Natalie Walders Abramson
PhD
- Department of Pediatrics
- Instructor, Department of Medicine
- Phone
- 303-398-1237
- Fax
- 303-270-2115
- Email
- abramsonn@njhealth.org
- Gender
- Female
Specialties
Research
Asthma, Obesity, Sleep Apnea
Publications by This Author
Link to Faculty Publications
Link to PubMed for more papers
Board Certified
State of Colorado Clinical Psychology Board
Research Interests
Pediatric asthma, obesity, physical activity.
Current research emphasis involves examining behavioral mechanisms underlying the association between asthma and obesity in children and adolescents.
Education & Training
Education
- Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH)
- PhD, Clinical Psychology
- Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH)
- MA, Clinical Psychology
- Trinity College (Hartford, CT)
- BA
Residencies
- Brown University School of Medicine (Providence, RI)
- Internship, Clinical Psychology
Fellowships
- Brown University School of Medicine (Providence, RI)
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Clinical Psychology
- University of Colorado Denver
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Developmental Psychobiology
Awards & Recognition
2005–2007: American Lung Association Social Behavioral Research Grant Recipient
2000: American Lung Association Lung Health Dissertation Award Recipient
2000: Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy Dissertation Award Recipient
1999: American Psychological Association Dissertation Award Recipient
Recent or Important Publications
Bender BG, Fuhlbrigge A, Walders N, Zhang L. Overweight, race, and psychological distress in children in the Childhood Asthma Management Program. Pediatrics. 2007. Oct;120(4):805-13.
McQuaid EL, Koinis Mitchell D, Walders N, Nassau JH, Kopel SJ, Klein RB, Wamboldt MZ, Fritz GK. Pediatric asthma morbidity: the importance of symptom perception and family response to symptoms. J Pediatr Psychol. 2007. Mar;32(2):167-77.
Walders N, Kercsmar C, Schluchter M, Redline S, Kirchner HL, Drotar D. An interdisciplinary intervention for undertreated pediatric asthma. Chest. 2006. Feb;129(2):292-9.
Mansell AL, Walders N, Wamboldt MZ, Carter R, Steele DW, Devin JA, Monica TH, Miller AL, Wamboldt FS. Effect of body mass index on response to methacholine bronchial provocation in healthy and asthmatic adolescents. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2006. May;41(5):434-40.
McQuaid EL, Walders N, Kopel SJ, Fritz GK, Klinnert MD. Pediatric asthma management in the family context: the family asthma management system scale. J Pediatr Psychol. 2005. Sep;30(6):492-502.
