Overview
Dr. Zeller is an Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Dr. Zeller’s program of research focuses on pediatric obesity. Specifically, her research aims to significantly improve the health and quality of life of youth who are obese by identifying psychosocial correlates of pediatric obesity that are potential barriers to successful weight management. This program of research includes adolescents with severe obesity and those seeking bariatric surgery in particular. Dr. Zeller has a solid track record of institutional and NIH research funding and is a recipient of the CCHMC Department of Pediatrics, Fifth Third Bank/Charlotte R. Schmidlapp Women Scholars Award.
Dr. Zeller has several ongoing or recently completed investigations in the following areas:
Dr. Zeller's lab functions as a result of the hard work of current as well as prior research team members who range from paid employees, T32 post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows, and undergraduate volunteers from local universities.
