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Kevin A. Hommel, PhD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-803-0407

Fax: 513-803-0415

Email: kevin.hommel@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Clinical Interests

Promotion of treatment adherence; self-management in pediatric chronic conditions

Research Interests

Adherence and self-management assessment methodology; behavioral treatment of nonadherence; promotion of self-management behavior; impact of adherence and self-management on health outcomes; quality of life in pediatric chronic conditions

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Biography

Kevin A. Hommel, PhD, is a research associate professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology and the Center for the Promotion of Treatment Adherence and Self-Management. Dr. Hommel's research focuses on Adherence and self-management assessment methodology, behavioral treatment of nonadherence, promotion of self-management behavior, and the impact of adherence and self-management on health outcomes and quality of life in pediatric chronic conditions. His current research is in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and eosinophil-associated gastrointestinal disorders (EGID).

Dr. Hommel's research is currently funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with a K23 Career Development Award and a R03 grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). These studies are focused on development, testing (via randomized controlled trial), and optimizing behavioral treatments for nonadherence in IBD. Additionally, Dr. Hommel is a co-investigator on a multisite study aimed at developing and testing a patient-provider collaborative chronic care network (C3N) to improve treatment outcomes in children with IBD. He is also a co-investigator on a study funded by the Children’s Digestive Health and Nutrition Foundation (CDHNF) focused on developing a disease-specific measure of health-related quality of life in eosinophilic esophagitis.

Dr. Hommel came to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in 2008 from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He continues to collaborate with investigators at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia as a site principal investigator on two studies funded by the NIDDK. The first is evaluating the efficacy of a low magnitude mechanical stimulus intervention to improve bone mineral density in children with Crohn's disease and the second is examining the effects of a novel lipid matrix supplement on choline status in children with cystic fibrosis.

Education and Training

BA: University of Central Oklahoma, 1996.

MS: Oklahoma State University,1999.

PhD: Oklahoma State University, 2002.

Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 2002.

Fellowship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 2004.

Publications

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Herzer M, Denson LA, Baldassano RN, Hommel KA. Family functioning and health-related quality of life in adolescents with pediatric inflammatory bowel disease. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2011 Jan;23(1):95-100.

Hommel KA, Odell S, Sander E, Baldassano RN, Barg FK. Treatment adherence in paediatric inflammatory bowel disease: perceptions from adolescent patients and their families. Health Soc Care Community. 2011 Jan;19(1):80-8.

Hommel KA, Baldassano RN. Brief report: Barriers to treatment adherence in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease. J Pediatr Psychol. 2010 Oct;35(9):1005-10.

Greenley RN, Hommel KA, Nebel J, Raboin T, Li SH, Simpson P, Mackner L. A meta-analytic review of the psychosocial adjustment of youth with inflammatory bowel disease. J Pediatr Psychol. 2010 Sep;35(8):857-69.

Hommel KA, McGraw KL, Ammerman RT, Heubi JE, Hansen M, Dunlap E, Beidel DC. Psychosocial functioning in children and adolescents with gastrointestinal complaints and disorders. J Clin Psychol Med Settings. 2010 Jun;17(2):159-66.

Ingerski LM, Modi AC, Hood KK, Pai AL, Zeller M, Piazza-Waggoner C, Driscoll KA, Rothenberg ME, Franciosi J, Hommel KA. Health-related quality of life across pediatric chronic conditions. J Pediatr. 2010 Apr;156(4):639-44.

Ingerski LM, Baldassano RN, Denson LA, Hommel KA. Barriers to oral medication adherence for adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease. J Pediatr Psychol. 2010 Jul;35(6):683-91.

Herzer M, Godiwala N, Hommel KA, Driscoll K, Mitchell M, Crosby LE, Piazza-Waggoner C, Zeller MH, Modi AC. Family functioning in the context of pediatric chronic conditions. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2010 Jan;31(1):26-34.

Andrews NR, Chaney JM, Mullins LL, Wagner JL, Hommel KA, Jarvis JN. The differential effect of child age on the illness intrusiveness--parent distress relationship in juvenile rheumatic disease. Rehabil Psychol. 2009 Feb;54(1):45-50.

Hommel KA, Denson LA, Crandall WV, Mackner LM. Behavioral Functioning and Treatment Adherence in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Review and Recommendations for Practice. Gastroenterol Hepatol (NY). 2008 Nov 1;4(11):785.

Grants

Behavioral Treatment of Nonadherence in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Principal Investigator. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. 2007 - 2012. #K23 DK079037.

Promoting Treatment Adherence in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Principal Investigator. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. 2010 - 2012. #R03 DK087822.

Open Source Science: Transforming Chronic Illness Care. Co-Investigator. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases / National Institute of Nursing Research. 2009 - 2014. #R01 DK085719.

Bone Health in Pediatric Crohn Disease: A Low Magnitude Mechanical Stimuli Trial. Principal Investigator. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease. 2006 - 2011. #R01 DK073946.

Adherence to 6-Mercaptopurine/Azathiopurine and Quality of Life in Pediatric IBD. Principal Investigator. Prometheus Laboratories. 2008 - 2011.