Aimee K. Hildenbrand, PhD

Clinical Psychologist

Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware 1600 Rockland Road Wilmington, DE 19803

Biography

Aimee Hildenbrand, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, an Assistant Research Scientist at the Center for Healthcare Delivery Science at Nemours Children's Health, and a pediatric psychologist in the Division of Behavioral Health at Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware. Dr. Hildenbrand earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Drexel University. She completed pre-doctoral internship/ residency training at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and postdoctoral fellowship training at Nemours. Dr. Hildenbrand's research aims to improve the way pediatric healthcare is delivered to optimize pain management and psychosocial wellbeing for youth with sickle cell disease and other chronic health conditions. To accomplish this goal, Dr. Hildenbrand partners closely with patients, their caregivers, and their healthcare providers to design and conduct research. She also provides psychological therapy services for children and adolescents with sickle cell disease as well as those with chronic pain.

Fellowship

  • Psychology - Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware, 2019

Internship

  • Psychology - Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 2017

Medical/Dental School

  • Doctor of Philosophy - Drexel University, 2017

  • Behavioral Health
  • Chronic Pain
  • Psychology
  • Sickle Cell Anemia

  • Feasibility of Electronic Medication Monitoring Among Adolescents and Emerging Adults with Sickle Cell Disease; Patient Preference and Adherence; (2023).

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  • Trajectories of Traumatic Stress Symptoms Among Siblings of Children With Cancer: The First Two Years Post-Diagnosis; Journal of Pediatric Psychology; (2023).

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  • Competencies for Psychology Practice in Pediatric Palliative Care; Journal of Pediatric Psychology; (2023).

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  • ESCCIP-SP: Adapting an ehealth intervention for spanish-speaking parents of children with cancer.; Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology; (2022).

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  • Who Gets Referred? A Pilot Study of Risk Stratification and Treatment Referral in Pediatric Headache Using the Pediatric Pain Screening Tool; Journal of Pediatric Psychology; (2022).

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  • Validation of the COVID-19 Exposure and Family Impact Scales; Journal of Pediatric Psychology; (2022).

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  • Improved pain acceptance and interference following outpatient interdisciplinary pediatric chronic pain treatment; Psychology & Health; (2022).

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  • COVID-19 Exposure and Family Impact Scales for Adolescents and Young Adults; Journal of Pediatric Psychology; (2022).

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  • Preschooler Stressor-Related Thoughts and Worries During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Development and Validation of a Caregiver-Report Instrument; Traumatology; (2022).

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  • Family-centered communication in pediatric sickle cell disease; Pediatric Blood and Cancer; (2022).

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  • Survey Research With Families in the Context of Pediatric Chronic Health Conditions: Key Considerations and Future Directions; Journal of Family Nursing; (2021).

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  • Psychologists in pediatric palliative care: Clinical care models within the United States.; Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology; (2021).

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  • COVID-19 Exposure and Family Impact Scales: Factor Structure and Initial Psychometrics; Journal of Pediatric Psychology; (2021).

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  • Engaging Caregivers and Providers of Children With Sickle Cell Anemia in Shared Decision Making for Hydroxyurea: Protocol for a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial; JMIR Research Protocols; (2021).

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  • COVID-19 Unmasked Global Collaboration Protocol: longitudinal cohort study examining mental health of young children and caregivers during the pandemic,COVID-19 Unmasked全球合作协议:考查疫情期间幼儿和看护人心理健康的纵向队列研究,Protocolo de colaboración global COVID-19 desenmascarado: estudio de cohorte longitudinal que examina la salud mental de niños pequeños y cuidadores durante la pandemia; European Journal of Psychotraumatology; (2021).

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  • Parental post-traumatic stress, overprotective parenting, and emotional and behavioural problems for children with critical congenital heart disease; Cardiology in the Young; (2021).

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  • Posttraumatic Stress in Children After Injury: The Role of Acute Pain and Opioid Medication Use.; Pediatric emergency care; (2020).

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  • Pediatric Oncology; Clinical Handbook of Psychological Consultation in Pediatric Medical Settings; (2020).

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  • Trial Registration and Outcome Reporting in Child and Pediatric Psychology: A Systematic Review; Journal of Pediatric Psychology; (2019).

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  • A preliminary investigation of the psychometric properties of PROMIS® scales in emerging adults with sickle cell disease.; Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association; (2019).

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  • Attending to the Not-so-Little “Little Things”: Practicing Trauma-Informed Pediatric Health Care; Global Pediatric Health; (2019).

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  • Survey and interview assessment approaches in research with families.; APA handbook of contemporary family psychology: Foundations, methods, and contemporary issues across the lifespan (Vol. 1).; (2019).

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  • Psychiatric comorbidity and co-occurring opioid misuse: Depression mediates the relationship between post-traumatic stress disorder and opioid misuse in community pharmacy settings.; Substance abuse; (2019).

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  • Let's Work Together: Collaborative Research Is Needed to Overcome Difficulty Enrolling Families for Bereaved Sibling Research.; Journal of pain and symptom management; (2018).

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  • Editorial: Enhancing Transparent Reporting of Pediatric Psychology Intervention Research: Introducing the Role of the Student Editorial Liaison.; Journal of pediatric psychology; (2018).

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  • Finding Silver Linings: A Preliminary Examination of Benefit Finding in Youth With Chronic Pain.; Journal of pediatric psychology; (2018).

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  • Interventions in Medical Settings; Evidence-Based Treatments for Trauma Related Disorders in Children and Adolescents; (2017).

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  • Executive Functioning Among College Students With and Without History of Childhood Maltreatment; Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma; (2017).

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  • Psychosocial Treatment and Prevention in the Adolescent Years for ODD and CD; The Wiley Handbook of Disruptive and Impulse-Control Disorders; (2017).

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  • Interventions in medical settings; Evidence-Based Treatments for Trauma Related Disorders in Children and Adolescents; (2017).

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  • Psychosocial Treatment and Prevention in the Adolescent Years for ODD and CD; The Wiley Handbook of Disruptive and Impulse-Control Disorders; (2017).

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  • The role of appraisals and coping in predicting posttraumatic stress following pediatric injury.; Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy; (2016).

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  • Implementing a Trauma-Informed Approach in Pediatric Health Care Networks.; JAMA pediatrics; (2016).

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  • Disrupting the school-to-prison pipeline: Strategies to reduce the risk of school-based zero tolerance policies resulting in juvenile justice involvement.; APA handbook of psychology and juvenile justice; (2016).

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  • Posttraumatic stress in school-age children and adolescents: medical providers' role from diagnosis to optimal management.; Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics; (2015).

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  • Acute Pain and Posttraumatic Stress After Pediatric Injury.; Journal of pediatric psychology; (2015).

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  • Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R); The Encyclopedia of Clinical Psychology; (2015).

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  • Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents; Hogrefe & Huber Publishers; (2015).

  • Coping and coping assistance among children with sickle cell disease and their parents.; Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology; (2015).

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  • Systematic, theoretically-grounded development and feasibility testing of an innovative, preventive web-based game for children exposed to acute trauma.; Clinical practice in pediatric psychology; (2015).

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  • The Cellie Coping Kit for Sickle Cell Disease: Initial acceptability and feasibility.; Clinical practice in pediatric psychology; (2014).

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  • Psychosocial and pharmacological management of pain in pediatric sickle cell disease.; Postgraduate medicine; (2014).

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  • A mixed methods assessment of coping with pediatric cancer.; Journal of psychosocial oncology; (2014).

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  • Increased risk for school violence-related behaviors among adolescents with insufficient sleep.; The Journal of school health; (2013).

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  • Posttraumatic stress following pediatric injury: update on diagnosis, risk factors, and intervention.; JAMA pediatrics; (2013).

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  • Preventing posttraumatic stress following pediatric injury: a randomized controlled trial of a web-based psycho-educational intervention for parents.; Journal of pediatric psychology; (2013).

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  • Understanding recovery in children following traffic-related injuries: exploring acute traumatic stress reactions, child coping, and coping assistance.; Clinical child psychology and psychiatry; (2013).

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  • Acceptability and feasibility of family use of The Cellie Cancer Coping Kit.; Supportive care in cancer; (2012).

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  • The use of stimulant medication to treat neurocognitive deficits in patients with pediatric cancer, traumatic brain injury, and sickle cell disease: a review.; Postgraduate medicine; (2012).

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  • Coping with pediatric cancer: strategies employed by children and their parents to manage cancer-related stressors during treatment.; Journal of pediatric oncology nursing; (2011).

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  • After the injury: initial evaluation of a web-based intervention for parents of injured children.; Health education research; (2010).

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