Mary Jo Kupst, PhD   

Title
Pediatric hematology/oncology psychologist, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin; professor, Pediatrics, Medical College of  Wisconsin.

Division
Hematology, Oncology and Transplant, Psychology

Research interests
Behavioral health, cancer

Study interests
Pediatric psycho-oncology, stress and coping with pediatric medical conditions.

Education
Doctorate, Loyola University, Chicago, 1972; fellowship, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago, 1971-72.

Certifications
Licensed Psychologist Wisconsin, Illinois; National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology.

Honors
President, Division 54 (Pediatric Psychology), 2004-05; charter fellow, Division 54; fellow, Division 12 (Clinical Psychology), American Psychological Association.

Representative publications

• Kupst MJ, Natta MB, Richardson CC, Schulman JL, Lavigne JV, Das L. Family Coping with Pediatric Leukemia: A Twelve Year Prospective Study. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 1995; 20(5): 601-617. 
• Kupst MJ, Penati B, Debban B, Camitta B, Pietryga D, Margolis D, Murray K, Camitta BM. Cognitive and Behavioral Functioning of Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Patients: A Prospective Study. Bone Marrow Transplantation. 2002; 30:609-617.
• Kupst MJ, Patenaude AF, Walco GA, Sterling C. Parental Perspectives on Informed Consent to Clinical Trials in Pediatric Oncology. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. 2003; 25:787-790.
• Arceci R, Ettinger A, Forman E, Haase G, Hammond GD, Hoffman R, Kupst MJ, Link M, Lustig C, Traynor DS. National Action Plan for Childhood Cancer. Cancer Journal for Clinicians. 2002; 52:377-379.
• Kupst MJ, Bingen K. Stress and Coping in Pediatric Cancer. RT Brown (ed.), Pediatric Hematology/Oncology: A Bio-psychosocial Approach. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.

Grants

• Trajectories of Health and Adaptation: A Longitudinal Study of Life after Stem Cell Transplant, American Cancer Society, 7/1/02-6/30/06, 10 percent effort, $47,000/year, site principal investigator.
• Psychosocial Outcomes of Pediatric Brain Tumors, American Cancer Society, 7/1/03-6/30/08, 15 percent effort, $72,000/year, site principal investigator.

Contact
Children's Research Institute
8701 Watertown Plank Road
Wauwatosa, WI 53226
Phone: (414) 456-4142
Fax: (414) 456-6543
E-mail: mkupst@mcw.edu