Department: Pediatrics
Division: Adolescent Medicine
- Faculty (11)
- Postdocs (0)
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Academic Appointments
- Clinical Professor, Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine
Clinical Focus- Adolescent Medicine
- Underserved youth
- Tobacco/alcohol/other drug use
Research InterestAt-risk and high-risk youth; smoking cessation and prevention; eating disorders
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- Instructor, Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine
- Instructor, Pediatrics - General
Clinical Focus- Adolescent Medicine
- Pediatrics, General
Research InterestResearch interests include high-risk youth, adolescent health services, and the juvenile justice system.
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- Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine
Clinical Focus- Adolescent Medicine
Research InterestFemale athlete triad, eating disorders, homeless youth, health service access
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- Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine
- Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - Infectious Diseases
Clinical Focus- General Pediatrics
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- Professor - Med Center Line, Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine
Clinical Focus- Adolescent Medicine
- Eating Disorders
- Bone Health
Research InterestMy research has focused on the medical complications of adolescents with eating disorders. My specific area of study has been the etiology and implications of amenorrhea in adolescents with eating disorders, in particular the management of reduced bone mass and osteoporosis in anorexia nervosa.
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- Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine
Clinical Focus- Adolescent Medicine
Research InterestAccess to health care services for adolescents. Confidentiality. Mental Health Financing. Eating disorders.
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- Emeritus (Active) Professor, Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine
Research InterestResearch 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.
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Academic Appointments
- Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine
Clinical Focus- Adolescent Medicine
Research Interestsexually transmitted infections, preventive healthcare, physician/patient communication, stress response and coping in adolescents and young adults
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- Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine
Clinical Focus- Adolescent Medicine
Research Interesteating disorders; media effects on children and young adults; magnesium changes of hospitalized unstable eating d/o outpatient's / Mg changes and refeeding.
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- Instructor, Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine
Clinical Focus- Adolescent Medicine
Research InterestMedical outcomes (bone/endocrine, cardiovascular) of disordered eating behaviors in adolescents of diverse weights; Pro-eating disorder website usage in eating disordered adolescents; Binge eating and purging in overweight populations; Web-based behavioral treatment of obesity in adolescents
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- Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine
Clinical Focus- Pediatrics
Research InterestEmergency contraception access, availability, knowledge. Pediatric obesity and its treament with videogames and pedometers. Adolescent use and access to contraception. Using computers to educate patients during waiting time. Determinants of Tampon use/initiation. Health needs of adolescents in local high schools. Obesity, exercise, mental health, reproductive health. Attitudes towards a reproductive health clinic - parents perspective, adolescents.
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