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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
Sophia Yen, MD, MPH
  • Emergency contraception access, availability, knowledge
  • Pediatric obesity and its treament with videogames and pedometers
  • Adolescent use and access to contraception
  • Using computers to educate patients during waiting time
  • Tampon use/initiation