Rachel Annunziato

Research Interests

• Transition to adulthood for medically-ill adolescents/ young adults
• Health care management in adolescents with a medical illness
• Medication adherence in pediatric patients
• Quality of life for children with special health care needs
• Intervention development to improve health care transitions and quality of life
• Interactions between medical and psychiatric symptoms

Education

• 1998 BA in Psychology, Yale University
• 1999 MA in Psychology & Education, Teachers College Columbia University
• 2004 PhD in Clinical Psychology, Drexel University

Professional Affiliations

• Editorial Board, Pediatric Transplantation
• Associate Editor, Health Behavior and Policy Review
• Review Board, American Journal of Health Behavior
• Reviewer, Eating Behaviors, Journal of Health Psychology, Liver Transplantation, Pediatrics, etc.
• SPSSI Grants-in-Aid, Review Committee Chair
• Eastern Psychological Association, Program Committee (Clinical)
• Member, Coriell Institute of Medical Research Institutional Review Board
• Member, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)
• Member, Society for Behavioral Medicine
• Member, Eastern Psychological Association