Adherence to Pediatric Medical Regimens

Michael Rapoff, Ph.D., is well known for his research on pediatric medical adherence. For 38 years, he was a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Kansas Medical Center, where he did research, taught psychology to medical students and pediatric residents, and saw patients in both outpatient and inpatient clinical settings. The first and second editions of his book, Adherence to Pediatric Medical Regimens, have been quoted frequently in the literature and have been used as a textbook by professors in the United States and other countries. In 2003, Dr. Rapoff received the Distinguished Scholar Award from the Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals, a division of the American College of Rheumatology. Also in 2003, Dr. Rapoff was elected as a Fellow in the Society of Pediatric Psychology. During 2018, he served as President of the Society of Pediatric Psychology (Division 54 of the American Psychological Association). He became board certified in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology in 2015.

Christina Duncan, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and an Adjunct Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at West Virginia University. For more than 20 years, she has had a consistent record of publishing and garnering extramural funding to support her program of research on adherence in pulmonary disorders. Dr. Duncan is active in the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, having been appointed to the Clinical Research Committee (grant review panel), Data Safety and Monitoring Board, and conference program planning committee. She served two consecutive terms as secretary for the Society of Pediatric Psychology. Dr. Duncan has received awards for her scholarly productivity as well as her clinical and professional service.

Cynthia Karlson, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Dr. Karlson's clinical interests focus on psychosocial adjustment to pediatric chronic medical conditions. Her research program focuses on chronic pain and sleep disturbance in children with cancer and sickle cell disease. She has published on developmental and biopsychosocial models of pediatric chronic pain and long-term pain in survivors of childhood cancer. Dr. Karlson is active as a Behavioral Science Member on Children's Oncology Group clinical trial protocols as well as in local and national clinical trials in pediatric sickle cell disease.

Michael Rapoff博士以其對兒科醫療依從性的研究而聞名。他在堪薩斯大學醫學中心兒科學系擔任教授長達38年，進行研究、教授醫學生和兒科住院醫師心理學課程，並在門診和住院臨床環境中看診。他的著作《兒科醫療依從性》的第一版和第二版在文獻中經常被引用，並被美國和其他國家的教授用作教科書。2003年，Rapoff博士獲得了美國風濕病健康專業協會頒發的傑出學者獎。同年，他當選為兒科心理學學會的會士。2018年，他擔任美國心理學協會兒科心理學分會（第54分會）主席。他於2015年獲得美國專業心理學委員會頒發的臨床兒童和青少年心理學認證。

Christina Duncan博士是西維吉尼亞大學心理學系的教授，也是兒科學系的兼職臨床教授。她在肺部疾病依從性研究方面有超過20年的持續發表和獲得外部資金的紀錄。Duncan博士在囊性纖維化基金會活躍，曾被任命為臨床研究委員會（資助審查小組）、數據安全和監測委員會以及會議計劃委員會的成員。她連續兩屆擔任兒科心理學學會的秘書。Duncan博士因其學術成果以及臨床和專業服務而獲得獎項。

Cynthia Karlson博士是密西西比醫學中心兒科血液腫瘤學和精神病學與人類行為學的副教授。Karlson博士的臨床興趣集中在兒科慢性疾病的心理社會適應上。她的研究項目關注癌症和鐮狀細胞疾病兒童的慢性疼痛和睡眠障礙。她發表了關於兒童慢性疼痛和幼年癌症幸存者長期疼痛的發展和生物心理社會模型的論文。Karlson博士在兒童腫瘤學臨床試驗方案以及兒童鐮狀細胞疾病的本地和國家臨床試驗中擔任行為科學成員。