Richa Aggarwal Dutta
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Pediatric Psychologist, Acquired Autonomic Dysfunction Program, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Psychiatry
Contact information
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3401 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Email:
aggarwaldr@chop.edu
aggarwaldr@chop.edu
Education:
BA (Psychology, Neuroscience)
University of Virginia, 2010.
MS (Psychology)
Drexel University, 2013.
PhD (Clinical Psychology)
Temple University, 2018.
BA (Psychology, Neuroscience)
University of Virginia, 2010.
MS (Psychology)
Drexel University, 2013.
PhD (Clinical Psychology)
Temple University, 2018.
Post-Graduate Training
Clinical Intake Academic Intern, Psychological Services Center, Temple University Philadelphia, PA, 2014-2015.
Pre-Doctoral Intern, Behavioral Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati, OH O’Grady Resident in Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, 2017-2018.
Postdoctoral Pediatric Psychology Fellow, Nemours/A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children Wilmington, DE , 2018-2019.
Permanent linkClinical Intake Academic Intern, Psychological Services Center, Temple University Philadelphia, PA, 2014-2015.
Pre-Doctoral Intern, Behavioral Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati, OH O’Grady Resident in Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, 2017-2018.
Postdoctoral Pediatric Psychology Fellow, Nemours/A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children Wilmington, DE , 2018-2019.
Selected Publications
Richa Aggarwal Dutta PhD, Leela Morrow PsyD, Debra S. Lefkowitz PsyD, and Gayle Chesley PhD : Improving DEI Recruitment Efforts in Academic Medicine: Highlighting the Process, Barriers, and Ongoing Efforts within an Institution. Poster presented at Annual Society of Pediatric Psychology Conference, New Orleans LA April 2024.Golden, M. E., & Aggarwal Dutta, R.: Demographics, Health Disparities, and Access to Care in a New Multidisciplinary Specialty Clinic for youth with Autonomic Dysfunction. Poster presented at the annual convention of the Society of Pediatric Psychology (presented virtually due to COVID-19 pandemic). April 2021.
Cunningham, N., Kalomiris, A., Peugh, J., Farrell, M., Pentiuk, S., Mallon, D., Le, C., Moorman, E., Fussner, L., Aggarwal Dutta, R., & Kashikar-Zuck, S.: Cognitive behavior therapy tailored to anxiety symptoms improves pediatric abdominal pain outcomes in RCT. The Journal of Pediatrics. 230: 62-70, March 2021 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.10.060.
Aggarwal Dutta, R., Ely, S. L., & Cunningham, N. R.: The utility of an anxiety screening measure in youth with functional abdominal pain disorders and clinical characteristics associated with presence of anxiety. Clinical Journal of Pain 37(8): 616-622, 2021 Notes: DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000952.
Aggarwal Dutta, R., & Salamon, K. S.: Risk and resilience factors impacting treatment compliance and functional impairment among adolescents participating in an outpatient interdisciplinary pediatric chronic pain management program. Children 7(11): 247, 2020 Notes: DOI: 10.3390/children7110247.
Salamon, K. S., Aggarwal Dutta R., & Hildenbrand, A. K.: Do increases in pain acceptance maintain at 12 month follow up for youth with chronic pain? Poster presented at the Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA. April 2019.
Aggarwal Dutta, R., Peugh, J., & Salamon, K. S.: Adolescent risk and resilience profiles and their associations with treatment compliance in pediatric chronic pain: A person-centered analysis. Poster presented at the Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA. April 2019.
Aggarwal, R., Moorman, E., & Cunningham, N.: Clinical characteristics of pediatric functional abdominal pain disorders based on the presence or absence of clinical anxiety. Poster presented at the annual American Pain Society Scientific Summit, Anaheim, CA. March 2018.
Palitz, S.A., Carper, M.M., Kagan, E.R., Aggarwal, R., Frank, H.E., Davis, J.P., & Kendall, P.C.: Addressing comorbidities when treating anxious youth. Evidence-Based Practice in Child & Adolescent Mental Health 3(1): 1-15, 2018 Notes: DOI: 10.1080/23794925.2017.1394802.
Aggarwal, R., Drabick, D. A., & Salamon, K. S.: Predictors of treatment adherence among adolescents with chronic pain. Poster presented at the Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference, Portland, OR. April 2017.