Selected Publications & Presentations

Sharkey, C. M., Nielsen, J., Walsh, K. S., Weisman, H., & Hardy, K. K. (2025).  Social determinants of health and pediatric brain tumor neuropsychological morbidities. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.32050

Cooke, F.P., & Sharkey, C.M. (2025). Commentary: Moving from research to clinical support for caregivers of children with cleft lip and/or palate. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, jsaf046. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsaf046  

Yockel, M. R., Sleiman, M. M., Jr., Doherty, H., Adams, R., Davis, K. M., Groninger, H., Sharkey, C., Biel, M. G., Statman, M. R., & Tercyak, K. P. (2025). Mental Health Professionals’ Views on Artificial Intelligence as an Aide for Children Anticipating or Suffering the Loss of a Parent to Cancer: Helpful or Harmful? Children, 12(6), 763. https://doi.org/10.3390/children12060763

Sharkey, C. M., Fisher, R. S., Carter, C., McNall-Knapp, R., Mayes, S., Traino, K., & Mullins, L. L. (2025). Gritting through it: Caregiver grit as a source of resilience in families affected by pediatric cancer. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsaf047

Cooke, F.P., Lupini, F., Bryant, B.L., & Sharkey, C.M. (2025). Closing the gap in cultural humility: The bridge between post-baccalaureate research and graduate clinical competency. Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology.2025;0(0). doi:10.1177/21694826251333439

Sharkey, C. M., Cooke, F., Dattilo, T., DeLone, A., & Mullins, L. (2025). The role of social problem-solving in emerging adult healthcare transition. Health Care Transitions, 3, 100099.

Hardy, K. K., Embry, L., Kairalla, J. A., Sharkey, C., Gioia, A. R., Griffin, D., ... & Winick, N. J. (2024). Attention and executive functioning in children and adolescents treated for high‐risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A report from the Children's Oncology Group (COG). Pediatric Blood & Cancer, e31179.

Salley, C. G., Bakula, D. M., Driscoll, C. F. B., Flanagan-Priore, C., Kapke, T. L., Moore, R. M., Parris, K. R., & Sharkey, C. M. (2024). Call to action: Screening and addressing caregiver mental health needs within all pediatric medical subspecialty settings as standard of care. Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology. 

Sharkey, C. M., & Bates, C. R. (2023). Overcoming the Exclusion of Marginalized Caregiver and Patient Groups in Pediatric Brain Tumor Research. Neuro-Oncology Practice, npad030.

Bakula, D. M., Traino, K. A., Dattilo, T. M., Davis, M. P., Sharkey, C. M., Espeleta, H. C., Cherry, A. S., McMichael, T., Johnson, M., Wallace, R., & Mullins, L. L. (2023). Parent psychosocial adjustment to inpatient pediatric rehabilitation, and the role of uncertainty and self-care. Rehabilitation Psychology.

Davis, K. A., Brosnan, P., Mazzenga, M., Buchbinder, D., Alderfer, M. A., Sharkey, C. M., Long, K. A. (2022). Inconsistent, uncoordinated, and reactive: The current state of sibling psychosocial care. Pediatric Blood & Cancer.

Sharkey, C. M., Weisman, H., Walsh, K., & Hardy, K. K, (2022, September). Inequities in neurocognitive morbidities among pediatric brain tumor survivors. Oral presentation at the International Society of Pediatric Oncology Congress, Barcelona, Spain. 

Sharkey, C. M., Hardy, K. K., Gioia, A., Weisman, H., & Walsh, K. S., (2021) Suicidal ideation and executive functioning in pediatric cancer. Psycho-Oncology.

Brosnan, P., Davis, K., Mazzenga, M., Oberoi, A., Sharkey, C. M., Buchbinder, D., Alderfer, M. A., & Long, K. A. (2021). Psychosocial care providers’ perspectives: Barriers to implementing services for siblings of children with cancer. Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 69(2), e29418. 

Fisher, R. S., Dattilo, T. M., Sharkey, C. M., Traino, K. A., Espeleta, H. C., Krietsch, K. N., Chaney, J. M., Mullins, L. L. (2021) Identifying sleep patterns related to emotion dysregulation among college students: a latent profile analysis. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 47(1), 111–120. 

Hardy, K. K., Berger, C., Griffin, D., Walsh, K. S., Sharkey, C. M., Weisman, H., Gioia, A., Packer, R., & Acosta, M. T. (2021). Computerized working memory training for children with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1): A pilot study. Journal of Child Neurology, 36(12), 1078–1085.

Sharkey, C. M., Mullins, L. L., Clawson, A. H., Gioia, A., Hawkins, M. A. W., Chaney, J. M., Walsh, K. S., & Hardy, K. K. (2021) Assessing neuropsychological phenotypes of pediatric brain tumor survivors. Psycho-Oncology, 30(8), 1366–1374. 

Traino, K. A., Sharkey, C. M., Perez, M. N., Bakula, D. M., Roberts, C. M., Chaney, J. M., Mullins, L. L. (2021). Health care utilization, transition readiness, and health-related quality of life: A latent class analysis in college students with a chronic medical condition. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 46(2), 197–207. 

Sharkey, C. M., Espeleta, H. C., Traino, K. A., Roberts, C. M., Perez, M. N., Bakula, D. M., Chaney, J. M., Alderson, R. M., & Mullins, L. L. (2020). Psychological adjustment outcomes among pediatric brain tumor survivors: a meta-analysis. Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 67(10), e28644. 

Roberts, C. M., Sharkey, C. M., Bakula, D. M., Perez, M. N., Delozier, A. M., Austin, P. F., Baskin, L. S., Chan, Y., Cheng, E. Y., Diamond, D. A., Fried, A. J., Greenfield, S. P., Kropp, B., Lakshmanan, Y., Meyer, S. Z., Meyer, T., Nokoff, N. J., Palmer, B. W., Paradis, A., Poppas, D. P., Reyes, K. J. S., Tishelman, A., Wolfe-Christensen, C., Yerkes, E. B., Wisniewski, A. B., & Mullins, L. L. (2020). Uncertainty as a longitudinal predictor of distress among caregivers of children born with DSD. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 45(9), 1053–1062. 

Sharkey, C. M., Schepers, S. A., Drake, S, Pai, A. L. H., Mullins, L. L., & Grootenhuis, M. A. (2020). Psychosocial risk profiles among American and Dutch families affected by pediatric cancer. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 45(4), 463–473.