Ellen M Hart, Postdoctoral Fellowship

Ellen M Hart, Postdoctoral Fellowship
Ellen M Hart, Postdoctoral Fellowship

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine

Biosketch

Ellen Hart, PhD, is a pediatric psychologist. She earned her doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Eastern Michigan University. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, NY and pursued post-doctoral fellowship training in pediatric psychology at Hurley Medical Center/Michigan State University, where she was actively involved in resident physician education. She is currently employed as a pediatric psychologist at Bronson Children's Hospital. Her clinical and professional interests include family-focused interventions to promote health behaviors and support adjustment and coping with chronic illness. She is passionate about medical education around topics of pediatric development, mental and behavioral health, and psychosocial issues impacting health.

  • Education and Training
    • Postdoctoral Fellowship 2024, Pediatric Psychology, Hurley Medical Center
    • Predoctoral Internship 2023, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester Medical Center
    • PhD 2023, Clinical Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, Eastern Michigan University
    • MS 2019, Clinical Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, Eastern Michigan University
    • BS 2016, Child Development, Human and Organizational Development, Peabody College of Education and Human Development, Vanderbilt University

  • Research
    • Treatment Adherence
    • Psychological Treatment
    • Psychological Assessment
    • Pediatric Psychology
    • Integrated Behavioral Health
    • Family Adaptation to Chronic Illness
    • Clinical Education
    • Anxiety Disorders

  • Publications

  • Presentations
    • Interacting effect of mother eating style with acceptance and challenge in determining daughter eating style. Valledor, V., Chong C., Schmitt A., & Hart E., Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, virtual, virtual, 04/2021
    • Interaction of masculinity ideology and body talk on psychological symptoms and body-change behavior among adolescent boys. Hart, E., Schmitt, A. P., & Chow, C. M., Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, virtual, virtual, 04/2021
    • Helping NICU mothers cope: A brief acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)-based intervention. Poehacker, S., McLaughlin, A., Hart, E., Lawler, J., Drossel, C., Angusamy, S., Lukomski, A., & Peterson, C, Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference, virtual, virtual, 03/2020
    • Attachment styles and emotional eating in adolescent girls: Rumination as a mediator. Taylor, K., Hart, E. & Chow, C. M., 19th biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD, 03/2019
    • The mediating role of depressive symptoms between body dissatisfaction and sleep disturbance in adolescent females. Hart, E. & Chow, C. M., 19th biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD, 03/2019
    • Adolescent girls’ BMI, body dissatisfaction, and perceived maternal body dissatisfaction: Effects of self-esteem. Schmitt, A., Hart, E. & Chow, C. M., 19th biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD, 03/2019
    • The impact of a brief social skills group intervention on anxiety symptoms among teens. Hart, E., McLaughlin, A., Goldstein, S., Swick, C., & Lajiness-O’Neill, R., National Conference in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Kansas City, KS, 10/2018
    • Teen depression mediates associations between mother-daughter closeness and teen problem behavior. Goldstein, M., Hart, E., & Chow, C. M., 30th annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA, 05/2018
    • Stress and emotional eating in adolescent girls: Attachment styles as moderator.. Taylor, K. Z., Dean, S. P., Hart, E., & Chow, C. M., 30th annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA, 05/2018
    • Relationship between interpersonal coping styles and depressive symptoms in young adults.. Thelen, C., Chow, C. M., Hart, E., & Dean, S.P., 30th annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA, 05/2018
    • Stress, neuroticism, and unhealthy eating. Dean, S. P., Hart, E., & Chow, C. M., 30th annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA, 05/2018
    • Interaction of weight status and fat talk on body dissatisfaction: An observation of women friends. Hart, E., Chow, C. M., Tan, C. C., Dean, S. P., & Thelen, C., 30th annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA, 05/2018
    • Examining a 6-session version of the evidenced-based UCLA PEERS program social skills training for adolescents. Pejsa-Reitz, M.C., Wright, M., Hart, E., McLaughlin, A., & Lajiness-O’Neill, R., 2018 Behavior Analysis Association of Michigan Convention, Ypsilanti, MI, 02/2018
    • Emotional distress mediates perceived health’s impact on sleep quality. Hodge, A., Ellis, L. P., Roka, C., Dean, S. P., Heino, K., Szkody, E., Hart, E., Chow, C. M., 29th annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Boston, MA, 05/2017
    • The effect of trait empathy on adolescent friendship quality above and beyond the effect of the relationship with parent. Szkody, E., Dean, S. P., Heino, K., Roka, C., Hodge, A., Ellis, L., Hart, E., & Chow, C. M., 29th annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Boston, MA, 05/2017
    • Weight, desire for thinness, and eating behavior: Body talk as a moderator. Hart, E., Mufti, F., Dean, S. P., & Chow, C. M., 29th annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Boston, MA, 05/2017
    • Interactions between appearance conversations, BMI, and drive for thinness predict dysfunctional eating behaviors in adolescents. Ellis, L., Roka, C., Heino, K. Dean, S.P., Szkody, E., Hart, E., & Chow, C. M., 29th annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Boston, MA, 05/2017
    • Dysfunctional eating among adolescent girls: In relation to depressive symptoms and body dissatisfaction.. DiBenedetto, N., Ellis, L., Hart, E., Tan, C. C., & Chow, C. M., Dysfunctional eating among adolescent girls: In relation to depressive symptoms and body dissatisfaction., Austin, TX, 04/2017
    • Barriers to Mental Health Treatment: Attitudinal Barriers to Seeking Treatment for Themselves by Parents of Children Receiving Psychiatric Services. Gist, D., Hart, E., Korelitz, K, Martin, N., Stewart, J., & Garber, J., Annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, New York, NY, 10/2016
    • Moving from efficacy to effectiveness in depression prevention trials: A dimensional perspective. Stewart, J.M., Hart, E., Burke, N., Brunwasser, S.M., & Garber, J., 24th Annual Meeting for the Society for Prevention Research, San Francisco, CA, 06/2016
    • Meta-analysis of mother-child agreement and discrepancy on reports of maternal acceptance: Child psychopathology as a moderator. Korelitz, K., Apostoluk, L., Beyer, J., Curhan, A., Hart, E., Sova, K., Yu, Q., & Garber, J., Annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, Chicago, IL, 11/2015