Candace Best, PhD
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Pediatric Psychologist, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Pediatrics/ Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition & DCAPBS
Doctoral Internship and Postdoctoral Accreditation Site Visitor, American Psychological Association
Psychology Fellowship Seminar Director, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Department: Psychiatry
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Princeton Specialty Care Center
101 Plainsboro Road
Plainsboro, NJ 08536
Princeton Specialty Care Center
101 Plainsboro Road
Plainsboro, NJ 08536
Education:
BA (Psychology)
Hampton University, Hampton, VA, 2003.
VT-PREP (Post Baccalaureate Program)
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 2004.
M.S. (Clinical Psychology)
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 2006.
PhD (Philosophy, Clinical Psychology)
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 2010.
Permanent linkBA (Psychology)
Hampton University, Hampton, VA, 2003.
VT-PREP (Post Baccalaureate Program)
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 2004.
M.S. (Clinical Psychology)
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 2006.
PhD (Philosophy, Clinical Psychology)
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 2010.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Child and Adolescent Psychology, Adolescent Health, GI PsychologySelected Publications
Joseph, H.L., Zhang, L.F., Best, C., Bancroft, C., James, M., Kapoor, Davis, C.L., Drescher, C.F.: Child Mental Health Treatment Access and Retention in Integrated primary Care and Traditional Outpatient Services. The Journal of Pediatric Psychology 49(10): 689-699, October 2024 Notes: doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsae057.Vernon, M., Walters, C., Jones, S., Best, C.: Maternal Mortality among African American Women in the Southern United States. Black Health in the South, Johns Hopkins University Press. S.S. Coughlin, L.B. Williams, and T.H. Akintobi (eds.). 2023.
Joseph, H., Munjal, A., Asiri, A., Best, C.: A Descriptive Analysis of Child and Adolescent Hospitalizations Following Suicide Attempts Over the Course of the Pandemic at the Children's Hospital of Georgia. Poster Presentation at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention, New York, NY November 2022.
Dergaga, H., Ladson, K., Best, C.: Implicit Racial Bias among Medical Providers: Linked to Maternal Mortality? Scientific research presented at the 66th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta, GA April 2020.
Gates, M.L., Staples-Horne, M., Cartier, J., Best, C., Stone, R., Walker, V., Hastings, B., Yoo, W., Webb, N.C., Braithwaite, R.L.: A Call to Develop Evidence-based Interventions to Reduce Sexually Transmitted Infections in Juvenile Justice Populations. J Health Care Poor Underserved 27(2A): 34-44, 2016 Notes: doi: 10.1353/hpu.2016.0057.
Ekeldo, S., Best, C., Norman, S., Basemore, J., & Schwind, J. S.: Demographic and socioeconomic factors associated with HPV vaccination in Georgia’s South Central Health District. Journal of Georgia Public Health Association(5), 324-331, 2016.
Gates, M.L., Staples-Horne, M., Cartier, J., Best, C., Walker, V., Schwartz, D., Yoo, W.: Understanding Psychosocial and High-Risk Sexual Behaviors Among Detained Juveniles: A Descriptive Study Protocol. JMIR Res Protoc 4(4): e144, December 2015 Notes: doi: 10.2196/resprot.5153.
Alexander, A.B., Best, C., Stupiansky, N., Zimet, G.D.: A model of health care provider decision making about HPV vaccination in adolescent males. Vaccine 33(33): 4081-6, August 2015 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.06.085. Epub 2015 Jul 2.
Best, C., Tanner, A.E., Hensel, D.J., Fortenberry, J.D., Zimet, G.D.: Young women's contraceptive microbicide preferences: associations with contraceptive behavior and sexual relationship characteristics. Perspectives in Sexual & Reproductive Health 46(1): 15-22, March 2014 Notes: doi: 10.1363/46E0114. Epub 2013 Dec 10.
Best, C., Hensel, D.J., Fortenberry, J.D: In the Context of Concurrency and Monogamy: Ideal Partner Matching in Predicting Coital Behaviors among African American Adolescents. Journal of Black Sexuality and Relationships. University of Nebraska Press, 1(2): 15-31, Fall 2014 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1353/bsr.2014.0005.