Selected Publications

Sickle Cell Disease 

  • McClish, D., Okhomina, V., *Pascale, A., Valrie, C., Sisler, I., Villella, A., & Smith, W. (in press). VOC pain intensity, frequency, and duration: Which best correlates with health-related quality of life in adolescents and adults with sickle cell disease? Pain.
  • Porter, J.S., Valrie, C., Viola, A.,S., & Shipman, J. (2023). Sickle cell disease: Lessons learned. In Sharafkhaneh, A. & Gozal, D. Sleep Medicine: A handbook for transitioning paediatric to adult care. Springer.
  • Karlson, C. Barajas, K., Seals, S., Britt, A, Schlenz, A., Jackson, E., Davis, D., & Valrie, C. R. (2023). Longitudinal Biopsychosocial Predictors of Pain in Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 48(6): 553-561.
  • Pascale, A., Sisler., I., Smith, W., & Valrie, C. (2023). Intraindividual pain variability metrics for youth with sickle cell disease: Relations to health outcomes. Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 70(4): e30194.
  • Smith, W., Valrie, C. R., & Sisler, I. (2022). Structural racism and impact on sickle cell disease: Sickle cell lives matter. Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America, 36(6): 1063-1076.
  • Valrie, C. R., Alston, K., Morgan, K., Kilpatrick, R., Sisler, I., & Fuh, B. (2021) Pediatric Sickle Cell Pain-Sleep Relationships: The Roles of Positive and Negative Affect. Health Psychology, 40(11): 793-802.


Pediatric Health Disparities, with a Focus on Sleep and Pain

  • Hagiwara, N., Shipman-Lacewell, J., Smith, D., Jones, H., Green, T., Belgrave., F., Valrie, C. (2023). Personal- vs. group-level discrimination and physical and mental health outcomes among Black adolescents. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 10.1007/s40615-023-01758-4. Advance online publication.
  • Williams, C. D., Shipman-Lacewell, J., Shih, S., Wynn, A., Elias, M. J., & Valrie, C. R. (2023). Black adolescents’ racial discrimination and suicide behaviors: Testing perceived school safety as a protective moderator. Journal of Research on Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12877. Advance online publication.
  • Shipman-Lacewell, J., Hagiwara, N., Green, T., Jones, H., Belgrave, F., & Valrie, C. (2023). Sleep Factors as Mediators of the Association of Racial Discrimination and Mental Health in Black Adolescent-Caregiver Dyads. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. 10.1007/s10802-023-01069-6. Advance online publication.
  • Green, T., Shipman, J., Valrie, C. R., Corona, R., Kohlmann, T., Valiani, S., Green Inequity Lab, & Hagiwara, N. (2022). Discrimination and Health among First-Generation Hispanic Immigrants: The Roles of Sleep and Fatigue. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 9(6): 2105-2116.