Tricia King, PhD

Research Program

Cancer Prevention and Control
Phone Number

404-544-9653
Email Address

tzking@emory.edu

Biography

Tricia King, PhD, is a professor at Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University. Dr. King is a member of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute.

Education

Dr. King earned her PhD in clinical psychology and neuropsychology from University of Florida. She completed her postdoctoral training in clinical neuropsychology at Brown University.

Titles & Roles

Professor

Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University

Research

A developmental clinical neuropsychologist, Dr. King studies brain-behavior relationships across the lifespan. Her clinical research spans from infants born prematurely to older adults with various forms of dementia, though the primary focus centers on youth and young adults who have acquired neurological disorders early in life, such as brain tumors, congenital heart disease and traumatic brain injury. Her work relies on collaborative team science to develop transdisciplinary methodologies that incorporate rapidly advancing technologies, methods and analyses. The overarching goal is to optimize cognitive outcomes and everyday adaptive functioning through individualized precision healthcare informed by clinical science.

Publications

Title/Journal	Authors	Publication Date
The Society for Clinical Neuropsychology's 2023 strategic plan: Focus group and survey results. The Clinical neuropsychologist	SA Sperling, L Abrams-Silva, F Arias, S DeDios-Stern, O Houge, AJ Jak, JE Karr, TZ King, CS Kubu, D Lechuga, MR Madore, N Mandava, SM McClintock, EC Murriel, B Ready, ZJ Resch, P Shear, AY Stringer, SL Weisenbach, M Lanca	08/20/2025
The Society for Clinical Neuropsychology's 2023 strategic plan: Group differences in strategic planning survey results. The Clinical neuropsychologist	SA Sperling, L Abrams-Silva, F Arias, S DeDios-Stern, O Houge, AJ Jak, JE Karr, TZ King, CS Kubu, M Lanca, D Lechuga, MR Madore, N Mandava, SM McClintock, EC Murriel, B Ready, ZJ Resch, P Shear, AY Stringer, SL Weisenbach	08/18/2025
Go with the (Blood) Flow: A Systematic Review on the Relationship Between Dynamic Functional Connectivity and Information Processing Speed. Neuropsychology review	OC Haller, CL Rosenberg, TZ King	08/07/2025
The Society for Clinical Neuropsychology's 2023 strategic plan: Charting a new path forward. The Clinical neuropsychologist	SA Sperling, L Abrams-Silva, F Arias, S DeDios-Stern, O Houge, AJ Jak, JE Karr, TZ King, M Lanca, D Lechuga, MR Madore, N Mandava, SM McClintock, EC Murriel, B Ready, ZJ Resch, P Shear, AY Stringer, SL Weisenbach, CS Kubu	07/03/2025
Demographic, medical, and neighborhood barriers to clinical neuropsychological services in pediatric medulloblastoma patients treated in the United States. Journal of neuro-oncology	RK Peterson, JH Choi, TZ King	05/01/2025
Neighborhood resources are associated with neuropsychological outcomes among pediatric brain tumor survivors. The Clinical neuropsychologist	RK Peterson, JHS Choi, LA Jacobson, S Acharya, TZ King	05/01/2025
Neurocognitive outcomes and functional independence in adult survivors of childhood medulloblastoma diagnosed over 3 decades. Neuro-oncology	C Papini, S Mirzaei, M Xing, I Tonning Olsson, R Salloum, PMK de Blank, KR Lange, TZ King, D Srivastava, WM Leisenring, RM Howell, KC Oeffinger, LL Robison, GT Armstrong, KR Krull, TM Brinkman	01/12/2025
Beyond the Nest: The Role of Financial Independence in Young Adult Health. International journal of behavioral medicine	JH Choi, K Szymanski, DH Jung, TZ King	01/02/2025
Relationships between cognitive flexibility performance and adaptive behavior outcomes in survivors of pediatric brain tumor. The Clinical neuropsychologist	KA Szymanski, JE Pincus, TZ King	01/01/2025
Within-Individual BOLD Signal Variability and its Implications for Task-Based Cognition: A Systematic Review. Neuropsychology review	SN Steinberg, TZ King	12/01/2024
Seeing through "brain fog": neuroimaging assessment and imaging biomarkers for cancer-related cognitive impairments. Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society	Q Gu, L Wang, TZ King, H Chen, L Zhang, J Ni, H Mao	11/18/2024
A deep learning approach for mental health quality prediction using functional network connectivity and assessment data. Brain imaging and behavior	M Ajith, DM Aycock, EB Tone, J Liu, MB Misiura, R Ellis, SM Plis, TZ King, VM Dotson, V Calhoun	06/01/2024
Concurrent brain structural and functional alterations in the thalamus of adult survivors of childhood brain tumors: a multimodal MRI study. Brain research bulletin	J Hou, TZ King, H Chen, Q Wang, Y Xie, H Mao, L Wang, L Cheng	06/01/2024
Sleep quality and executive function in a diverse sample of healthy young adults. Applied neuropsychology. Adult	MM Parrilla, RJ Kautiainen, TZ King	01/03/2024
Concordance of informant and self-reported ratings on the Frontal Systems Behavior Scale in adult survivors of pediatric brain tumor. The Clinical neuropsychologist	OC Haller, EL Tighe, TZ King	01/01/2024
White matter predictors of PTSD: Testing different machine learning models in a sample of Black American women. Journal of psychiatric research	OC Haller, TZ King, M Mathur, JA Turner, C Wang, T Jovanovic, JS Stevens, N Fani	12/01/2023
A systematic review of pediatric neuropsychological outcomes with proton versus photon radiation therapy: A call for equity in access to treatment. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS	RK Peterson, TZ King	10/01/2023
The role of tax-filing status in uncovering socioeconomic and physical activity differences in college-aged students. Journal of American college health : J of ACH	E Bledniak, HA Aleksonis, TZ King	07/01/2023
Graph analysis of resting state functional brain networks and associations with cognitive outcomes in survivors of pediatric brain tumor. Neuroimage. Reports	ES Semmel, VD Calhoun, F Hillary, R Morris, TZ King	06/01/2023
Relationships Among Structural Neuroimaging and Neurocognitive Outcomes in Adolescents and Young Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: A Systematic Review. Neuropsychology review	HA Aleksonis, TZ King	06/01/2023
A systematic review of pediatric neuropsychological outcomes with proton versus photon radiation therapy: A call for equity in access to treatment - CORRIGENDUM. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS	RK Peterson, TZ King	03/01/2023
A Systematic Review of Host Genomic Variation and Neuropsychological Outcomes for Pediatric Cancer Survivors. Neuropsychology review	R Kautiainen, H Aleksonis, TZ King	03/01/2023
White matter pathways associated with empathy in females: A DTI investigation. Brain and cognition	SN Steinberg, NB Tedla, E Hecht, DL Robins, TZ King	10/01/2022
Correction to: Graph Theoretical Analysis of Brain Network Characteristics in Brain Tumor Patients: A Systematic Review. Neuropsychology review	ES Semmel, TR Quadri, TZ King	09/01/2022
Graph Theoretical Analysis of Brain Network Characteristics in Brain Tumor Patients: A Systematic Review. Neuropsychology review	ES Semmel, TR Quadri, TZ King	09/01/2022
Within-individual BOLD signal variability in the N-back task and its associations with vigilance and working memory. Neuropsychologia	SN Steinberg, JG Malins, J Liu, TZ King	08/13/2022
MTHFR single nucleotide polymorphism associated with working memory in pediatric medulloblastoma survivors. Child neuropsychology : a journal on normal and abnormal development in childhood and adolescence	RJ Kautiainen, C Keeler, B Dwivedi, TJ MacDonald, TZ King	04/01/2022
Considerations for Reliable Digit Span as a performance validity test for long-term survivors of childhood brain tumors. Applied neuropsychology. Adult	ME Fox, TZ King	01/01/2022
White matter hyperintensities relate to executive dysfunction, apathy, but not disinhibition in long-term adult survivors of pediatric cerebellar tumor. NeuroImage. Clinical	OC Haller, HA Aleksonis, LC Krishnamurthy, TZ King	01/01/2022
Functional Connectivity Networks and Their Recruitment During Working Memory Tasks in Adult Survivors of Childhood Brain Tumors. Brain connectivity	ME Fox, JA Turner, B Crosson, RD Morris, TZ King	12/01/2021
Cerebellar-Subcortical-Cortical Systems as Modulators of Cognitive Functions. Neuropsychology review	SV Clark, ES Semmel, HA Aleksonis, SN Steinberg, TZ King	09/01/2021
White matter hyperintensity volumes are related to processing speed in long-term survivors of childhood cerebellar tumors. Journal of neuro-oncology	HA Aleksonis, LC Krishnamurthy, TZ King	08/01/2021
The Neurological Predictor Scale Predicts Adaptive Functioning via Executive Dysfunction in Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Brain Tumor. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS	RJ Kautiainen, ME Fox, TZ King	01/01/2021
Double Dissociation of Auditory Attention Span and Visual Attention in Long-Term Survivors of Childhood Cerebellar Tumor: A Deterministic Tractography Study of the Cerebellar-Frontal and the Superior Longitudinal Fasciculus Pathways. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS	AS Ailion, TZ King, SR Roberts, B Tang, JA Turner, CM Conway, B Crosson	11/01/2020
Oral processing speed as a key mechanism in the relationship between neurological risk and adaptive functioning in survivors of pediatric brain tumors. Pediatric blood & cancer	ES Semmel, TR Quadri, TZ King	11/01/2020
Early Brain Injury and Adaptive Functioning in Middle Childhood: The Mediating Role of Pragmatic Language. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS	CL Hendrix, TZ King, J Wise, J Haarbauer-Krupa	10/01/2020
Cerebellar Contributions to Proactive and Reactive Control in the Stop Signal Task: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Studies. Neuropsychology review	SV Clark, TZ King, JA Turner	09/01/2020
GSTP1 polymorphisms sex-specific association with verbal intelligence in survivors of pediatric medulloblastoma tumors. Child neuropsychology : a journal on normal and abnormal development in childhood and adolescence	RJ Kautiainen, B Dwivedi, TJ MacDonald, TZ King	08/01/2020
Linking depressive symptom dimensions to cerebellar subregion volumes in later life. Translational psychiatry	HR Bogoian, TZ King, JA Turner, ES Semmel, VM Dotson	06/19/2020
Distinct neural networks for detecting violations of adjacent versus nonadjacent sequential dependencies: An fMRI study. Neurobiology of learning and memory	CM Conway, L Eghbalzad, JA Deocampo, GNL Smith, S Na, TZ King	03/01/2020
A novel social attribution paradigm: The Dynamic Interacting Shape Clips (DISC). Brain and cognition	NN Ludwig, EE Hecht, TZ King, KP Revill, M Moore, SE Fink, DL Robins	02/01/2020
Caregiver- and Clinician-Reported Adaptive Functioning in Rett Syndrome: a Systematic Review and Evaluation of Measurement Strategies. Neuropsychology review	ES Semmel, ME Fox, SD Na, R Kautiainen, RD Latzman, TZ King	12/01/2019
Cognitive and neural facets of dissociation in a traumatized population. Emotion (Washington, D.C.)	N Fani, TZ King, A Powers, RA Hardy, GJ Siegle, RJ Blair, S Surapaneni, S van Rooij, KJ Ressler, T Jovanovic, B Bradley	08/01/2019
The Effects of Radiation and Sex Differences on Adaptive Functioning in Adult Survivors of Pediatric Posterior Fossa Brain Tumors. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS	TF Panwala, ME Fox, TD Tucker, TZ King	08/01/2019
Host Genome Variation is Associated with Neurocognitive Outcome in Survivors of Pediatric Medulloblastoma. Translational oncology	BI Siegel, TZ King, M Rupji, B Dwivedi, AB Carter, J Kowalski, TJ MacDonald	07/01/2019
Attentional control abnormalities in posttraumatic stress disorder: Functional, behavioral, and structural correlates. Journal of affective disorders	N Fani, TZ King, C Clendinen, RA Hardy, S Surapaneni, JR Blair, SF White, A Powers, TD Ely, T Jovanovic, KJ Ressler, B Bradley	06/15/2019
Neurological predictor scale is associated with academic achievement outcomes in long-term survivors of childhood brain tumors. Journal of neuro-oncology	RJ Kautiainen, SD Na, TZ King	03/01/2019
Organizational Strategies Partially Account for Race-related Differences in List Recall Performance. Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists	ME Fox, TF Panwala, TZ King	02/01/2019
The efficacy of a pilot pediatric cognitive remediation summer program to prepare for transition of care. Child neuropsychology : a journal on normal and abnormal development in childhood and adolescence	DL Murdaugh, TZ King, K O'toole	02/01/2019
Performance discrepancies on the Boston Naming Test in African-American and non-Hispanic White American young adults. Applied neuropsychology. Adult	S Na, TZ King	01/01/2019
Neurodevelopmental model of long-term outcomes of adult survivors of childhood brain tumors. Child neuropsychology : a journal on normal and abnormal development in childhood and adolescence	TZ King, AS Ailion, ME Fox, SM Hufstetler	01/01/2019
Imaging Genetics Towards a Refined Diagnosis of Schizophrenia. Frontiers in psychiatry	W Jiang, TZ King, JA Turner	01/01/2019
Concurrent Learning of Adjacent and Nonadjacent Dependencies in Visuo-Spatial and Visuo-Verbal Sequences. Frontiers in psychology	JA Deocampo, TZ King, CM Conway	01/01/2019
Neuroimaging of the component white matter connections and structures within the cerebellar-frontal pathway in posterior fossa tumor survivors. NeuroImage. Clinical	AS Ailion, SR Roberts, B Crosson, TZ King	01/01/2019
Early Elementary School Outcome in Children With a History of Traumatic Brain Injury Before Age 6 Years. The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation	J Haarbauer-Krupa, TZ King, J Wise, S Gillam, J Trapani, B Weissman, R DePompei	01/01/2019
Posterior Cerebellar Volume and Executive Function in Young Adults With Congenital Heart Disease. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS	ES Semmel, VM Dotson, TG Burns, WT Mahle, TZ King	10/01/2018
Functional Connectivity in Adult Brain Tumor Patients: A Systematic Review. Brain connectivity	ME Fox, TZ King	09/01/2018
Longitudinal Changes in Resting State Connectivity and White Matter Integrity in Adolescents With Sports-Related Concussion. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS	DL Murdaugh, TZ King, B Sun, RA Jones, KE Ono, A Reisner, TG Burns	09/01/2018
Stronger default mode network connectivity is associated with poorer clinical insight in youth at ultra high-risk for psychotic disorders. Schizophrenia research	SV Clark, VA Mittal, JA Bernard, A Ahmadi, TZ King, JA Turner	03/01/2018
White matter network topology relates to cognitive flexibility and cumulative neurological risk in adult survivors of pediatric brain tumors. NeuroImage. Clinical	S Na, L Li, B Crosson, V Dotson, TJ MacDonald, H Mao, TZ King	01/01/2018
Rehabilitation and school services following traumatic brain injury in young children. NeuroRehabilitation	J Haarbauer-Krupa, JP Lundine, R DePompei, TZ King	01/01/2018
Childhood Brain Tumors: a Systematic Review of the Structural Neuroimaging Literature. Neuropsychology review	AS Ailion, K Hortman, TZ King	09/01/2017
Intranasal oxytocin reduces social perception in women: Neural activation and individual variation. NeuroImage	EE Hecht, DL Robins, P Gautam, TZ King	02/15/2017
fMRI investigation of working memory in adolescents with surgically treated congenital heart disease. Applied neuropsychology. Child	TZ King, KM Smith, TG Burns, B Sun, J Shin, RA Jones, D Drossner, WT Mahle	01/01/2017
Associations between autistic traits and fractional anisotropy values in white matter tracts in a nonclinical sample of young adults. Experimental brain research	LE Bradstreet, EE Hecht, TZ King, JL Turner, DL Robins	01/01/2017
The Neurological Predictor Scale: A predictive tool for long-term core cognitive outcomes in survivors of childhood brain tumors. Pediatric blood & cancer	Z Taiwo, S Na, TZ King	01/01/2017
Pituitary disorders as a predictor of apathy and executive dysfunction in adult survivors of childhood brain tumors. Pediatric blood & cancer	ME Fox, TZ King	11/01/2016
Cerebellar Atrophy in Adult Survivors of Childhood Cerebellar Tumor. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS	AS Ailion, TZ King, L Wang, ME Fox, H Mao, RM Morris, B Crosson	05/01/2016
STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY IN POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER: ASSOCIATIONS WITH FKBP5. Depression and anxiety	N Fani, TZ King, J Shin, A Srivastava, RC Brewster, T Jovanovic, B Bradley, KJ Ressler	04/01/2016
[Formula: see text]Cumulative neurological factors associated with long-term outcomes in adult survivors of childhood brain tumors. Child neuropsychology : a journal on normal and abnormal development in childhood and adolescence	TZ King, S Na	01/01/2016
Increased frontal functional networks in adult survivors of childhood brain tumors. NeuroImage. Clinical	H Chen, L Wang, TZ King, H Mao	01/01/2016
The Mediating Role of Visuospatial Planning Skills on Adaptive Function Among Young-Adult Survivors of Childhood Brain Tumor. Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists	TZ King, KM Smith, M Ivanisevic	08/01/2015
Neural Underpinnings of Working Memory in Adult Survivors of Childhood Brain Tumors. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS	TZ King, S Na, H Mao	08/01/2015
Fear-potentiated startle during extinction is associated with white matter microstructure and functional connectivity. Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior	N Fani, TZ King, R Brewster, A Srivastava, JS Stevens, EM Glover, SD Norrholm, B Bradley, KJ Ressler, T Jovanovic	03/01/2015
Characteristics of Executive Functioning in a Small Sample of Children With Tourette Syndrome. Applied neuropsychology. Child	DM Schwam, TZ King, D Greenberg	01/01/2015
White Matter Integrity Dissociates Verbal Memory and Auditory Attention Span in Emerging Adults with Congenital Heart Disease. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS	RC Brewster, TZ King, TG Burns, DM Drossner, WT Mahle	01/01/2015
Disruption of White Matter Integrity in Adult Survivors of Childhood Brain Tumors: Correlates with Long-Term Intellectual Outcomes. PloS one	TZ King, L Wang, H Mao	01/01/2015
FKBP5 genotype and structural integrity of the posterior cingulum. Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology	N Fani, TZ King, E Reiser, EB Binder, T Jovanovic, B Bradley, KJ Ressler	04/01/2014
Undifferentiated facial electromyography responses to dynamic, audio-visual emotion displays in individuals with autism spectrum disorders. Developmental science	A Rozga, TZ King, RW Vuduc, DL Robins	07/01/2013
Mullen scales of early learning: the utility in assessing children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders, cerebral palsy, and epilepsy. Applied neuropsychology. Child	TG Burns, TZ King, KS Spencer	01/01/2013
White matter integrity in highly traumatized adults with and without post-traumatic stress disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology	N Fani, TZ King, T Jovanovic, EM Glover, B Bradley, K Choi, T Ely, DA Gutman, KJ Ressler	11/01/2012
Active seizures are associated with reduced adaptive functioning in children with epilepsy. Seizure	A Papazoglou, TZ King, TG Burns	09/01/2010
Epilepsy stigma and stigma by association in the workplace. Epilepsy & behavior : E&B	C Parfene, TL Stewart, TZ King	08/01/2009
Parent report of attention problems predicts later adaptive functioning in children with brain tumors. Child neuropsychology : a journal on normal and abnormal development in childhood and adolescence	A Papazoglou, TZ King, RD Morris, N Krawiecki	01/01/2009
Attention mediates radiation's impact on daily living skills in children treated for brain tumors. Pediatric blood & cancer	A Papazoglou, TZ King, RD Morris, MK Morris, NS Krawiecki	06/01/2008
Quantifying pediatric neuro-oncology risk factors: development of the neurological predictor scale. Journal of child neurology	JL Micklewright, TZ King, RD Morris, N Krawiecki	04/01/2008
Cognitive predictors of adaptive functioning vary according to pediatric brain tumor location. Developmental neuropsychology	A Papazoglou, TZ King, RD Morris, NS Krawiecki	01/01/2008