Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Sherif Badawy, MS, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Attending Physician, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplant, Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Bio
Dr. Badawy is a pediatric hematologist and his primary area of interest clinically is sickle cell disease. Dr. Badawy's major research focus relates to health services and outcomes research, in particular the development and the implementation of technology-based behavioral interventions to monitor and improve medication adherence, quality of life, and other patient-reported outcomes in adolescents and young adults across chronic health conditions.
Research Focus
Sickle cell disease, medication adherence, quality of life, patient-reported outcomes, and mhealth/ehealth digital behavioral interventions.
Editorial Board Members/Section Editors
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Lisa Kuhns, PhD, MPH
Research Associate Professor, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Bio
My primary areas of research interest are prevention of behavioral transmission of HIV infection and promotion of health and wellness among HIV infected adolescent and young adult populations, including sexual and gender minorities. In particular, I have been involved in the development of practical and scalable interventions across the HIV care continuum. A new area of interest is use of technology to promote health and wellness among adolescents more generally.
Research focus
HIV infection; health disparities; public health; sexually transmitted diseases
Anh Nguyen, DProf, MS, FBANT, CNHC
Clinician-Researcher, Maternal and Child Health Research, University of Stirling, UK
Fellow, British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT)
Clinical Nutrition Director, Women and Children Health Centre, UK
Bio
Dr. Anh Nguyen, a Harvard-trained Clinician-Scientist, focuses on improving the health of mothers and children. His work involves leading research on child nutrition, behaviour sciences, genomic medicine, and positive parenting. He's also pioneering a groundbreaking collaboration with fellow Harvard scholars, working to create innovative healthcare solutions tailored for Asians, with a special emphasis on women and children in Asian countries.
Research focus
Maternal and Child Nutrition, Behaviour Sciences, Positive Parenting, Digital Health
Alessandro Rossi, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Translational Medical Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy
Consultant Pediatrician, Mother and Child Department, “Federico II” University Hospital, Naples, Italy
Bio
Dr. Rossi is a metabolic pediatrician and his primary interest are inherited metabolic disorders (IMDs). Dr Rossi’s major research focus relates to the development of novel monitoring and management strategies for patients with IMDs. In particular he is member of the Carbohydrate, fatty acid oxidation and ketone bodies disorders (C-FAO) subnetwork of the European Reference Network for Hereditary Metabolic Disorders (metabERN) and clinical investigator in several clinical trials on innovative therapies for IMDs.
Research focus
Inherited metabolic diseases, novel biomarkers, newborn screening, gene therapy
Anna Sofia Serlachius, PhD
Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology, Department of Psychological Medicine, The University of Auckland
Bio and research focus
Dr. Serlachius’ research programme aims to develop cost-effective and scalable digital health interventions to improve psychological and physical health outcomes, with a focus on youth with chronic health conditions. Her work is increasingly focused on developing and testing digital wellbeing interventions for youth with diabetes.
Past Editorial Board Members/Section Editors
Ana Radovic, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
Emily Law, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine
Carolyn Ahlers-Schmidt, PhD
Associate Research Professor, Director of the Center for Research for Infant Birth and Survival, Department of Pediatrics, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita
Bio
Dr. Ahlers-Schmidt is a community psychologist and the director of the Center for Research for Infant Birth and Survival. Her research is dominated by studies pertaining to health communication, including message development, the dissemination of information via technology, and clarifying parent perceptions of health concepts in order to develop strategies to improve communication.
Research focus
Injury prevention, text message communication, safe sleep, qualitative methods.
Gabrielle Rigney, BPsych (Hons), PhD
Balanced Academic (Research and Teaching), Appleton Institute, Central Queensland University
Bio
Dr. Rigney's research interests focuses broadly on pediatric sleep. Dr Rigney has experience in the development and evaluation of both parent-centered behavioral interventions for children with insomnia, and patient-centered behavioral interventions for adolescents with sleep problems.
Research focus
Sleep, Pediatrics, eHealth Behavioral Interventions, Transdiagnostic Interventions for Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Aliza Werner-Seidler, BPsych (Hons), MPsych (Clin), PhD
Senior Research Fellow, Black Dog Institute, University of New South Wales
Bio
Dr. Aliza Werner-Seidler is a Senior Research Fellow and Clinical Psychologist at the Black Dog Institute, UNSW Sydney. She leads a program of research in the prevention and treatment of depression, anxiety and sleep disturbances in young people using digital technologies.
Research focus
Mental health, insomnia, prevention, cognitive behaviour therapy
Amy Hughes Lansing, PhD
Assistant Professor, University of Nevada, Reno
Bio and research focus
Dr. Hughes Lansing is a pediatric psychologist who studies self-regulation, families, and child and adolescent health. Primarily, she examines self-regulation in the area of adolescent chronic illness management (eg, type 1 diabetes, obesity) and health risk behaviors (eg, problematic eating, sedentary behavior, substance use). Across her research, Dr. Hughes Lansing employs novel technology-based and advanced methodological approaches within the family system.
Sarah Parker, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
Research Assistant Professor of Psychology, College of Science, Virginia Tech
Assistant Professor, Basic Science Education, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Director of Human Factors Research, Carilion Clinic
Bio
Dr. Sarah Parker is the Director of Human Factors Research at Carilion Clinic, an Assistant Professor in the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, and the Department of Biomedical Science in the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. She has over 10 years of experience applying human factors and industrial/organizational psychology principles to healthcare. Sarah Parker received her BA in psychology from Wittenberg University in Springfield OH and her MA in human factors and applied cognition from George Mason University in Fairfax VA. Prior to pursuing her PhD, she worked at Mayo Clinic applying human factors principles to various inpatient quality and safety challenges.
Robert Cronin, MD, MS, MEng
Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Bio
Dr. Cronin's research interests and expertise focus on developing and evaluating healthcare consumer-facing technologies that engage and empower people in their healthcare and can collect data to advance scientific discovery. His current work is two-fold: (1) to develop and evaluate participant data collection tools for the All of Us precision medicine program; and (2) to develop and evaluate patient-facing guidelines to improve engagement, activation, and ultimately care in individuals with chronic diseases.
Research focus
Consumer Health Informatics, Patient Engagement, Sickle Cell Disease
Craig Garfield, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University and Lurie Children's Hospital
Research focus
Child health within the context of the family, with particular emphasis on the social determinants of health, the role of fathers and special attention to the ability of technology to support parenting.
Lindsay Jibb, RN, PhD, CPHON
Signy Hildur Eaton Chair in Pediatric Nursing Research, Hospital for Sick Children
Bio and research focus
Dr. Jibb is the Signy Hildur Eaton Chair in Pediatric Nursing Research at the Hospital for Sick Children. Her research interest and experience focuses on pediatric oncology and she is particularly interested in how to enhance care and quality of life for children with cancer in their community-based environments.
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We are currently looking to expand our Editorial Board. To apply to be an Editorial Board member/Associate Editor specifically for JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting, please apply using the form linked in this article. You should hold a PhD or similar higher degree and have a publication track record (h-index over 8) and ideally have some academic editing experience.