Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center
Robyn Mehlenbeck, PhD
- Staff psychologist at Rhode Island Hospital
- Clinical assistant professor of psychiatry and human behavior at theWarren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Research Interests
Mehlenbeck’s current research interests focus on adolescent weight issues, spanning from eating disorders to helping overweight adolescents lose weight.
She is currently a co-investigator on a National Institutes of Health-funded project to examine innovative interventions to help overweight adolescents lose weight. She is also working on developing several research projects on describing the characteristics of younger children who develop eating disorders and what predicts recovery from an eating disorder.
Mehlenbeck’s current clinical interests focus on working with adolescents with chronic illness, including diabetes and eating disorders. She is currently involved in the Hasbro Partial Hospital Program (HPHP), a day treatment program for children and adolescents with medical concerns complicated by emotional or behavioral issues. Approximately 40% of the patients seen at HPHP are struggling with eating disorders, Mehlenbeck’s primary area of specialty.
Selected Research Projects
Peer enhanced intervention to support teen weight loss
Co-investigator for this National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases study by Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital
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