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Darcy Raches, PhD
Darcy Raches, PhD

Darcy Raches, PhD

Assistant Member, St. Jude Faculty

Departments

Education

PhD – University of Houston, Houston, TX
MA – University of Houston, Houston, TX
BA – University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME

Research Interests

  • Cognitive effects of cancer and cancer treatments
  • Cognitive remediation following acute brain injury
  • Neurological underpinnings of cognitive deficits associated with genetic disorders
  • Neurodevelopment and cognitive functioning in Neurofibromatosis-Type I
  • Posterior Fossa Syndrome

Selected Publications

Heitzer AM, Longoria J, Rampersaud E, Rashkin SR, Estepp JH, Okhomina V, Wang WC, Raches D, Potter B, Steinberg MH, King AA, Kang G, Hankins JS. (2022) Fetal hemoglobin modulates neurocognitive performance in sickle cell anemia. Current Research in Translational Medicine. 70(3): 103335. 

Heitzer AM, Longoria J, Rampersaud E, Rashkin SR, Estepp JH, Okhomina VI, Wang WC, Raches D, Potter B, Steinberg MH, King AA, Kang G, Hankins JS. Fetal hemoglobin modulates neurocognitive performance in sickle cell anemia. Curr Res Transl Med. 2022 Jul;70(3):103335. 

Trpchevska, A, Longoria, J, Okhomina, V, Raches, D, Potter, B, Kang, G, Heitzer, AM, & Hankins, JS. (2022). Adaptive Functioning in Children and Adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 47(8):939-951.  

Wickenhauser, ME, Khan, RB, Raches, D, Ashford, JM, Russell, KM, Lyons, K, Robinson, GW, Gajjar, A, Klimo, P, Conklin, HM. (2022). The posterior fossa syndrome questionnaire: using science to inform practice. J Neurooncol 157, 465–473.

Heitzer AM, Longoria J, Okhomina V, Wang WC, Raches D, Potter B, Jacola LM, Porter J, Schreiber JE, King AA, Kang G, Hankins JS. (2021). Hydroxyurea treatment and neurocognitive functioning in sickle cell disease from school age to young adulthood. Br J Haematol, 195(2), 256-266.

Khan RB, Patay Z, Klimo P, Huang J, Kumar R, Boop FA, Raches D, Conklin HM, Sharma R, Simmons A, Sadighi ZS, Onar-Thomas A, Gajjar A, Robinson GW. Clinical features, neurologic recovery, and risk factors of post-operative posterior fossa syndrome and delayed recovery: A prospective study. Neuro Oncol. 2021 Apr 5;23(9):1586–96. 

Wickenhauser ME, Khan RB, Raches D, Ashford JM, Robinson GW, Russell KM, Conklin HM. Characterizing Posterior Fossa Syndrome: A Survey of Experts. Pediatric Neurology 104:19-22, 2020.

Raches D, Hiscock M, Chapieski L. Behavioral and academic problems in children with Sturge-Weber Syndrome: Differences between children with and without seizures. Epilepsy & Behavior 25:457-63, 2012.

Raches D, Mazzocco MMM. The emergence and trajectory of mathematical difficulties in young children with Barth syndrome. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics 33:328-335, 2012. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0b013e31824c4090

Zuckerman M, Vaughan B, Whitney J, Dodds A, Yakhkind A, MacMillan C, Raches D, Pravdova I, DeMaso DR, Beardslee W, Gonzalez-Heydrich J. Tolerability of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in thirty-nine children under age seven: A retrospective chart review. In J.L.Luby and M.A. Riddle (Eds.), Advances in Preschool Psychopharmacology (pp.7-16, 2009). New Rochelle: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc..

Mrakotsky C, Masek B, Biederman J, Raches D, Hsin O, Forbes P, de Moor C, DeMaso DR, Gonzalez-Heydrich J. Prospective open-label pilot trial of mirtazapine in children and adolescents with social phobia. Journal of Anxiety Disorders 22:88-97, 2008.

Zuckerman M, Vaughan B, Whitney J, Dodds A, Yakhkind A, MacMillan C, Raches D, Pravdova I, DeMaso DR, Beardslee W, Gonzalez-Heydrich J. Tolerability of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in thirty-nine children under age seven: A retrospective chart review. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology 17:165-174, 2007.

Gonzalez-Heydrich J, Pandina GJ, Fleisher CA, Hsin O, Raches D, Bourgeois BF, Biederman J. No seizure exacerbation from risperidone in youth with comorbid epilepsy and psychiatric disorders: a case series. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology 14:295-310, 2004.

Gonzalez-Heydrich J, Raches D,Wilens T, Leichtner A, Mezzacappa E. Retrospective study of hepatic enzyme elevations in children treated with olanzapine, divalproex and their combination. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 42:1227-33, 2003.;

Bers MU, Gonzalez-Heydrich J, Raches D, DeMaso DR. Zora: A pilot virtual community in the pediatric dialysis unit. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 84:800-4, 2001.

Last update: December 2022

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