Kathleen A. Ingman

Kathleen A. Ingman, PhD, is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, affiliated with Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA). Her research focuses on improving outcomes for children with cancer through psychosocial interventions and health disparity reduction, while maintaining clinical expertise in pain management for neurodevelopmental conditions.

• Key Research Areas:
  • Psychosocial disparities in pediatric oncology
  • Chronic pain in autism spectrum disorders
  • Cross-cultural assessment tools development
  • Digital health interventions for families

Publication Trends: Over two decades, her work has evolved from studying pain in autism (2004) to developing and validating intervention tools for Latino pediatric cancer patients (2020-2025), with a consistent focus on clinical psychology applications in pediatric care.

Contact: kingman@chla.usc.edu