Alexandra Monzon, PhD

Clinical Psychologist

Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida 6535 Nemours Parkway Orlando, FL 32827

Biography

Alexandra Monzon, Ph.D., is an Assistant Research Scientist at the Nemours Center for Healthcare Delivery Science and a licensed clinical psychologist at Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida. She is an affiliated Assistant Professor of Medical Education at the University of Central Florida, College of Medicine. Dr. Monzon received her bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Miami, her master's degree in clinical psychological assessment from Vanderbilt University, and her doctoral degree in clinical child psychology from the University of Kansas. She completed her clinical residency in pediatric psychology at Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware and a postdoctoral research fellowship at the Nemours Center for Healthcare Delivery Science, Florida. Dr. Monzon's research goals include designing, testing, and implementing scalable and more flexible intervention designs, such as single-session interventions (SSIs), to address the psychological risk factors youth experience that impact their health and well-being. Dr. Monzon is currently working on an NIH NIDDK-funded K23 project to adapt an existing depression SSI for children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1D). This project will examine the feasibility, acceptability, and initial efficacy of integrating the T1D-specific depression SSI into routine pediatric T1D care through a pilot randomized control trial. Ultimately, Dr. Monzon aims to integrate brief and flexible psychosocial interventions into pediatric care to improve the acute and long-term psychological and physical health of youth with chronic health conditions.

Fellowship

  • Healthcare Delivery Science - Nemours Childrens Clinic, 2024

Residency

  • Health Services Psychology - Nemours duPont Pediatrics, Delaware Valley, 2022

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy - University of Kansas, 2022

  • Behavioral Health Research
  • Family Systems
  • Pediatric Psychology
  • Social Determinants Of Health

  • Group engagement in parent-focused telehealth interventions for families of children with type 1 diabetes; Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare; (2024).

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  • Examining the Relationship between Nighttime Glucose Values in Youth with Type 1 Diabetes and Parent Fear of Nighttime Hypoglycemia; Pediatric Diabetes; (2023).

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  • The Development and Initial Validation of Items to Assess Parent Fear of Nighttime Hypoglycemia; Journal of Pediatric Psychology; (2023).

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  • A Nonrandomized Pilot of a Group, Video-Based Telehealth Intervention to Reduce Diabetes Distress in Parents of Youth With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus; Canadian Journal of Diabetes; (2022).

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  • Childhood diabetes and sleep; Pediatric Pulmonology; (2022).

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  • An Examination of the Glucose Management Indicator in Young Children with Type 1 Diabetes; Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology; (2022).

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  • Parent–Child Conflict Moderates the Relationship Between Executive Functioning and Child Disruptive Behaviors in Youth with T1D; Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings; (2022).

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  • Associations Between Objective Sleep Behaviors and Blood Glucose Variability in Young Children With Type 1 Diabetes; Annals of Behavioral Medicine; (2021).

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  • Overview of Child Telebehavioral Interventions Using Real-Time Videoconferencing; Telemedicine, Telehealth and Telepresence; (2021).

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  • Diabetes; Pediatric Sleep Medicine; (2021).

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  • Challenges and Considerations for Reducing Diabetes Distress and Fear of Hypoglycemia in Parents of Youth With Type 1 Diabetes During the COVID-19 Pandemic; JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting; (2021).

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  • Challenges and Considerations for Reducing Diabetes Distress and Fear of Hypoglycemia in Parents of Youth With Type 1 Diabetes During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Preprint); Unknown Source; (2020).

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  • Reducing Emotional Distress for Childhood Hypoglycemia in Parents (REDCHiP): Protocol for a Randomized Clinical Trial to Test a Video-Based Telehealth Intervention (Preprint); Unknown Source; (2020).

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  • The Association Between Glycemic Variability and Macronutrients in Young Children with T1D; Journal of Pediatric Psychology; (2020).

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  • The Association Between Affect and Sleep in Adolescents With and Without FGIDs; Journal of Pediatric Psychology; (2020).

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  • Reducing Emotional Distress for Childhood Hypoglycemia in Parents (REDCHiP): Protocol for a Randomized Clinical Trial to Test a Video-Based Telehealth Intervention; JMIR Research Protocols; (2020).

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  • Sleep and type 1 diabetes in children and adolescents: Proposed theoretical model and clinical implications; Pediatric Diabetes; (2019).

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  • Iterative development of a web-based intervention for families of young children with type 1 diabetes: DIPPer Academy.; Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology; (2019).

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  • An Intervention to Reduce Hypoglycemia Fear in Parents of Young Kids with Type 1 Diabetes Through Video-Based Telemedicine (REDCHiP): Trial Design, Feasibility, and Acceptability; Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics; (2019).

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  • Commentary: Identifying Opportunities for Pediatric eHealth and mHealth Studies: Physical Activity as a Case Example; Journal of Pediatric Psychology; (2019).

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  • Diabetes-specific family conflict: Informant discrepancies and the impact of parental factors.; Journal of Family Psychology; (2018).

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  • Executive Function in Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes: Relationship to Adherence, Glycemic Control, and Psychosocial Outcomes; Journal of Pediatric Psychology; (2016).

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