Research
Center for Adolescent Health Research |
Physicians at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital’s Center for Adolescent Health are also members of the Division of Adolescent Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Their roles as faculty members include research activities in a number of areas, including:
- Health outcomes and quality of life in adolescents with eating disorders and obesity
- The effect of the Internet on eating disorder and self-injury behaviors
- Treatment of reduced bone mass in anorexia nervosa
- Amenorrhea in athletes
- Smoking cessation in adolescents
- Access to confidential services
Center for Adolescent Health physicians and their research interests are listed below. You can click a physician's name to read more about their research on the Stanford University School of Medicine Web site.
| Center for Adolescent Health Physician |
Research Interests |
Seth Ammerman, MD |
- At-risk and high-risk youth
- Smoking cessation and prevention
- Eating disorders
|
Jennifer Carlson, MD |
- Female athlete triad
- Eating disorders
- Homeless youth
- Health service access
|
Neville H. Golden, MD |
- Medical complications of eating disorders in adolescents
- Amenorrhea and menstrual disorders
- The female athlete triad
- Bone health in adolescents
|
Cynthia Kapphahn, MD |
- Access to health care services for adolescents
- Confidentiality
- Mental health financing
- Eating disorders
|
James Lock, MD, PhD |
- Eating disorders in children and adolescents
- Family-based treatment
|
| Catherine Miller, MD |
- Female athlete triad
- Eating disorders
- Homeless youth
- Health service access
|
Christian Pariseau, MD |
- Eating disorders
- Media effects on children and young adults
|
Rebecka Peebles, MD |
- Medical outcomes (bone/endocrine, cardiovascular) of disordered eating behaviors in adolescents of diverse weights
- Pro-eating disorder Web site usage in eating disordered adolescents
- Binge eating and purging in overweight populations
- Web-based behavioral treatment of obesity in adolescents
|
Sophia Yen, MD, MPH |
- Emergency contraception access, availability, knowledge
- Pediatric obesity and its treatment with videogames and pedometers
- Adolescent use and access to contraception
- Using computers to educate patients during waiting time
- Tampon use/initiation
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