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Mary C. Kral, Ph.D.
[Pediatric Psychology rotation]

Dr. Kral received her B.A. from Furman University and her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Georgia.  She completed a clinical psychology internship at the Medical University of South Carolina/Department of Veterans Affairs Psychology Internship Consortium.  After a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in pediatric neuropsychology in the Department of Pediatrics at the Medical University of South Carolina, she accepted a faculty appointment in the Division of Genetics and Developmental Pediatrics.  Dr. Kral currently serves as co-director of the Pediatric Psychology Service at the Medical University of South Carolina.

Research interests: neurocognitive aspects of pediatric illness

Honors/Awards:

Select Publications:

• Kral, M.C., Brown, R. T. & LaRosa, A. (in press). Pediatric Psychopharmacology. In G. Bear & K. Minke (Eds.) Children’s needs III: Understanding and addressing the developmental needs of children.  
• Kral, M.C., Brown, R. T., Connelly, M., Cure, J. K., Besenski, N., Jackson, S. M. & Abboud, M. R. (in press). Radiographic predictors of neurocognitive functioning in pediatric sickle cell disease.  Journal of Child Neurology. 
• Kral, M C. & Brown, R. T. (2005). Neuropsychological assessment: Interpreting test results and reports. In B. L. Maria (Ed.), Current Management of Child Neurology (2^nd ed.), 219-224.  
• Kral, M. C. & Brown, R. T. (2003). Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography and behavioral functioning in children with sickle cell disease. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 29, 185-195. 
• Kral, M. C., Brown, R. T., Nietert, P. J., Abboud, M. R., Jackson, S. M. & Hynd, G. W. (2003). Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography and neurocognitive functioning in children with sickle cell disease. Pediatrics, 112, 324-331. 
• Kral, M. C., Brown, R. T. & Hynd, G. W. (2001). Neuropsychological aspects of pediatric sickle cell disease. Neuropsychology Review, 11 (4), 179-196.  
• Kral, M. C. (2000). Neuropsychological assessment and intellectual function in children. In R. W. Kamphaus (Ed.), Clinical assessment of children’s intelligence (2^nd ed.) (pp. 538-577). Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Select Presentations:

• Kral, M.C., Brown, R. T., Connelly, M., Cure, J. K., Besenski, N., Jackson, S. M. & Abboud, M. R. (April 2004). “Comparison of neuroimaging and radiographic techniques as predictors of neurocognitive functioning in children with sickle cell disease.” Poster presented at the American Psychological Association, Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology) National Conference on Child Health Psychology, Charleston, South Carolina. 
• Kral, M.C., Brown, R. T. & Hynd, G. W. (February 2003). “Neurocognitive functioning and transcranial Doppler ultrasonography in children with sickle cell disease.” Poster presented at the 31^st Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Honolulu, Hawaii.  
• Kral, M.C., Brown, R. T. & Hynd, G. W. (October 2002). “Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography and behavioral functioning in children with sickle cell disease.”  Poster presented at the 22^nd Annual Conference of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, Miami Beach, Florida. 
• Brown, R. T. & Kral, M.C. (May 2001). “Back to school: Reintegration issues for children with sickle cell disease.” Symposium presented at the 3^rd Annual Sickle Cell Disease Conference, Charleston, South Carolina. 
• Freeman, W. S., Brown, R. T., Limehouse-Eager, A., Sedlar, G., Kral, M.C., Fuemmeler, B., Anderson, D. & Craver, J. (April 2001). “Associations among child behavior problems, parental distress and family functioning,” Poster presented at the Florida Conference on Child Health Psychology, Gainesville, Florida. 
• Kral, M.C., Kibby, M. Y., Johnson, L. R. & Hynd, G. W. (November 2000). “Behavior problems among children with ADHD and/or reading disability: Effects of gender and diagnostic grouping,” Poster presented at the 20^th Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, Orlando, Florida. 
• Kibby, M. Y., Kral, M.C. & Hynd, G. W. (July 2000). “Development of phonological awareness in children with and without reading deficits,” Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Stockholm, Sweden. 
• Kibby, M. Y., Morgan, A. E., Hynd, G. W., Cohen, M. & Kral, M.C. (July 2000). “The relationship between planum temporale morphology and memory functioning mimics that of linguistic functioning,” Poster presented at the 27^th International Congress of Psychology, Stockholm, Sweden. 

Curriculum Vitae: available upon request

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