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Kathryn Vannatta is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on medicine, with a substantial body of work in pediatrics, perinatology, and child health. Other subfields include sociology and political science, epidemiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and clinical psychology.

The main topics in Vannatta's work cover a range of health-related issues affecting children and families, particularly in the context of serious illness and injury. These topics include:

  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Family Support in Illness
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Congenital Heart Disease Studies
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare

Vannatta has published extensively in several journals, including:

  • Journal of Pediatric Psychology
  • Pediatric Blood & Cancer
  • Journal of Neurotrauma
  • Psycho-Oncology
  • Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Vannatta are:

  • "Delineating the Nature and Correlates of Social Dysfunction after Childhood Traumatic Brain Injury Using Common Data Elements: Evidence from an International Multi-Cohort Study," 2020, Journal of Neurotrauma
  • "Preventable harm because of outpatient medication errors among children with leukemia and lymphoma: A multisite longitudinal assessment," 2023, Cancer
  • "Coping Trajectories and the Health-Related Quality of Life of Childhood Cancer Survivors," 2021, Journal of Pediatric Psychology
  • "Mother-child communication about possible cancer recurrence during childhood cancer survivorship," 2020, Psycho-Oncology
  • "Cognitive Impairment and Family Functioning of Survivors of Pediatric Cancer: A Systematic Review," 2021, Journal of Clinical Oncology

Frequent collaborators in Vannatta's research include:

  • Cynthia A. Gerhardt
  • Bruce E. Compas
  • Keith Owen Yeates
  • Diane L. Fairclough
  • Maru Barrera

Best Publications

  • A prospective study of life events, social support, and psychological symptomatology during the transition from high school to college

    Bruce E. Compas;Barry M. Wagner;Lesley A. Slavin;Kathryn Vannatta

  • Social Outcomes in Childhood Brain Disorder: A Heuristic Integration of Social Neuroscience and Developmental Psychology

    Keith Owen Yeates;Erin D. Bigler;Maureen Dennis;Cynthia A. Gerhardt

  • Relationship of life events and social support with psychological dysfunction among adolescents.

    Bruce E. Compas;Lesley A. Slavin;Barry M. Wagner;Kathryn Vannatta

  • Cancer-Related Sources of Stress for Children With Cancer and Their Parents

    Erin M. Rodriguez;Madeleine J. Dunn;Teddi Zuckerman;Kathryn Vannatta

  • A Controlled Study of Peer Relationships of Children Surviving Brain Tumors: Teacher, Peer, and Self Ratings

    Kathryn Vannatta;Maria A. Gartstein;Amy Short;Robert B. Noll

  • Parent and Family Factors Associated with Child Adjustment to Pediatric Cancer

    Kristen E. Robinson;Cynthia A. Gerhardt;Kathryn Vannatta;Robert B. Noll

  • Controlled Study of Critical Parent and Family Factors in the Obesigenic Environment

    Meg H. Zeller;Jennifer Reiter-Purtill;Avani C. Modi;Joeanne Gutzwiller

  • Peer Relationships and Emotional Well‐Being of Youngsters with Sickle Cell Disease

    Robert B. Noll;Kathryn Vannatta;Kristine Koontz;Karen Kalinyak

  • Children and adolescents coping with cancer: self- and parent reports of coping and anxiety/depression.

    Bruce E. Compas;Leandra Desjardins;Kathryn Vannatta;Tammi Young-Saleme

  • Comparison of Continuing Bonds Reported by Parents and Siblings After a Child's Death from Cancer

    Terrah L Foster;Mary Jo Gilmer;Betty Davies;Mary S Dietrich

  • Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Parents of Children With Cancer Within Six Months of Diagnosis

    Madeleine J. Dunn;Erin M. Rodriguez;Anna S. Barnwell;Julie C. Grossenbacher

  • Social, emotional, and behavioral functioning of children with NF1.

    Robert B. Noll;Jennifer Reiter-Purtill;Bartlett D. Moore;Elizabeth K. Schorry

  • Social Functioning of Children Surviving Bone Marrow Transplantation

    Kathryn Vannatta;Meg Zeller;Robert B. Noll;Kristine Koontz

  • Cognitive, affective, and conative theory of mind (ToM) in children with traumatic brain injury.

    Maureen Dennis;Nevena Simic;Erin D. Bigler;Erin D. Bigler;Tracy Abildskov

  • Social, emotional, and behavioral functioning of children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.

    Robert B. Noll;Kathryn Kozlowski;Cynthia Gerhardt;Kathryn Vannatta

  • Peer acceptance and social behavior during childhood and adolescence: How important are appearance, athleticism, and academic competence?

    Kathryn Vannatta;Maria A. Gartstein;Meg Zeller;Robert B. Noll

  • Comparing Parental Distress, Family Functioning, and the Role of Social Support for Caregivers With and Without a Child With Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Cynthia A Gerhardt;Kathryn Vannatta;J Mark McKellop;Meg Zeller

  • Heterogeneity of brain lesions in pediatric traumatic brain injury.

    Erin D. Bigler;Tracy J. Abildskov;JoAnn Petrie;Thomas J. Farrer

  • Behavioral, Social, and Emotional Symptom Comorbidities and Profiles in Adolescent Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Report From the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study

    Tara M. Brinkman;Chenghong Li;Kathryn Vannatta;Jordan G. Marchak

  • Childhood Cancer in Context: Sociodemographic Factors, Stress, and Psychological Distress Among Mothers and Children

    Heather Bemis;Janet Yarboi;Cynthia A. Gerhardt;Kathryn Vannatta

  • Mothers and fathers coping with their children's cancer: Individual and interpersonal processes.

    Bruce E. Compas;Heather Bemis;Cynthia A. Gerhardt;Madeleine J. Dunn

  • Intensity of CNS treatment for pediatric cancer: prediction of social outcomes in survivors.

    Kathryn Vannatta;Cynthia A. Gerhardt;Robert J. Wells;Robert B. Noll

Frequent Co-Authors

Cynthia A. Gerhardt
Cynthia A. Gerhardt The Ohio State University
Robert B. Noll
Robert B. Noll University of Pittsburgh
Keith Owen Yeates
Keith Owen Yeates University of Calgary
Bruce E. Compas
Bruce E. Compas Vanderbilt University
Erin D. Bigler
Erin D. Bigler University of Utah
Kenneth H. Rubin
Kenneth H. Rubin University of Maryland, College Park
Maureen Dennis
Maureen Dennis University of Toronto
Terry Stancin
Terry Stancin Case Western Reserve University
Maru Barrera
Maru Barrera University of Toronto
Betty Davies
Betty Davies University of Victoria

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