Meet Our Fellows
Sandra Cortina, Ph.D
Sandra Cortina, Ph.D., is the fellow in the Center for the Promotion of Adherence and Self-Management. She currently provides in-patient consultation-liaison services to the Liver Transplant team regarding adherence issues, behavioral concerns, and general psychosocial adjustment of patients and families. Out-patient services include providing behavior management and parent training strategies, follow-up of patient adjustment and adherence issues related to liver transplant, and utilizing motivational interviewing techniques to address parent/child adjustment to chronic illness. Dr. Cortina also serves as the interventionist for a multi-site, randomized control trial of an intervention to promote adherence to oral medication among adolescents with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Finally, she is involved with Dr. Drotar in the development of several manuscripts pertaining to patient and family adjustment to chronic illness.
Credentials:
Ph.D.: Counseling psychology, University of Iowa, 2007
B.A.: Psychology, Trinity University, 2000
Awards and Honors:
- The Society of Pediatric Psychology Student Spotlight Recipient Fall 2006
- James and Coretta Stroud Research Fellowship 2004-2005
- National Institutes of Health Pre-doctoral Minority Fellowship 2003-2006
- University of Iowa Graduate Incentive Fellowship 2003-2004
- University of Iowa Graduate Merit Fellowship 2000-2003
Publications:
Cortina, S. (2005). Advancing women's health care: Assessment and treatment of premenstrual dysphoric disorder. Women & therapy: A Feminist Quarterly, 28 (2), 91-104.
Clay, D. L., Cortina, S., Harper, D., Cocco, K. M., & Drotar, D. (2004). School teachers' experiences with childhood chronic illness. Children's Health Care, 33 (3), 217-226.
Cortina, S. (2003). Diversity training in pediatric psychology. Progress Notes: Newsletter of the Society of Pediatric Psychology, Division 54, 27 (1), 9.
Presentations:
Cortina, S., Spilsbury, J., Doobay, A., & Gross, J. (2007). From the mouths of babes: Qualitative analysis of school bullying. Presented at the 114th annual conference of the American Psychological Association, San francisco, CA.
Cortina, S., Clay, D. L., & McCarthy, A. (2007). Family cognitive factors in QOL and Type I diabetes adhernece. Poster presented at the 114th annual conference of the American Psychological Association, San francisco, CA.
Pacos, A., Wilkins, M., Cortina, S., & Naar-King, S. (2006). Motivational interviewing: State of the art in pediatric psychology. Poster presented at the 10th annual Conference on Child Health, Gainesville, FL.
Doobay, A. Clay, D., Cortina, S., Hall, T.T., Gross, J., Hagberg, R., Buttjer, C., & Schoulte, J. (2006). School bullying and academic outcomes. Poster presented at the 113th annual conference of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.
Cortina, S., & Clay, D. L. (2004). School Bullying: Academic and health outcomes. Presented at the 111th annual conference of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI.
Cortina, S., & Clay, D. L. (2004). Explaining children's explanatory style with an optimism-pessimism continuum. Poster presented at the Conference on Child Health Psychology, Charleston, SC.
Gross, J., Cortina, S., Maloney, R., Gross, J., Robinson, J., & Clay, D. L. (2004). Self- care and occupational burnout among pediatric psychologists. Poster presented at the Conference on Child Health Psychology, Charleston, SC.
Cortina, S. & Gross, J. (2003). Diversity in treatment adherence: The role of culture and SES in childhood chronic illness. In Examining cultural factors in adherence to pediatric medical treatments. Symposium presented at the 110th annual conference of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Cortina, S. (August 2001). Positive youth development: Optimizing psychological and social functioning during childhood. In Counseling with children and adolescents-Making a difference. Roundtable discussion session at the 109th annual conference of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
Clay, D. L., Harper, D., Drotar, D., Cortina, S., & Cocco, K. (April 2001). School teachers' knowledge and experience with childhood chronic illness. Poster presented at the 8th Florida Conference of the Society for Pediatric Psychology, Jacksonville, FL.
Cortina, S. & Arnold, M. (August 2000). Social information processing: Implications for decision-making in depressed children. Poster presented at the 108th Annual Conference of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.
Professional Organization Memberships:
- Society of Pediatric Psychology
- American Psychological Association
