Ann Davis, Ph.D., MPH

Clinics: Healthy Hawks and Feeding Team

 

 

Education & Training:

• BA: University of Kansas;
• MA: Clinical Psychology: Western Michigan University;
• Pre-doctoral Intern: Father Flanagan's Boy's Home, Boys Town, NE;
• Ph.D.: Clinical Psychology: Western Michigan University;
• Fellowship, Pediatric Psychology: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati.
• MPH: University of Kansas Medical Center

Societies:

• American Psychological Association; Division 54
• Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy;
• Association for Behavior Analysis;
• Licensed Psychologist (Kansas).

Awards:

• 2007: KU Pediatrics Chairman's Award for Excellence in Research and Scholarship
• 2003-2005: School of Medicine Clinical Research Curriculum Program Fellow (K30)
• 2003: Fellow, NIH Summer Institute on Randomized Clinical Trials
• 2000: Circle of Achievement Award, Computers and Hi-Tech Special Interest Group, Association for Advancement of Behavior
• 1999: Annual Student Research Award, Autism and Developmental Disabilities Special Interest Group, Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy

Publications:

• Articles:
  • Davis, A.M. & James, R.L. (in press). Model treatment programs. In E. Jelalian & R. Steele (Eds), Handbook of child and adolescent obesity. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
  • Rapoff, M.A., McGrath, A.M. & Smith, S. (2006). Adherence to treatment demands. In: R. Brown (Ed.), Comprehensive handbook of childhood cancer and sickle cell disease: A biopsychosocial approach (pp. 138-169). New York: Oxford University Press
  • Nollen, NL, Befort, C., McGrath Davis, A, Snow, P., Mahnken, J, Hou, Q, Story, M, Ahluwalia, J (in press). Competitive foods in schools: Availability and purchasing in predominately rural small and large high schools. Journal of the American Dietetic Association.
  • Befort, C., Lynch, R., James, R.L., Carroll, S.L., Nollen, N, and Davis, A (in press). Perceived barriers and benefits to research participation among school administrators. Journal of School Health.
  • Mattioli, L.F., Belmont, J.M., Davis, A.M. (2007). Effectiveness of teaching cardiac auscultationto residents during an elective pediatric cardiology rotation. Pediatric Cardiology.
  • Davis, A.M., James, R.L, Curtis, M., Daley, C.M., Felts, S. (2007). Pediatric obesity attitudes, services, and information among rural parents: A qualitative study. Obesity, 16(9): 2133-40.
  • Davis, A.M., Boles, R., James, R.L., Sullivan, D.K., Donnelly, J.E., Swirczynski, D.L. & Goetz, J (in press). Health behaviors and weight status among urban and rural children. Rural and Remote Health 8 (online), 2008: 810. Available from http://www.rrh.org.au
  • Davis, A.M. & James, R.L. (2007). A novel individually tailored letter-based intervention for the prevention of overweight among children. Southern Medical Journal, 100(11), 1177-1178. 
  • Stark, L.J., Davis, A.M., Janicke, D.M., Mackner, L.M., Hommel, K.A., Bean, J., Lovell, D., Heubi, J., Kalkwarf, J. (2006). A randomized clinical trial of dietary calcium to improve bone accretion in children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. The Journal of Pediatrics, 148(4), 501-507.
  • Stark, L.J., Hommel, K.A., Mackner, L.M., Janicke, D.M., Davis, A.M., Pfefferkorn, M., Crandall, W. & Heubi, J. (2005). Randomized Trial Comparing Two Methods of Increasing Dietary Calcium Intake in Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 40(4), 501-507.
  • Stark, L.J., Janicke, D.M., McGrath, A.M., Mackner, L.M., Hommel, K.A. & Lovell, D. (2005). Prevention of Osteoporosis: A randomized Clinical Trial to Increase Calcium Intake in Children with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 30(5), 377-386.
  • McGrath, A.M. & Vuong, N. (2005). Mental health services for children with chronic illness. In: R. Steele & M. Roberts (Eds.), Handbook of Mental Health Services for Children, Adolescents, and Families. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.
  • McGrath, A.M., Handwerk, M.L., Armstrong, K.J., Lucas, C.P. & Friman, P.C. (2004). The validity of the ADHD section of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children. Behavior Modification, 28 (3), 349-374.
  • Friman, P. C., Woods, D. W., Freeman, K. A., Gilman, R. C., Short, M., McGrath, A. M., Handwerk, M. L. (2004). Relationships between tattling, likeability, and social classification: A preliminary investigation of adolescents in residential care. Behavior Modification, 28 (3), 331-348.
  • Rapoff, M.A., McGrath, A.M., Lindsley, C.B. (2003). Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. In: M. Roberts (Ed.), Handbook of pediatric psychology (3rd ed, pp. 392-408). New York: The Guilford Press.
  • Saelens, B.E. & McGrath, A.M. (2003). Self-monitoring and adolescent
    weight control efficacy. Children's Health Care, 32, 137-152.
  • McGrath, A.M., Bosch, S., Sullivan, C.L. & Fuqua, R.W. (2003). Training reciprocal social interactions between preschoolers and a child diagnosed with autism. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 5(1).47-54.
  • Burklow, K.A., McGrath, A.M., Allred, K. & Rudolph, C.D. (2002). Parent perceptions of mealtime behavior problems in children fed enterally. Nutrition in Clinical Practice, 17, 291-295.
  • Burklow, K.A., McGrath, A.M., Kaul, A. (2002). Management and prevention of feeding problems in young children with prematurity and very low birth weight. Infants and Young Children, 14(4), 19-30.
  • Burklow, K.A., McGrath, A.M., Valerius, K.S. & Rudolph, C.D. (2002). Relationship between feeding difficulties, medical complexity, and gestational age. Nutrition in Clinical Practice, 17, 373-378.
  • Mackner, L., McGrath, A.M. & Stark, L.J. (2001). Dietary recommendations to prevent and manage chronic pediatric health conditions: Adherence, intervention and future directions. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 22(2), 130-143.
  • Stark, L.J., Jelalian, E., McGrath, A. & Mackner, L. (2001). Behavioral approaches in cystic fibrosis: Applications to feeding and eating. In: B. Lask, D. Angst, & M. Bluebond-Langner (Eds.), Psychosocial aspects of cystic fibrosis (pp. 348-360). London: Arnold.
  • Waller, S.A., Armstrong, K.J., McGrath, A.M. & Sullivan, C.L. (1999). A review of the diagnostic methods reported in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 29(6), 483-488.

Current and Recent Grant Funding:

• 2007-2009:Healthcare Foundation of Greater Kansas City; Responding to the Crisis: Training school nrses to provide nutrition and exercise information to children and families($114,648)
• 2007-2009: Healthcare Foundation of Greater Kansas City; Healthy Hawks Pediatric Obesity Clinic (220,000)
• 2008: Women's Foundation of Greater Kansas City; Obesity Treatment for Teen Mom's and Their Children ($13,783)
• 2006-2009: HRSA; Effectiveness of a Treatment for Pedaitric Obesity ($737,466)
• 2005-2010: NIH/NIDDK K23, Enhancing Nutrition and Activity Among Rural Children ($612,062)
• 2004-2005: KUMC TeleMedicine Department, Using TeleMedicine to Assess Pediatric Obesity Rates and Treatment Barriers Among Rural Children in the State of Kansas ($25,000)
• 2003-2005: Children’s Miracle Network Telethon Grant, Development of a Videotape Coding Scheme for Evaluation of Pediatric Residents in Cardiology ($10,000)
• 2002-2004: Sunflower Foundation, Obesity Among School-Age Children in the State of Kansas ($149,994)