Eve-Lynn Nelson, PhD, has a joint appointment as associate director of the University of Kansas Center for Telemedicine & Telehealth and as associate professor in the University of Kansas School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics. She began at KU Medical Center after completing her internship at the University of Miami — Jackson Memorial Hospital and graduating from the clinical psychology program at the University of Kansas in 2002.
Dr. Nelson's research has focused on health services delivery using telemedicine, particularly telemental health. She has served as Principal Investigator and evaluator on several federal and foundation grant-supported research projects, including a randomized trial of childhood depression treatment over interactive televideo, an evaluation of provider-patient communication using telemedicine, and studies of team-based telemedicine clinics for ADHD, youth depression, and autism. She is currently the PI on two federal grant-funded research projects integrating distance education and telemedicine services for geriatric populations and for pediatric epilepsy. Among her other current projects are evaluation of home telehealth for lactation support. She is a frequently invited speaker concerning telemental health and its outcome, practice, and policy. She serves as co-chair for the American Telemedicine Association’s telemental health guidelines.
Dr. Nelson is the clinical provider for several telemental health clinics, including a multidisciplinary training clinic treating children with depression over telemedicine. This clinic provides service across urban and rural Kansas schools and in free-standing clinics. She also teaches a grant-supported online depression course for trainees across the health professions as well as several graduate psychology courses.
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