Adolescent medicine-related research - Lucile Packard Children's Hospital



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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	Eating disorders in children and adolescents Family-based treatment
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 treament with videogames and pedometers Adolescent use and access to contraception Using computers to educate patients during waiting time Tampon use/initiation

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital is located in Palo Alto, adjacent to Stanford University Hospital, approximately 20 miles north of San Jose, CA and 40 miles south of San Francisco.

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
725 Welch Road
Palo Alto, California 94304
(650) 497-8000