Kurt A. Freeman, PhD*

Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Psychiatry, and the Child Development and Rehabilitation Center. Ph.D., West Virginia University, 1999.

Dr. Freeman joined the faculty at the CDRC in 2002. His clinical and research interests are primarily in areas related to common and severe behavior problems in children and adolescents. Specifically, he is interested behavioral pediatrics which addresses the well child gap between general pediatric care and mental health services (e.g., enuresis, encopresis, medication non-adherence), pediatric sleep and bedtime problems disturbances, parenting/behavioral parent training, functional assessment of severe behavior problems, and behavioral phenotyping of metabolic and genetic disorders.

Dr. Freeman is involved in several ongoing, grant-funded research projects as a collaborating researcher, and directs his own research as well. He has published multiple articles in peer-reviewed journals and edited books and has made numerous presentations at national conferences. In addition to pursuing his own research, Dr. Freeman serves on the editorial boards of Behavior Modification and Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities. Further, he is on the reviewer panel for the Journal of Pediatric Psychology and a regular ad hoc reviewer for several other journals.

Dr. Freeman is involved with the interns in several ways. First, as the Division of Psychology Director of Training, he provides oversight to the internship and training program. Second, he provides direct clinical supervision to interns seeing patients through our outpatient treatment program. Third, he serves as a supervisor for a minor rotation through the Behavioral Pediatrics Treatment Service. Emphasis of clinical service is on behavioral interventions for presenting concerns. Finally, he involves interns in scholarly activities, including original research, grant development, and editorial activities.

* designates faculty directly involved in the supervision of interns.

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