Shannon L O’Connor Christian
PhD
- Department of Medicine
- Instructor
- Phone
- 303-398-1547
- Fax
- 303-270-2115
- Email
- christians@njhealth.org
- Gender
- Female
Specialties
Research
Psychosocial Medicine and Behavioral Science, Sleep Apnea
Professional Memberships/Societies
American Psychological Association
Research Interests
The influence of family factors on adherence behavior, how behavioral approaches to therapy improve response to treatment, and how family factors may moderate the effects of behavioral interventions in the treatment of sleep apnea.
Service
Education & Training
Education
- University of Rochester (Rochester, NY)
- PhD, Clinical Psychology
- University of Rochester
- MA, Clinical Psychology
- Trinity College (Hartford, CT)
- BA, Psychology
Residencies
- University of Rochester Medical Center, Dept of Psychiatry
- Internship, Clinical Psychology
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Dept of Psychiatry (Madison, WI)
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Infancy & Early Childhood/Clinical Psychology
Awards & Recognition
1998: Andrew Goodman Fellowship in Medicine, National Jewish Health
Recent or Important Publications
O’Connor SL, Bender BG, Gavin LA, Wamboldt MZ, Milgrom H, Szefler SJ, Rand CS, Wamboldt FS. Measuring adherence with the Doser CT in children with asthma. Journal of Asthma, 2004;41(6), 663-670.
Ho J, Bender BG, Gavin LA, O’Connor SL, Wamboldt MZ, Wamboldt FS. Relations among Asthma Knowledge, Treatment Adherence, and Outcome. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2003;111(3), 498-502.
McQuaid EL, Penza-Clyve SM, Nassau JH, Fritz GK, Klein R, O'Connor S, Wamboldt F, Gavin LA. The asthma responsibility questionnaire: Patterns of family responsibility for asthma management. Children's Health Care, 2001;30(3), 183-199.
Bender BG, Wamboldt FS, O’Connor SL, Rand C, Szefler S, Milgrom H, Wamboldt MZ. Measurement of children's asthma medication adherence by self report, mother report, canister weight, and Doser CT. Annals of Allergy Asthma and Immunology, 2000;85(5), 416-421.
Wamboldt FS, O’Connor SL, Wamboldt MZ, Gavin LA, Klinnert MD. Experience using the Five-Minute Speech Sample in children with asthma: Deconstructing the construct of Expressed Emotion. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2000;41(7), 887-898.
