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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

M. Douglas Ris is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on subfields including Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Genetics, Oncology, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics of their scientific work cover:

  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies
  • Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry
  • ATP Synthase and ATPases Research
  • Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities
  • Optimism, Hope, and Well-being

Their recent scholarly publications include:

  • "Long-term cognitive and academic outcomes among pediatric brain tumor survivors treated with proton versus photon radiotherapy" (2021) published in Pediatric Blood & Cancer
  • "Neuropsychological functioning following surgery for pediatric low-grade glioma: a prospective longitudinal study" (2020) published in Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics
  • "Cognitive predictors of social adjustment in pediatric brain tumor survivors treated with photon versus proton radiation therapy" (2022) published in Pediatric Blood & Cancer
  • "Treatment age and neurocognitive outcomes following proton beam radiotherapy for pediatric low- and intermediate-grade gliomas" (2021) published in Pediatric Blood & Cancer
  • "A Prospective Evaluation of Fatigue in Pediatric Brain Tumor Patients Treated With Radiation Therapy" (2022) published in Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nursing

The frequent co-authors with whom Ris has collaborated include:

  • M. Fatih Okcu
  • Murali Chintagumpala
  • Lisa S. Kahalley
  • David R. Grosshans
  • Arnold C. Paulino

The venues where M. Douglas Ris has most often published are:

  • Pediatric Blood & Cancer
  • Neuro-Oncology
  • Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics
  • Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nursing
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology

In 2011, Ris was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA).

Best Publications

  • Association of prenatal and childhood blood lead concentrations with criminal arrests in early adulthood.

    John Paul Wright;Kim N Dietrich;M. Douglas Ris;Richard W Hornung

  • Mood and global-local visual processing

    Michael R. Basso;Bruce K. Schefft;M. Douglas Ris;William N. Dember

  • Long-term neurobehavioral outcome in pediatric brain-tumor patients: Review and methodological critique

    M. D. Ris;R. B. Noll

  • Pediatric Neuropsychology : Research, Theory, and Practice

    Keith Owen Yeates;M. Douglas Ris;H. Gerry Taylor

  • Cognitive and Adaptive Outcome in Low-Grade Pediatric Cerebellar Astrocytomas: Evidence of Diminished Cognitive and Adaptive Functioning in National Collaborative Research Studies (CCG 9891/POG 9130)

    Dean W. Beebe;M. Douglas Ris;F. Daniel Armstrong;John Fontanesi

  • Early exposure to lead and neuropsychological outcome in adolescence

    M. Douglas Ris;Kim N. Dietrich;Paul A. Succop;Omer G. Berger

  • The association between sleep disordered breathing, academic grades, and cognitive and behavioral functioning among overweight subjects during middle to late childhood.

    Dean W. Beebe;M. Douglas Ris;Megan E. Kramer;Elizabeth Long

  • Early-treated phenylketonuria: adult neuropsychologic outcome.

    M.Douglas Ris;Sharon E. Williams;Melanie M. Hunt;Helen K. Berry

  • The impact of early childhood lead exposure on brain organization: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study of language function.

    Weihong Yuan;Scott K. Holland;Kim M. Cecil;Kim N. Dietrich

  • Intellectual and academic outcome following two chemotherapy regimens and radiotherapy for average-risk medulloblastoma: COG A9961.

    M. Douglas Ris;Karin S. Walsh;Dana Wallace;Dana Wallace;F. Daniel Armstrong

  • Cognitive and Adaptive Outcome in Extracerebellar Low-Grade Brain Tumors in Children: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group

    M. Douglas Ris;Dean W. Beebe;F. Daniel Armstrong;John Fontanesi

  • Neuropsychological Functioning of Youths With Sickle Cell Disease: Comparison With Non-Chronically Ill Peers

    Robert B. Noll;Laura Stith;Maria A. Gartstein;M. Douglas Ris

  • Social interactions between children with cancer or sickle cell disease and their peers: teacher ratings.

    Robert Noll;M. Ris;W. Davies;William Bukowski

  • Academic and cognitive abilities in children of parents with bipolar disorder: a test of the nonverbal learning disability model

    Patricia McDonough-Ryan;Melissa P Delbello;Paula K Shear;Douglas M Ris

  • Recovery in pediatric brain injury: is psychostimulant medication beneficial?

    Sharon E. Williams;M Douglas Ris;Rita Ayyangar;Bruce K. Scheffi

  • IMPACT OF NIGHT-FLOAT ROTATION ON SLEEP, MOOD, AND ALERTNESS: THE RESIDENT'S PERCEPTION

    Anita Cavallo;Julie Jaskiewicz;M Douglas Ris

  • Detecting neuropsychological malingering: effects of coaching and information

    Thomas M Dunn;Paula K Shear;Steven Howe;M Douglas Ris;M Douglas Ris

  • Attention, processing speed, and executive functioning in pediatric brain tumor survivors treated with proton beam radiation therapy

    Tanya N. Antonini;M. Douglas Ris;David R. Grosshans;Anita Mahajan

  • The night float paradigm to decrease sleep deprivation: good solution or a new problem?

    Anita Cavallo;M. Douglas Ris;Paul Succop

  • Relationship of Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Magnetic Resonance Perfusion, and Other Disease Factors to Neuropsychological Outcome in Sickle Cell Disease

    Royal Grueneich;M. Douglas Ris;William Ball;Karen A. Kalinyak

Frequent Co-Authors

Keith Owen Yeates
Keith Owen Yeates University of Calgary
E. Mark Mahone
E. Mark Mahone Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Dean W. Beebe
Dean W. Beebe Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Robert T. Ammerman
Robert T. Ammerman Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Robert B. Noll
Robert B. Noll University of Pittsburgh
Heather M. Conklin
Heather M. Conklin St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Steven Paul Woods
Steven Paul Woods University of Houston
Jack M. Fletcher
Jack M. Fletcher University of Houston
Paul T. Cirino
Paul T. Cirino University of Houston
Wendy Leisenring
Wendy Leisenring Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

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