Our Team - Faculty

Vaughn I. Rickert, PsyD, HSPP

Vaughn I. Rickert, PsyD, HSPP Vaughn I. Rickert, PsyD, HSPP

Director of Adolescent Medicine
Donald P Orr Professor of Adolescent Medicine
Clinical Interests: Psychological and behavioral factors associated with bariatric surgery
Research Interests: Psychological and behavioral factors associated with adherence to medical and health regimens; improving immunization practices and behaviors; contraceptive practices and behaviors; and relationship violence
Donald Orr, MD

Donald Orr, MD Donald Orr, MD

Professor of Pediatrics and Nursing (Emeritus)
Clinical Interests: Care of adolescent and young adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus
Research Interests: Epidemiology of health risk behaviors; Self-management behaviors in diabetes; Behavioral interventions to reduce risk behaviors
J. Dennis Fortenberry, MD, MS

J. Dennis Fortenberry, MD, MS J. Dennis Fortenberry, MD, MS

Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine
Research Interests: Health Protective and Health Risk Behaviors; STD; Epidemiology of Risk
Margaret Blythe, MD

Margaret Blythe, MD Margaret Blythe, MD

Professor of Pediatrics & Clinical Gynecology
Medical Director, Wishard Teen Care & Wellness Program
Clinical Interests: Young women's health, adolescent gynecology, female athlete
Research Interests: Young women's health; reproductive health of teens and young adults including menstrual disorders, contraception, and sexually acquired infections; menstrual problems of teens with chronic illnesses and disorders
Marcia L. Shew, MD, MPH

Marcia L. Shew, MD, MPH Marcia L. Shew, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics & Clinical Gynecology
Clinical Interests: Adolescent reproductive health and gynecology; Adolescent primary care
Research Interests: HPV epidemiology and HPV vaccine behaviors
Gregory D. Zimet, PhD, HSPP

Gregory D. Zimet, PhD, HSPP Gregory D. Zimet, PhD, HSPP

Professor of Pediatrics & Clinical Psychology
Research Interests: Psychosocial/behavioral issues associated with acceptability and acceptance of biomedical approaches to the diagnosis and prevention of sexually transmitted infections (e.g., HIV testing & HPV vaccination). Consent issues with recruitment of adolescents into biomedical prevention clinical trials.
Mary Ott, MD, MA

Mary Ott, MD, MA Mary Ott, MD, MA

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Clinical Interests: Adolescent reproductive health and gynecology, including menstrual disorders, contraception and STDs; young men’s health; chronic illness; adolescent primary care.
Research Interests: Adolescent reproductive health and gynecology, including menstrual disorders, contraception and STDs; young men’s health; chronic illness; adolescent primary care.
Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, MD, FACP

Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, MD, FACP Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, MD, FACP

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine and Pediatrcis
Director, Adolescent Medicine Rotation at the IU School of Medicine
Director, Medic
Clinical Interests: Primary Care of Adolescents; Primary Care of the Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors; Promoting a Healthy Life Style; Eating Disorders (at the Charis Center for Eating Disorders), Care of the Teen Bariatric Patient
Research Interests: Education in Adolescent Health
Matthew C. Aalsma, PhD, HSPP

Matthew C. Aalsma, PhD, HSPP Matthew C. Aalsma, PhD, HSPP

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Adolescent Medicine Rotation at the IU School of Medicine
Director, Medic
Clinical Interests: Mental health care of delinquent youth. Currently, Dr. Aalsma leads a forensic evaluation team that conducts psychological evaluations with youth at various points in the juvenile justice system.
Research Interests: Dr. Aalsma focuses on research with vulnerable populations, including youth in the mental health and juvenile justice systems. His current research agenda includes exploring system-wide and individual efforts to improve the utilization of mental and physical health care for children and adolescents
Mary R. Rouse, MD

Mary R. Rouse, MD Mary R. Rouse, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Clinical Interests: Medical, nutritional and psychological care of patients with eating disorders
Research Interests: Natural History and Course of Eating Disorders
Rebekah L. Williams, MD

Rebekah L. Williams, MD Rebekah L. Williams, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Clinical Interests: Adolescent gynecology and sexual health; Contraception; Diabetes; Eating Disorders; Chronic Illness
Research Interests: Biological, psychological, and social contextual factors influencing contraceptive use among adolescent
Devon Hensel, PhD

Devon Hensel, PhD Devon Hensel, PhD

Assistant Research Professor of Pediatrics
Research Interests: Adolescent sexual health; Longitudinal research design and data analysis
Bree A. Weaver, MD

Bree A. Weaver, MD Bree A. Weaver, MD

Assistant Research Professor of Medicine
Part-time Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine and Pediatrics
Clinical Interests: HIV outpatient care, inpatient Infectious Diseases consults, Bellflower STD Clinic
Research Interests: Human papillomavirus (HPV) epidemiology, oral HPV natural history, HPV infection in adolescent males, behavioral correlates of sexually transmitted infection acquisition in adolescents
Nathan Stupiansky, PhD

Nathan Stupiansky, PhD Nathan Stupiansky, PhD

Assistant Research Professor of Pediatrics
Research Interests: HPV vaccine attitudes and acceptability; Diabetes control and management; Sexual health promotion; Health behavior change
Dan Kraft, MD

Dan Kraft, MD Dan Kraft, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Clinical Interests: Concussion Management
Paula Sullivan, PhD

Paula Sullivan, PhD Paula Sullivan, PhD

Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Clinical Interests: Promoting mental health competency through teaching and supervision; motivational Interviewing; mindfulness in resident clinical encounters; psychoeducational assessment of children and adolescents; developmental behavioral pediatrics
Research Interests: Promoting pediatric/adolescent mental health competency in residency training; developmental and mental health screening for children and adolescents; adolescents' perceptions of their health care experience
Cynthia Robbins, MD, MS

Cynthia Robbins, MD, MS Cynthia Robbins, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Clinical Interests: Primary care adolescent medicine; specialty adolescent care (including adolescent gynecology and reproductive health)
James A. Hall, PhD, LISW, LCSW-PIP, ACSW

James A. Hall, PhD, LISW, LCSW-PIP, ACSW James A. Hall, PhD, LISW, LCSW-PIP, ACSW

Professor of Pediatrics & Social Work
Research Interests: Development and evaluation of interventions for adolescent substance misuse, parent-adolescent conflict & communication, teaching research methods in clinical settings