Christine Mrakotsky, PhD
Staff Neuropsychologist, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Clinical Scientific Associate, Department of Neurology
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School
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Christine Mrakotsky, PhD
Staff Neuropsychologist, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Clinical Scientific Associate, Department of Neurology
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School
Medical Services
Languages
German
Education
Undergraduate School
Psychology
University of Vienna
1992
Vienna
Austria
Graduate School
University of Vienna
1996
Vienna
Austria
Internship
University of Minnesota Medical School
1997
Minneapolis
MN
Internship
University of Vienna/Washington University
2001
St. Loius
MS
Vienna, Austria
Residency
Medical University of Vienna
1998
Vienna
Austria
Fellowship
Pediatric Neuropsychology
Boston Children's Hospital
2003
Boston
MA
Media
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Meet Dr. Christine Mrakotsky
Professional History
Dr. Mrakotsky is a pediatric neuropsychologist and clinical investigator at Boston Children’s Hospital, and Assistant Professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School. Her clinical and research work focuses on brain and cognitive development in pediatric stroke and inflammatory bowel disease. She received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Vienna in collaboration with Washington University in St. Louis. She completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in pediatric neuropsychology at Boston Children's Hospital, followed by research training and career development awards from Children’s Hospital and NIH. Dr. Mrakotsky is the recipient of the NIH Mitchell Max Award for Research Excellence and Harvard Medical School Shore Scholar. She is a licensed psychologist and health service provider in both Massachusetts and Austria.
Dr. Mrakotsky joined the Children’s Hospital faculty in 2003. Since 2013 she is the lead neuropsychologist for the Cerebrovascular Disorders and Stroke Program, Department of Neurology, establishing a new inpatient and outpatient neuropsychological service for pediatric stroke. Her research focuses on the neuropsychological outcomes of stroke, neurobehavioral effects of steroid therapy, as well as brain and neuropsychological function in pediatric IBD. With foundation and NIH grants, her lab employs advanced neuroimaging, neuropsychological assessment, and biomarker assays to study brain-immune interactions in IBD.
Publications
The eTHINK Study: Cognitive and Behavioral Outcomes in Children with Hemophilia. View Abstract
Nonacog beta pegol prophylaxis in children with hemophilia B: safety, efficacy, and neurodevelopmental outcomes for up to 8 years. View Abstract
Roadmap for the Assessment and Management of Outcomes in Pediatric Stroke. View Abstract
Recent Advances in Neuropsychological Outcomes and Intervention in Pediatric Stroke. View Abstract
Rehabilitation in Pediatric Stroke: Cognition and Behavior. View Abstract
Adverse effects of erenumab on cerebral proliferative angiopathy: A case report. View Abstract
Functional abdominal pain symptom severity: Associations between cognition and emotion in a pediatric sample. View Abstract
Prevalence of Symptoms of Anxiety, Depression, and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Parents and Children Following Pediatric Stroke. View Abstract
Neuropsychological function in children with hemophilia: A review of the Hemophilia Growth and Development Study and introduction of the current eTHINK study. View Abstract
O-003 The Brain as Extraintestinal IBD Manifestation: Are Brain and Cognitive Differences in Pediatric Crohn's Disease Associated with Immune Gene Expression? View Abstract
O-018 New Evidence for Structural Brain Differences in Pediatric Crohn's Disease: Impact of Underlying Disease Factors. View Abstract
Pediatric inflammatory bowel disease and depression: treatment implications. View Abstract
Comparing stimulant effects in youth with ADHD symptoms and epilepsy. View Abstract
Depression subtypes in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease. View Abstract
Acute cognitive and behavioral effects of systemic corticosteroids in children treated for inflammatory bowel disease. View Abstract
Using the Children's Depression Inventory in youth with inflammatory bowel disease: support for a physical illness-related factor. View Abstract
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. View Abstract
Adaptive phase I study of OROS methylphenidate treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder with epilepsy. View Abstract
The Effects of Corticosteroids and Inflammation on Memory in Pediatric Crohn’s Disease: A Longitudinal Pilot Study View Abstract
Corticosteroids, Immune Factors and Memory in Pediatric Chronic Illness: First Results on the Long-Term Effects of Steroids View Abstract
Risperidone in Preschool Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders View Abstract
Comparative clinical responses to risperidone and divalproex in patients with pediatric bipolar disorder. View Abstract
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 View Abstract
Psychiatric disorders and behavioral characteristics of pediatric patients with epilepsy and ADHD View Abstract
Psychiatric disorders and behavioral characteristics of pediatric patients with both epilepsy and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. View Abstract
Prospective open-label pilot trial of mirtazapine in children and adolescents with social phobia. View Abstract
Concepts of developmental neuropsychology (Konzepte der Entwicklungsneuro-psychologie) View Abstract
Risperidone in preschool children with autistic spectrum disorders: an investigation of safety and efficacy. View Abstract
Behavioral and Emotional Functioning in Patients with Epilepsy Treated with Vagal Nerve Stimulator: A Naturalistic Follow-Up Study[abstract] View Abstract
Cognitive development View Abstract
Practiced intelligence testing based on a modern test conceptualization and its reference to the common intelligence theories. Learning and Individual Differences View Abstract
Neuropsychological assessment View Abstract
Entwicklungsneuropsychologie (Developmental neuropsychology) View Abstract
Chemotherapy agents for treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia View Abstract
The NIH MRI study of normal brain development View Abstract
Executive functions and memory in children treated for inflammatory bowel disease: Impact of steroids vs. disease factors [abstract] View Abstract
Impact of acute steroid treatment on memory, executive function, and mood in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease [abstract] View Abstract
Characteristics of depressed preschoolers with and without anhedonia: evidence for a melancholic depressive subtype in young children. View Abstract
Neurobehavioral side effects of steroid treatment in children with leukemia [abstract] View Abstract
Alterations in stress cortisol reactivity in depressed preschoolers relative to psychiatric and no-disorder comparison groups. View Abstract
Modification of DSM-IV criteria for depressed preschool children. View Abstract
The clinical picture of depression in preschool children. View Abstract
Depressed preschoolers with bipolar family history: a group at high risk for later switching to mania? View Abstract
Preschool major depressive disorder: preliminary validation for developmentally modified DSM-IV criteria. View Abstract
Spatial cognition, face perception, and affect recognition in preschool depressive syndromes. A neuropsychological framework of social information processing [doctoral dissertation] View Abstract
Intelligenzdiagnostikum fuer das Vorschulalter: Entwicklung einer Testbatterie fuer 5jaehrige als Ergaenzung zum AID. (Intelligence scale for the preschool age: Development of a cognitive battery as supplement to the AID scale)[Master's Thesis] View Abstract