New SPP Student Advisory Board members

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Meet the new members of the Student Advisory Board.

Name : Katelynn Boerner , Bsc.

University : Dalhousie University

Mentor : Christine Chambers, PhD

Brief description of research : Family factors in pediatric pain, parental modeling of pain behaviours, sex and gender differences in pediatric pain, behavioural interventions for pediatric sleep disorders

 

Name : Cyd K. Eaton , BS

University : University of Georgia

Mentor : Ronald Blount, PhD

Brief description of research : Adherence to medical treatment, barriers to adherence, psychosocial adjustment related to having a chronic medical condition, and transition readiness during adolescence in pediatric patients with solid organ transplants, cardiac conditions, and inflammatory bowel disease.

 

Name :  Ana M. Gutierrez-Colina , BA

University : University of Georgia

Mentor : Ronald L. Blount, PhD

Brief description of research : Cognitive and psychosocial predictors of medication nonadherence in pediatric transplant recipients, barriers to medication adherence, transition readiness, quality of life and adjustment in pediatric cardiac populations.

 

Name:   Aimee Hildenbrand , BS

University :  Drexel University

Mentor :  Brian Daly, PhD, and Douglas Chute, PhD

Brief description of research : Psychosocial and neurocognitive sequelae of pediatric chronic illness and acute medical trauma; development and evaluation of evidence-based preventative interventions for children with chronic illness and their families.

 

Name : Christina Holbein , MA

University : Loyola University Chicago

Mentor : Grayson N. Holmbeck, PhD

Brief description of research : Social competence of youth with chronic health conditions; mHealth interventions targeting adherence and psychosocial functioning; influence of executive functions on various functional outcomes; measure development