Christina Ullrich, MD, MPH
Clinical Director, Pediatric Advanced Care Team (PACT)
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
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Christina Ullrich, MD, MPH
Clinical Director, Pediatric Advanced Care Team (PACT)
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Medical Services
Languages
English
Education
Medical School
Harvard Medical School
2001
Boston
MA
Internship
Medicine
Boston Children's Hospital
2002
Boston
MA
Residency
Pediatrics
Boston Combined Residency Program (BCRP)
2004
Boston
MA
Fellowship
Pediatric Hematology -Oncology
Boston Children's Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
2006
Boston
MA
Fellowship
Pediatric Palliative Care
Boston Children's Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
2006
Boston
MA
Fellowship
Health Services Research
Boston Children's Hospital
2007
Boston
MA
Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics (Hematology-Oncology)
American Board of Pediatrics (Hospice and Palliative Medicine)
Professional History
Christina Ullrich is PACT Clinical Director. She’s a PACT attending, and an Assistant Professor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. She completed fellowships in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Pediatric Palliative Care at Boston Children’s Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and is board certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. Her research interests include symptom management in children with cancer, with a focus on fatigue. She is also currently investigating the palliative care needs of children who undergo hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
Publications
What do pediatric transplant physicians think about palliative care? Results from a national survey study. View Abstract
Leading a Palliative Care Team Through Times of Growth And Change. View Abstract
Household material hardship and distress among parents of children with advanced cancer: A report from the PediQUEST Response trial. View Abstract
What do patients think about palliative care? A national survey of hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. View Abstract
Revisiting medical neglect concerns in children with life-threatening complex chronic conditions. View Abstract
Concerns for Medical Neglect in Children with Complex or Serious Medical Conditions: What Pediatric Palliative Care Brings to the Table. View Abstract
Fatigue in Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Survivors: Correlates, Care Team Communication, and Patient-Identified Mitigation Strategies. View Abstract
An Automatic Pediatric Palliative Care Consultation for Children Supported on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Survey of Perceived Benefits and Barriers. View Abstract
"Good Grief": An Opportunity to Grow, Integrate, or Something Else? View Abstract
Health Care Providers' Perspectives on COVID-19 and Medical Neglect in Children with Life-Threatening Complex Chronic Conditions. View Abstract
The Online Life Story Book: A randomized controlled trial on the effects of a digital reminiscence intervention for people with (very) mild dementia and their informal caregivers. View Abstract
Are we undermining the value of palliative care through advanced cancer clinical trial consent language? View Abstract
The Impact of Specialty Palliative Care in Pediatric Oncology: A Systematic Review. View Abstract
Children at the Intersection of Pediatric Palliative Care and Child Maltreatment: A Vulnerable and Understudied Population. View Abstract
The Palliative Use of Intrathecal Baclofen in Niemann-Pick Disease Type C. View Abstract
Models of Pediatric Palliative Oncology Outpatient Care-Benefits, Challenges, and Opportunities. View Abstract
Patient- and Nurse-Controlled Analgesia: 22-Year Experience in a Pediatric Hospital. View Abstract
Self-reported fatigue in children with advanced cancer: Results of the PediQUEST study. View Abstract
Rosalie Lightning: A Graphic Memoir. View Abstract
From the Child's Word to Clinical Intervention: Novel, New, and Innovative Approaches to Symptoms in Pediatric Palliative Care. View Abstract
Engaging Patients in Setting a Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Agenda in Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. View Abstract
Strange Bedfellows No More: How Integrated Stem-Cell Transplantation and Palliative Care Programs Can Together Improve End-of-Life Care. View Abstract
Three sides to a story: Child, parent, and nurse perspectives on the child's experience during hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. View Abstract
Quality of Life in Children With Advanced Cancer: A Report From the PediQUEST Study. View Abstract
End-of-Life Care Patterns Associated with Pediatric Palliative Care among Children Who Underwent Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant. View Abstract
Caring for Children Who Have Severe Neurological Impairment. View Abstract
Parent Outlook: How Parents View the Road Ahead as They Embark on Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Their Child. View Abstract
Symptoms and Distress in Children With Advanced Cancer: Prospective Patient-Reported Outcomes From the PediQUEST Study. View Abstract
Feasibility of Conducting a Palliative Care Randomized Controlled Trial in Children With Advanced Cancer: Assessment of the PediQUEST Study. View Abstract
Putting pediatric palliative care in prime time. View Abstract
Caring for children living with life-threatening illness: a growing relationship between pediatric hospital medicine and pediatric palliative care. View Abstract
Pediatric hospital care for children with life-threatening illness and the role of palliative care. View Abstract
Improving the care of children with advanced cancer by using an electronic patient-reported feedback intervention: results from the PediQUEST randomized controlled trial. View Abstract
Pediatric palliative care research comes of age: what we stand to learn from children with life-threatening illness. View Abstract
Longitudinal Assessment of Symptom Distress in Children with Advanced Cancer: Report of the First 20 Weeks in the Pediatric Quality-of-Life Evaluation of Symptoms Technology (PediQUEST) Study (311-A). View Abstract
Routine Feedback of Patient-Reported Distress in Children With Advanced Cancer: Provider and Family Satisfaction With the Pediatric Quality of Life and Evaluation of Symptoms Technology (PediQUEST) System (311-B). View Abstract
Fatigue in children with cancer at the end of life. View Abstract
End-of-life experience of children undergoing stem cell transplantation for malignancy: parent and provider perspectives and patterns of care. View Abstract
An economic analysis of anemia prevention during infancy. View Abstract
An Economic Analysis of Anemia Prevention during Infancy View Abstract
Pain and Symptom Control in Pediatrics View Abstract
Assessment and management of fatigue and dyspnea in pediatric palliative care. View Abstract
An Economic Analysis of Anemia Prevention During Infancy View Abstract
Manual of Pediatric Therapeutics (Graef, Wolfsdorf, Greenes) View Abstract
American Academy of Pediatrics Pedialink Hot Topics Educational Module: Iron Deficiency View Abstract
Factors associated with fatigue in children with cancer at the end of life. View Abstract
Factors associated with fatigue in children with cancer at the end of life View Abstract
Iron Deficiency in Infants and Toddlers View Abstract
Diagnosis of Iron Deficiency in Children View Abstract
Approaches to screening for iron deficiency in pediatrics: An update article View Abstract
Screening healthy infants for iron deficiency using reticulocyte hemoglobin content. View Abstract
The importance of newborn screening in resident education. View Abstract
Diet history as an adjunct to hemoglobin (Hb) and reticulocyte hemoglobin content (CHr) in screening for iron deficiency View Abstract
Reticulocyte hemoglobin content (CHr) is better than hemoglobin in identifying iron deficiency View Abstract
HIV-1 Tat induces microvascular endothelial apoptosis through caspase activation. View Abstract
HIV-1 gp120- and gp160-induced apoptosis in cultured endothelial cells is mediated by caspases. View Abstract
Posttranslational modifications of the 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase beta1 subunit. View Abstract
Assignment of acetyl-CoA carboxylase-beta (ACACB) to human chromosome band 12q24.1 by in situ hybridization. View Abstract
Acifluorfen Resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana View Abstract
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