Elissa
Jelalian, PhD
Assistant Professor,
Dept.
of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Brown Medical
School
Rhode Island Hospital
Child Psychiatry
593 Eddy Street
Coro West - 2nd Floor
Providence, RI 02903
Phone: (401) 444-8945
Email: ejelalian@lifespan.org
Fax: (401) 444-8742
Elissa Jelalian, PhD, is an assistant professor of
psychiatry and human behavior at Brown Medical School. She received her
doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Miami University in Ohio. She
subsequently completed a clinical internship at the University of Rochester
Medical Center, with a specialization in child psychology. During her two-year
postdoctoral fellowship at Rhode Island Hospital/Brown Medical School, she
gained extensive research and clinical training in the area of pediatric
psychology. Her research interests are in the area of adolescent weight
regulation and the familial transmission of eating and weight patterns. Since
1992, she has been a member of the Child Track Committee, for the Brown
University Psychology Internship Consortium. She has been a member of the
Admission Committee for the Brown University Psychology Internship Consortium
since 1997, and recently assumed responsibility for coordinating the CORE
Seminar series for the internship.
Peer-based Skills Training to Enhance Teen Weight Loss
Elissa Jelalian, Ph.D. (PI)
The goals of this pilot project are to evaluate the utility of a
peer-based intervention to enhance weight control and improve psychosocial
functioning in overweight adolescents. Adolescents between the ages of
thirteen and sixteen years, and 20% to 80% overweight, are randomly
assigned to one of three treatment conditions. The next step in this line
of research is to conduct a larger scale trial, with a longer follow-up
period, to evaluate the effects of the peer-based intervention on
initial weight loss and maintenance of weight loss.
Jelalian,
E.,
Boergers, J., Alday, S.,
& Frank, R. (in press).
Survey of physician attitudes and practices related to pediatric
obesity. Clinical
Pediatrics.
Jelalian,
E.,
Boergers, J., Spirito, A.,
& Sourkes, B. (in press).
Psychological aspects of leukemia and hematologic disorders.
In D. G. Nathan, S. H. Orkin, T. Look, & D. Ginsburg (Eds.), Nathan and Oski's hematology of infancy and childhood (6th
ed.). St. Louis: W. B.
Saunders.
Jelalian,
E.,
& Mehlenbeck, R. (2002).
Peer-enhanced weight management treatment for overweight
adolescents: Some preliminary findings.
Journal of Clinical
Psychology in Medical Settings, 9, 15-23.
Jelalian,
E.,
Spirito, A., Rasile, D.,
& Nobile, C. (2001).
Behavioral factors associated with self-reported injury in young
adolescent males. International Journal
of Adolescent Medicine and Health, 13, 155-167.
Powers,
S. W., Patton, S. R., Byars, K. C., Mitchell, M. J., Jelalian, E., Mulvihill, M. M., Hovell, M. F., & Stark, L. J.
(2002). Calorie intake and eating behavior in infants and toddlers
with cystic fibrosis. Pediatrics, 109, E75-5.
Saelens,
B. E., Jelalian, E., &
Kukene, D. M. (2002). Primary care weight-related counseling for adolescents.
Clinical Pediatrics, 41,
575-585.
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