Christine Mrakotsky , PhD
Assistant in Psychology
Office Phone: 617-355-7490
Appointment Line: 617-355-7490
Fax: 617-730-0618
NPI: 1588715700

Departments/Divisions

Specialties

Neuropsychology
neuropsychology

Services/Programs

Academic Appointments

Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Language

German

Expanded Biography

Dr. Mrakotsky practices clinical neuropsychology in the Neuropsychology Program. She specializes in working with children and adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease and other chronic medical and immune conditions that can impact cognitive and behavioral development.

College

Psychology, Special Education, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria  (1992)

Graduate Schools

Clinical Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria  (2001)
Clinical Psychology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO  (2001)

Internships

Pediatric Neuropsychology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN  (1996-1997)
Child Neuropsychology & Clinical Child Psychology, University of Vienna Medical School, Vienna, Austria  (1997-1998)

Fellowships

Pediatric Neuropsychology, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA  (2001-2003)
NIH NICHD Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA  (2004-2006)

Professional Organizations

American Psychological Association, Div. 40 , 2010 - present
International Neuropsychological Society , 1999-present
Massachusetts Neuropsychological Society , 2001-2003
Austrian Scientists and Scholars in North America (ASciNA) , 2005-present
Board of Trustees, ASciNA , 2007-present

Awards

University Senate Achievement Award
University of Vienna
Fellowship for Postgraduate Courses and Research Training in Foreign Countries , 1996
University of Vienna
Kurt Goedel National Research Award for Computer and Neurosciences in Foreign Countries , 1998-1999
Federal Ministry of Research, Austria
Ruth Kirschstein National Research Service Award (F32) , 2004-2006
NIH National Institute for Child and Human Development
Children's Hospital Faculty Career Development Fellowship/ Shore Scholar , 2006
Harvard Medical School
K23 Mentored Patient-Oriented Career Development Award , 2008-2013
National Institutes of Health

Publications

Luby JL, Mrakotsky C.
Depressed preschoolers with bipolar family history: a group at high risk for later switching to mania? , 2003
Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol  Issue: 13(2) , Page: 187-97
Luby JL, Heffelfinger AK, Mrakotsky C, Brown KM, Hessler MJ, Wallis JM, Spitznagel EL.
The clinical picture of depression in preschool children , 2003
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry  Issue: 42(3) , Page: 340-8
Luby JL, Mrakotsky C, Heffelfinger A, Brown K, Hessler M, Spitznagel E.
Modification of DSM-IV criteria for depressed preschool children , 2003
Am J Psychiatry  Issue: 160(6) , Page: 1169-72
Luby JL, Heffelfinger A, Mrakotsky C, Brown K, Hessler M, Spitznagel E.
Alterations in stress cortisol reactivity in depressed preschoolers relative to psychiatric and no-disorder comparison groups , 2003
Arch Gen Psychiatry  Issue: 60(12) , Page: 1248-55
Luby JL, Mrakotsky C, Heffelfinger A, Brown K, Spitznagel E.
Characteristics of depressed preschoolers with and without anhedonia: evidence for a melancholic depressive subtype in young children , 2004
Am J Psychiatry  Issue: 161(11) , Page: 1998-2004
Kubinger KD, Litzenberger M, Mrakotsky C.
Practiced intelligence testing based on a modern test conceptualization and its reference to the common intelligence theories , 2006
Learning and Individual Differences  Issue: 16(2) , Page: 175-193
Kubinger, K. D., Litzenberger, M., & Mrakotsky, C.
A new perspective of traditional intelligence theories through modern test conceptualization , 2007
Studia Psychologica  Issue: 49(4) , Page: 295-312
Luby J, Mrakotsky C, Stalets MM, Belden A, Heffelfinger A, Williams M, Spitznagel E.
Risperidone in preschool children with autistic spectrum disorders: an investigation of safety and efficacy , 2006
J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol  Issue: 16(5) , Page: 575-87
Gonzalez-Heydrich J, Dodds A, Whitney J, MacMillan C, Waber D, Faraone SV, Boyer K, Mrakotsky C, DeMaso D, Bourgeois B, Biederman J.
Psychiatric disorders and behavioral characteristics of pediatric patients with epilepsy and ADHD , 2007
Journal of Epilepsy and Behavior  Issue: 10(3) , Page: 384-8
Mrakotsky C, Masek B, Biederman J, Raches D, Hsin O, Forbes P, de Moor C, DeMaso DR, Gonzalez-Heydrich J.
Prospective open-label pilot trial of mirtazapine in children and adolescents with social phobia , 2008
J Anxiety Disord  Issue: 22(1) , Page: 88-97
Gonzalez-Heydrich J, Whitney J, Waber D, Forbes P, Hsin O, Faraone SV, Dodds A, Rao S, Mrakotsky C, Macmillan C, Demaso DR, de Moor C, Torres A, Bourgeois B, Biederman J.
Adaptive phase I study of OROS methylphenidate treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder with epilepsy , July 2010; epub 21 May 2010
Epilepsy Behav  Issue: 18(3) , Page: 229-37
Heffelfinger AK, Mrakotsky C; Luby JL (ed.)
Cognitive development , 2006
Handbook of Preschool Mental Health , Page: 45-60
Guilford Publisher
Mrakotsky C, Heffelfinger AK; Luby JL (ed.)
Neuropsychological assessment , 2006
Handbook of Preschool Mental Health , Page: 283-310
Guilford Publishers
Mrakotsky, CM, Silverman, LB, Dahlberg, SE, Alyman, CA, Sands, SA, Queally, JT, Miller, TP, Cranston, A, Neuberg, DS, Sallan, SE, & Waber, DP.
Neurobehavioral Side Effects of Corticosteroids During Active Treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Children are Age-Dependent: Report from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute ALL Consortium Protocol 00-01 , In press
Pediatric Blood and Cancer
Mrakotsky C, Waber DP; Bellinger D (ed.)
Chemotherapy agents for treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia , 2006
Human Developmental Neurotoxicology , Page: 131-147
Taylor and Francis
Kaufmann L, Mrakotsky C, Proksch K; H, Pusswald G, Kryspin-Exner I (Eds.)
Entwicklungsneuropsychologie (Developmental neuropsychology) , 2006
Lehrbuch der Klinischen Neuropsychologie , Page: 373-384
Springer Publisher
Mrakotsky C; Kaufmann L, Nrk HC, Konrad K, Willmes K. (Eds.)
Concepts of developmental neuropsychology (Konzepte der Entwicklungsneuro-psychologie) , 2007
Kognitive Entwicklungsneuropsychologie , Page: 25-44
Hogrefe Publishers
Luby JL, Mrakotsky C, Stalets MM, Belden A, Heffelfinger A, William M, Spitznagel E; JL Luby, MA Riddle (Eds.)
Risperidone in Preschool Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders , 2009
Advances in Preschool Psychopharmacology , Page: 87-99
MaryAnn Liebert, Inc.
Kaufmann L, Proksch K, Mrakotsky, C; Lerner H, Pusswald G, Kryspin-Exner I (Eds.)
Entwicklungsneuropsychologie (Developmental neuropsychology) , 2010
Lehrbuch der Klinischen Neuropsychologie, 2nd Edition
Springer Publisher
Mrakotsky CM, Silverman LB, Dahlberg SE, Alyman MC, Sands SA, Queally JT, Miller TP, Cranston A, Neuberg DS, Sallan SE, Waber DP
Neurobehavioral side effects of corticosteroids during active treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children are age-dependent: Report from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute ALL Consortium Protocol 00-01 , September 2011
Pediatr Blood Cancer  Issue: 57(3) , Page: 492-498
Evans AC; Mrakotsky C, Co-Investigator
The NIH MRI study of normal brain development , 2006
Neuroimage  Issue: 30(1) , Page: 184-202
Waber DP, De Moor C, Forbes PW, Almli CR, Botteron KN, Leonard G, Milovan D, Paus T, Rumsey J; Mrakotsky C, Co-investigator
The NIH MRI study of normal brain development: performance of a population based sample of healthy children aged 6 to 18 years on a neuropsychological battery , 2007
J Int Neuropsychol Soc  Issue: 13(5) , Page: 729-46
Yoon U, Fonov VS, Perusse D, Evans AC; Mrakotsky C, Co-investigator
The effect of template choice on morphometric analysis of pediatric brain data , 15 April 2009
Neuroimage  Issue: 45(3) , Page: 769-77
Lange N, Froimowitz MP, Bigler ED, Lainhart JE; Mrakotsky C, Co-investigator
Associations between IQ, total and regional brain volumes, and demography in a large normative sample of healthy children and adolescents , May 2010
Dev Neuropsychol  Issue: 35(3) , Page: 296-317
Cognition and affect in children treated with steroids for inflammatory bowel disease

P.I., NIH/NICHD, Corticosteroids, Inflammation and Memory in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease (05/08-04/13)

Impact of corticosteroids and inflammation on memory in children with Crohns disease: a longitudinal study

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