Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine
The Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine is involved in many projects aimed at providing a better understanding of adolescent health issues, developing new interventions to improve the health for adolescents, initiating and studying new methods of delivering health care to at-risk youth, and designing new curricula for teaching adolescent health to health care providers.
Current projects include research in disordered eating, focusing on obesity; anorexia and osteopenia; stress fractures and bone density; sexually transmitted diseases; patient/provider communication; and media and child health.
Featured researchers in the Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine hold faculty appointments at Harvard Medical School.
Latest Research in Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine:
| Researcher | Focus Area |
|---|---|
| S. Bryn Austin, ScD | GLBT adolescent health; obesity and eating disorders |
| Amy Desrochers DiVasta, MD, MMSc | Anorexia nervosa |
| Jean Emans, MD | Adolescent medicine and gynecology |
| Alison Field, ScD | Obesity and eating disorders |
| Catherine Gordon, MD, MSc | Bone density |
| Michael Rich, MD, MPH | Media effects on health risks |
| Tracy K. Richmond, MD | Racial/ethnic disparities in adolescent health, obesity |
| Cathryn Samples, MD, MPH, AAHIVS | HIV prevention/care |
| Lydia A. Shrier, MD, MPH | Adolescent mental health and sexual risk behavior |
| Elizabeth R. Woods, MD, MPH | Adolescent risk behaviors |
