Chelsea Ratcliff

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Email

chelsea.ratcliff@bcm.edu

Positions

Adjunct Assistant Professor: Psychiatry & Behav Sciences
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Addresses

John P. McGovern Campus (Office)
: Room: NABS-C107
Houston, TX 77030
United States

Education

PhD from University of Houston: Houston, Texas United States

Postdoctoral Fellowship at South Central Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC) at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center & Baylor College of Medicine: Houston, Texas United States; Health Services Research

Professional Statement

The focus of my research is on developing practical methods to provide mental health care in medical settings, specifically for patients facing cancer diagnosis and treatment. I am particularly interested in evaluating screening and intervention methods that can be delivered prior to an acute procedure with the goal of improving health, health service use, and quality of life for individuals with medical illness.

Websites

VIICTR Publications List

Selected Publications

Ratcliff, C., Milbury, K., Chandwani, K., Chaoul, A., Perkins, G., Nagarathna, R., Haddad, R., Nagendra, H.R., Raghuram, N. V., Spelman, A., Arun, B., Wei, Q., & Cohen, L. "Examining mediators and moderators of yoga for women with breast cancer undergoing radiotherapy." Integr Cancer Ther.. 2016 Feb 11; Pubmed PMID: 26867802
Barrera, T., Szafranski, D., Ratcliff, C., Garnaat, S., & Norton, P. "An experimental comparison of techniques: Cognitive defusion, cognitive restructuring, and in-vivo exposure for social anxiety." Behav Cogn Psychother.. 2016 Mar;44(2):249-54. Pubmed PMID: 25683574
Freeman, L., White, R., Ratcliff, C., Sutton, S., Stewart, M., Palmer, L., Link, J., & Cohen, L. "A randomized trial comparing live and telemedicine deliveries of an imagery-based behavioral intervention for breast cancer survivors: reducing symptoms and barriers to care." Psychooncology. 2015 Aug;24(8):910-8. Pubmed PMID: 25146413
Ratcliff, C. Lam, C., Arun, B., Valero, V., & Cohen, L. "Ecological momentary assessment of sleep, symptoms, and mood during chemotherapy for breast cancer." Psychooncology. 2014;23(11):1220-8. Pubmed PMID: 24706506

Ratcliff, C., Prinsloo, S., Richardson, M., Baynham-Fletcher, L., Lee, R., Chaoul, A., Cohen, M.Z., de Lima, M., & Cohen, L. "Music therapy for patients who have undergone hematopoietic stem cell transplant." Evid Based Complement Alternat Med.. 2014 Jan 9; Pubmed PMID: 24527052
Ratcliff, C., Cohen, L Pettaway, C., & Parker, P. "Treatment regret and quality of life following radical prostatectomy." Support Care Cancer.. 2013 Dec;21(12):3337-43. Pubmed PMID: 23907238
Gilts [Ratcliff], C., Parker, P., Pettaway, C., & Cohen, L. "Psychosocial moderators of presurgical stress management for men undergoing radical prostatectomy." Health Psychol. 2013 Dec;32(12):1218-26. Pubmed PMID: 23088178
Biegler, K., Cohen, L., Scott, S., Hitzhusen, K., Parker, P., Gilts [Ratcliff], C., Canada, A., & Pisters, L. "The role of religion and spirituality in psychological distress prior to surgery for urologic cancer.." Integr Cancer Ther.. 2012 Sep;11(3):212-20. Pubmed PMID: 21964511