Sandra Cortina, PhD
Title
Director of Clinical Services, Center for Treatment Adherence
Appointment
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Email
sandra.cortina@cchmc.org
Phone
513-803-0411
Fax
513-803-0415
Bio
Sandra Cortina, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology. She currently serves as a clinical faculty member and Director of Clinical Service for the Center for the Promotion of Treatment Adherence and Self-Management. Dr. Cortina provides leadership in the integration of clinical care and research as part of the Center’s innovative clinical effectiveness program. She provides out-patient treatment to patients and families coping with a variety of chronic pediatric illness conditions. She specializes in adherence to medical treatment, behavioral concerns, and general psychosocial adjustment of patients and families. Specific out-patient services include providing cognitive behavioral and parent training strategies, follow-up of patient adjustment to new diagnosis, and utilizing motivational interviewing techniques. Dr. Cortina also serves as a consultant to a multi-site, randomized control trial of an intervention to promote adherence to oral medication among adolescents with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, as well as an intervention to promote adhernce among young adults with lupus. Finally, she is involved with Dr. Drotar in the development of several manuscripts pertaining to patient and family adjustment to chronic illness, as well as behavioral adherence to medical treatment.
Credentials
BA: Psychology, Trinity University, 2000
PhD.: Counseling Psychology, University of Iowa, 2007
Internship/Residency: Children’s Hospital of Michigan, 2005
Fellowship: Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital 2006
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 2007
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, Most Recent
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, Most Recent
Cortina, S. (2009). Navigating Counseling Health Psychology Careers: Stories from an Early-Career Psychologist. In Careers in Counseling Health Psychology: Learning from the Experts. Symposium presented at the 118th annual conference of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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
