Iris Litt
Academic Appointments
- Emeritus (Active) Professor, Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine
Scientific Focus
Research Interests
Research focus is on the health problems of adolescent women, with particular emphasis on the interaction of psychosocial phenomena with biologic features of the second decade of life. The effects of eating disorders on reproductive physiology, bone density and growth is one example of this interest. Pregnancy prevention and medication compliance in adolescents are other research interests.
Publications
- Non-adherence to post-transplant care: prevalence, risk factors and outcomes in adolescent liver transplant recipients. Pediatr Transplant. 2008; (2): 194-200
- Surfing for thinness: a pilot study of pro-eating disorder Web site usage in adolescents with eating disorders. Pediatrics. 2006; (6): e1635-43
- Adolescent non-adherence: prevalence and consequences in liver transplant recipients. Pediatr Transplant. 2006; (3): 304-10
- What predicts maintenance of weight for adolescents medically hospitalized for anorexia nervosa? Eat Disord. 2003; (1): 1-7
- Ethnic differences in the association between pubertal status and symptoms of depression in adolescent girls. J Adolesc Health. 1999; (2): 143-9
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