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Ahna Pai, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-803-0406

Fax: 513-636-7756

Email: ahna.pai@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Adherence; oncology; transplant

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Biography

Ahna Luise Hoff Pai, PhD, is a faculty member in the Center for the Promotion of Adherence and Self-Management.

Education and Training

PhD: Oklahoma State University, 2003.

MS: Oklahoma State University, 2000.

MA: University of Colorado at Denver, 1998.

BS: Colorado State University, 1993.

Publications

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Ingerski L, Perrazo L, Goebel J, Pai ALH. Family strategies for achieving medication adherence in pediatric kidney transplantation. Nurs Res. 2011 May-Jun;60(3):190-6.

Guilfoyle SM, Goebel JW, Pai AL. Efficacy and flexibility impact perceived adherence barriers in pediatric kidney post-transplantation. Fam Syst Health. 2011 Mar;29(1):44-54.

Pai AL, Schwartz LA. Introduction to the special section: health care transitions of adolescents and young adults with pediatric chronic conditions. J Pediatr Psychol. 2011 Mar;36(2):129-33.

Pai AL, Gray E, Kurivial K, Ross J, Schoborg D, Goebel J. The Allocation of Treatment Responsibility scale: a novel tool for assessing patient and caregiver management of pediatric medical treatment regimens. Pediatr Transplant. 2010 Dec;14(8):993-9.

Pai AL, Ingerski LM, Perazzo L, Ramey C, Bonner M, Goebel J. Preparing for transition? The allocation of oral medication regimen tasks in adolescents with renal transplants. Pediatr Transplant. 2011 Feb;15(1):9-16.

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.

Butow P, Palmer S, Pai A, Goodenough B, Luckett T, King M. Review of adherence-related issues in adolescents and young adults with cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2010 Nov 10;28(32):4800-9.

Pai AL, Drotar D. Treatment adherence impact: the systematic assessment and quantification of the impact of treatment adherence on pediatric medical and psychological outcomes. Pediatr Psychol. 2010 May;35(4):383-93.

Stehl ML, Kazak AE, Alderfer MA, Rodriguez A, Hwang WT, Pai AL, Boeving A, Reilly A. Conducting a randomized clinical trial of an psychological intervention for parents/caregivers of children with cancer shortly after diagnosis.i>J Pediatr Psychol. 2009 Sep;34(8):803-16.

Stehl MJ, Kazak AE, Hwang WT, Pai AL, Reilly AF, Douglas SD. Innate immune markers in mothers and fathers of children newly diagnosed with cancer.Neuroimmunomodulation. 2008;15(2):102-7.

Pai AL, Patiño-Fernández AM, McSherry M, Beele D, Alderfer MA, Reilly AT, Hwang WT, Kazak AE. The Psychosocial Assessment Tool (PAT2.0): psychometric properties of a screener for psychosocial distress in families of children newly diagnosed with cancer. J Pediatr Psychol. 2008 Jan-Feb;33(1):50-62.

Grants

Validation of a Real Time Adherence Assessment Tool. Principal Investigator. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. 2009 - 2011.

Collaborative adherence problem-solving in adolescents and young adults with cancer. Principal Investigator. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. 2011 - 2012.

TAKE IT: Teen adherence in kidney transplant effectiveness of intervention trial. Site Principal Investigator. National Institutes of Health. 2011 - 2016.