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Kari Freeman Baber, PhD

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Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
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Psychologist III, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Department: Psychiatry
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2e Vanderbilt University, 2004.
21 8 PhD 26 (Clinical Child Psychology) c
2e Vanderbilt University, 2009.
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Selected Publications

5c Szabo, M., Baber, K., Rodriguez, K. & Turner, B. 2 48 : Not just a gut check: Clinical competency self-assessment in 2e a pediatric psychogastroenterology practicum 52 Journal of Pediatric Psychology 50(s1): 154, March 2025.

17e Wilkes, C.D., Baber, K.F., Romano-Verthelyi, A., Maxwell, E., de Matos Maillard, V., Best, C., Mascarenhas, M., Benitez, A. & Crawford, M.: Improving programming to increase awareness of systemic inequities through needs assessment in pediatric gastroenterology. JPGN Reports 5(S2): s608-s609, November 2024.

144 Rodriguez, K., Webster, J. & Baber, K.F.: Paper, video, or app for that: Caregiver preferences for receiving education on behavioral strategies for managing functional constipation with fecal incontinence. JPGN Reports 5(S2): s489-s490, November 2024.

110 Mayer-Brown, S., Baber, K.F., Downing, M., Maxwell, E. & Webster, J. : Variation in referral to behavioral health for behavioral treatment of rumination. JPGN Reports 5(S2): s216-s217, November 2024.

104 Baber, K.F., Dourlain, J., Marsac, M. & Benitez, A. : Feasibility and acceptability of the Cellie Coping Kit for children with gastroparesis. JPGN Reports 5(S2): s209-s210, November 2024.

114 Romano-Verthelyi, A., Baber, K., & Wilkes, C.: Providers’ consideration of systemic barriers in interdisciplinary specialty care: A needs assessment. Journal of Pediatric Psychology 49(s1), April 2024.

13d Baber, K.F. & Rodriguez, K.A.: Working with parents and primary caregivers. Pediatric Psychogastroenterology: A handbook for mental health professionals. S.R. Knowles, M.A.L. van Tilburg & B. Reed (eds.). London: Routledge, Page: 101-113, 2024.

115 Downing M, Baber K, Mayer-Brown S, Maxwell E, Webster J: Variation in referral to behavioral health for behavioral treatment of rumination. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Quality and Safety Day 2024.

163 Rodriguez K, Holbein C, Fussner L, Baber K, Wilkes C, Szabo M, Piccoli D, Turner, E.: Enhancing biopsychosocial care in pediatric gastroenterology: 10-year growth of an integrated GI psychology program. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 77(s1): s169, October 2023.

112 Baber KF, Mayer-Brown S, Downing MA, Maxwell EC, Webster J: Variation in referral to behavioral health for behavioral treatment of rumination. Neurogastroenterology & Motility 35(s1): 125, August 2023.

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