,  TN 38105-3678

Education

BS (Psychology) – Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

MA (Medical/Clinical Psychology) – The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

PhD (Medical/Clinical Psychology) – The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

Predoctoral Internship (Lifespan Neuropsychology) – Emory University/Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA

Postdoctoral Fellowship (Pediatric Neuropsychology) – Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX

Research Interests

  • Evaluating the impact of sleep, pain, and disease-related factors on neurocognitive outcomes in pediatric sickle cell disease.
  • Investigating neural mechanisms and brain health in pediatric populations using advanced neuroimaging.
  • Translating research into clinical programs and transition-readiness models to improve long-term neurobehavioral outcomes.