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Avani C. Modi, PhD
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology
Center for the Promotion of Adherence and Self Management
3333 Burnet Ave. - MLC 7039
Cincinnati, Oh 45229
Phone 513-636-4864
Fax 513-803-0415
Email avani.modi@cchmc.org Avani C. Modi, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and the Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. She is also a faculty member in the center for the Promotion of Adherence and Self Management (Director: Dennis Drotar, Ph.D). Dr. Modi's program of research focuses on adherence to pediatric medical regimens, including the measurement of adherence and identifying barriers to effective disease management.
Dr. Modi, received a K23 Career Development Award from NIH (K23 HDO57333) documenting patterns of adherence in children with new-onset epilepsy (ages 2-12 years), developing a surrogate marker of adherence and identifying predictors of adherence that will serve as the focus of future intervention trials to improve adherence (ABC Study).
In addition, Dr. Modi is a co-investigator on a U01 grant (1U01DK07249301- PI: Inge) examining longitudinal outcomes in adolescents with extreme obesity undergoing bariatric surgery with Dr. Meg Zeller and Dr. Thomas Inge. One aspect of this study is to examine adherence and barriers to vitamin supplementation and their association with nutritional complications post-surgery.
Dr. Modi is also a Co-Investigator on a U54 grant (U54 HLD70871) which focuses on designing and implementing a web-based assessment of barriers to adherence for children and adolescents with sickle cell disease. This assessment will serve as the foundation for a problem-solving intervention for patients with sickle cell disease to improve clinic attendance and adherence to hydroxyurea therapy.
Dr. Modi's previous work in adherence includes a F31 award (F31 HS11768-01), which utilized a multi-method measurement approach and compared adherence in children with cystic fibrosis and asthma. She has also conducted studies examining barriers and strategies to improve adherence in children with sickle cell disease.
Dr. Modi also has a strong research interest in the measurement of health-related quality of life in pediatric populations, including cystic fibrosis and obesity. Dr. Modi has recently completed data collection validating a parent-proxy and child-reported health-related quality of life measure in treatment-seeking obese children with Dr. Meg Zeller. In addition, she is a collaborator on several studies examining family functioning, using the McMaster Coding System, in pediatric populations as well as examining anxiety, depression, and health-related quality of life in individuals with cystic fibrosis.
