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Heather M. Conklin is affiliated with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a specific emphasis on pediatrics, perinatology and child health, genetics, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, public health, environmental and occupational health, as well as endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism.

The main topics explored in their work include:

  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies
  • Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments
  • Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Meningioma and schwannoma management

Several recent publications showcase the scope and focus of Heather M. Conklin's scientific contributions:

  • Clinical features, neurologic recovery, and risk factors of postoperative posterior fossa syndrome and delayed recovery: a prospective study, 2021, Neuro-Oncology
  • Proton therapy and limited surgery for paediatric and adolescent patients with craniopharyngioma (RT2CR): a single-arm, phase 2 study, 2023, The Lancet Oncology
  • The impact of socioeconomic status (SES) on cognitive outcomes following radiotherapy for pediatric brain tumors: a prospective, longitudinal trial, 2021, Neuro-Oncology
  • A joint international consensus statement for measuring quality of survival for patients with childhood cancer, 2023, Nature Medicine
  • Clinical impact of hypothalamic-pituitary disorders after conformal radiation therapy for pediatric low-grade glioma or ependymoma, 2020, Pediatric Blood & Cancer

Frequent collaborators with whom Heather M. Conklin has published multiple works include Amar Gajjar, Thomas E. Merchant, Jason M. Ashford, Giles Robinson, and Arzu Onar-Thomas.

In terms of publication venues, Heather M. Conklin's work has appeared most often in:

  • Neuro-Oncology
  • Nature Medicine
  • Pediatric Blood & Cancer
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Best Publications

  • The Development of Nonverbal Working Memory and Executive Control Processes in Adolescents

    Monica M Luciana;Heather M. Conklin;Catalina J. Hooper;Rebecca S. Yarger

  • Adolescents' performance on the Iowa Gambling Task: implications for the development of decision making and ventromedial prefrontal cortex.

    Catalina J. Hooper;Monica M Luciana;Heather M. Conklin;Rebecca S. Yarger

  • Working memory performance in typically developing children and adolescents: behavioral evidence of protracted frontal lobe development.

    Heather M. Conklin;Monica M Luciana;Catalina J. Hooper;Rebecca S. Yarger

  • Late Effects of Conformal Radiation Therapy for Pediatric Patients With Low-Grade Glioma: Prospective Evaluation of Cognitive, Endocrine, and Hearing Deficits

    Thomas E. Merchant;Heather M. Conklin;Shengjie Wu;Robert H. Lustig

  • Verbal working memory impairment in schizophrenia patients and their first-degree relatives: evidence from the digit span task.

    Heather M. Conklin;Clayton E. Curtis;Joanna Katsanis;William G. Iacono

  • Survival and long-term health and cognitive outcomes after low-grade glioma.

    Gregory T. Armstrong;Heather M. Conklin;Sujuan Huang;Deokumar Srivastava

  • Cognitive Outcomes Following Contemporary Treatment Without Cranial Irradiation for Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

    H. M. Conklin;K. R. Krull;W. E. Reddick;D. Pei

  • Computerized Cognitive Training for Amelioration of Cognitive Late Effects Among Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Heather M. Conklin;Robert J. Ogg;Jason M. Ashford;Matthew A. Scoggins

  • Working memory functioning in schizophrenia patients and their first-degree relatives: cognitive functioning shedding light on etiology.

    Heather M. Conklin;Clayton E. Curtis;Monica E. Calkins;William G. Iacono

  • Long-Term Efficacy of Methylphenidate in Enhancing Attention Regulation, Social Skills, and Academic Abilities of Childhood Cancer Survivors

    Heather M. Conklin;Wilburn E. Reddick;Jason Ashford;Susan Ogg

  • Longitudinal Assessment of Neurocognitive Outcomes in Survivors of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treated on a Contemporary Chemotherapy Protocol

    Lisa M. Jacola;Kevin R. Krull;Ching-Hon Pui;Deqing Pei

  • Predicting Change in Academic Abilities After Conformal Radiation Therapy for Localized Ependymoma

    Heather M. Conklin;Chenghong Li;Xiaoping Xiong;Robert J. Ogg

  • Acute Neurocognitive Response to Methylphenidate Among Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Cross-Over Trial

    Heather M Conklin;Raja B Khan;Wilburn E Reddick;Susan Helton

  • Prognostic factors that increase the risk for reduced white matter volumes and deficits in attention and learning for survivors of childhood cancers

    Wilburn E. Reddick;Delaram J. Taghipour;John O. Glass;Jason Ashford

  • Working memory performance following paediatric traumatic brain injury.

    Heather M. Conklin;Cynthia F. Salorio;Beth S. Slomine

  • Executive function late effects in survivors of pediatric brain tumors and acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

    Amanda L. Winter;Heather M. Conklin;Vida L. Tyc;Heather Stancel

  • Genetic Mediators of Neurocognitive Outcomes in Survivors of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

    Kevin R. Krull;Deepa Bhojwani;Heather M. Conklin;Deqing Pei

  • Slower processing speed after treatment for pediatric brain tumor and acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

    Lisa S. Kahalley;Heather M. Conklin;Vida L. Tyc;Melissa M. Hudson

  • Attention and working memory abilities in children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

    Jason Ashford;Corrie Schoffstall;Wilburn E. Reddick;Christina Leone

  • Learning and memory following conformal radiation therapy for pediatric craniopharyngioma and low-grade glioma.

    Marcos Di Pinto;Heather M. Conklin;Chenghong Li;Thomas E. Merchant

  • cognitive Outcomes Following contemporary t reatment Without c ranial i rradiation for c hildhood Acute lymphoblastic l eukemia

    H. M. Conklin;K. R. Krull;W. E. Reddick;D. Pei

Frequent Co-Authors

Melissa M. Hudson
Melissa M. Hudson St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Kevin R. Krull
Kevin R. Krull St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
William G. Iacono
William G. Iacono University of Minnesota
Monica M Luciana
Monica M Luciana University of Minnesota
M. Douglas Ris
M. Douglas Ris Baylor College of Medicine
Ronald T. Brown
Ronald T. Brown University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Sean Phipps
Sean Phipps St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Gang Wu
Gang Wu St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Stefan E. Schulenberg
Stefan E. Schulenberg University of Mississippi

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