Author Bio

Jennie David is a fifth year doctoral student in the Clinical Psychology program at Drexel University, working under the mentorship of Drs. Brian Daly & Doug Chute. Jennie earned her Psychology with Honors degree from Boston University in 2013, where she completed a thesis investigating medical decision-making characteristics of adolescent patients with chronic rheumatologic illnesses and their parents. She has worked in a variety of disease populations, including HIV, cardiac surgery, and juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Jennie is interested in medical decision-making, informed consent, and medical literacy in a pediatric trans-diagnostic chronic illness population, with a particular emphasis on adolescents transitioning to adult care. Jennie is currently completing her predoctoral internship at Neumours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children.

Articles by Jennie David, Ph.D