Tina N. Drossos, Ph.D.

Education & Training

• Illinois Institute of Technology; Institute of Psychology - Ph.D., 2004
• Post-Doctoral Fellow, Children’s Memorial Hospital; Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (Chicago, IL) 2004-2005
• Psychology Intern, Children’s Hospitals and Clinics; Psychology Department (Minneapolis, MN) 2003-2004
• lllinois Institute of Technology; Institute of Psychology – M.S., 2002
• Loyola University, B.S. 1998

Clinical Interests

• Coping and adjusting to a chronic medical illness for children/adolescents
• Medical non-adherence in the pediatric population
• Child and adolescent mood disorders
• Externalizing disorders

Research Interests

• Psychosocial stressors affecting medical non-adherence in children/adolescents with chronic medical problems
• Quality of life in pediatric chronic illness

Teaching

• Co-Director, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy With Children and Adolescents (Child/Adolescent fellow and Psychology intern curriculum) 2007-present
• Co-Director, Introduction to Pediatric Consultation/Liaison (Child/Adolescent Fellows) 2007-present
• Co-Director, Development Course (PGY-II Curriculum), 2007-present
• Lecturer, Psychologists in the Medical Setting Course (Psychology interns/externs) 2007-present
• Lecturer, Cognitive Behavior Therapy Course (PGY III, psychology interns/externs) 2007-present
• Lecturer, Professional Issues Seminar (Psychology interns) 2007-present

Society Memberships

• Member, America Psychological Association (APA)
• Member, APA Section 54: Society of Pediatric Psychology (SPP)
• Member, Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)

Selected Conferences & Presentations

• Drossos-T.N. Young, M.A., & Vance, M.S. Symptom Differences in African
   American and Caucasian Preschoolers With Disruptive Behavior Problems (May 2003). Presentation at the Society for Research in Child Development Conference
• Drossos, T. N. Genetic Disorders: Fragile X and Prader-Willi Syndromes (January 2004). Presentation at Grand Rounds at Children’s Hospitals and Clinics
• Drossos, T.N., Hopkins, J., Radtke, L., & Sadjwani, A. Executive Function and Externalizing Behavior Problems in Preschoolers. (April 2005). Presentation at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Conference
• Drossos, T.N. Non-adherence in Children and Adolescents (October 2008) Presentation at Scholar’s Day sponsored by the University of Chicago Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience