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Vaughn I. Rickert, PsyD, HSPPTitle: Director of Adolescent Medicine Clinical: Psychological and behavioral factors associated with bariatric surgery Research: Psychological and behavioral factors associated with adherence to medical and health regimens; improving immunization practices and behaviors; contraceptive practices and behaviors; and relationship violence |
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Donald Orr, MDTitle: Professor of Pediatrics and Nursing (Emeritus) Clinical: Care of adolescent and young adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus Research: Epidemiology of health risk behaviors; Self-management behaviors in diabetes; Behavioral interventions to reduce risk behaviors |
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J. Dennis Fortenberry, MD, MSTitle: Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine Research: Health Protective and Health Risk Behaviors; STD; Epidemiology of Risk |
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Margaret Blythe, MDTitle: Professor of Pediatrics & Clinical Gynecology Clinical: Young women's health, adolescent gynecology, female athlete Research: 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 |
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Marcia L. Shew, MD, MPHTitle: Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics & Clinical Gynecology Clinical: Adolescent reproductive health and gynecology; Adolescent primary care Research: HPV epidemiology and HPV vaccine behaviors |
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Gregory D. Zimet, PhD, HSPPTitle: Professor of Pediatrics & Clinical Psychology Research: 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. |
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Mary Ott, MD, MATitle: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Research/Clinical: Adolescent reproductive health and gynecology, including menstrual disorders, contraception and STDs; young men’s health; chronic illness; adolescent primary care. |
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Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, MD, FACPTitle: Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine and Pediatrcis Clinical: 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: Education in Adolescent Health |
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Matthew C. Aalsma, PhD, HSPPTitle: Associate Professor of Pediatrics Clinical: 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: 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 |
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Mary R. Rouse, MDTitle: Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Clinical: Medical, nutritional and psychological care of patients with eating disorders Research: Natural History and Course of Eating Disorders |
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Rebekah L. Williams, MDTitle: Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Clinical: Adolescent gynecology and sexual health; Contraception; Diabetes; Eating Disorders; Chronic Illness Research: Biological, psychological, and social contextual factors influencing contraceptive use among adolescent |
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Devon Hensel, PhDTitle: Assistant Research Professor of Pediatrics Research: Adolescent sexual health; Longitudinal research design and data analysis |
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Bree A. Weaver, MDTitle: Assistant Research Professor of Medicine Clinical: HIV outpatient care, inpatient Infectious Diseases consults, Bellflower STD Clinic Research: Human papillomavirus (HPV) epidemiology, oral HPV natural history, HPV infection in adolescent males, behavioral correlates of sexually transmitted infection acquisition in adolescents |
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Nathan Stupiansky, PhDTitle: Assistant Research Professor of Pediatrics Research: HPV vaccine attitudes and acceptability; Diabetes control and management; Sexual health promotion; Health behavior change |
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Dan Kraft, MDTitle: Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics Clinical: Concussion Management |
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Paula Sullivan, PhDTitle: Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics Clinical: 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: 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 |
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Cynthia Robbins, MD, MSTitle: Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Clinical: Primary care adolescent medicine; specialty adolescent care (including adolescent gynecology and reproductive health) |
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James A. Hall, PhD, LISW, LCSW-PIP, ACSWTitle: Professor of Pediatrics & Social Work Research: Development and evaluation of interventions for adolescent substance misuse, parent-adolescent conflict & communication, teaching research methods in clinical settings |



















