Rachel Annunziato

• 1998 BA in Psychology, Yale University
• 1999 MA in Psychology & Education, Teachers College Columbia University
• 2004 PhD in Clinical Psychology, Drexel University

• Transition to adulthood for medically-ill adolescents/ young adults
• Health care management in adolescents with a medical illness
• Medication adherence in pediatric patients
• Quality of life for children with special health care needs
• Intervention development to improve health care transitions and quality of life
• Interactions between medical and psychiatric symptoms
• Young adult well-being in higher education settings

• PSYC 1004: Introduction to Behavioral Health
• PSYC 2900 - Psychopathology
• PSYC 3610 - Global Health & Psychology
• PSYC 3930 - Introduction to Clinical Psychology
• THEO 4852: Spirituality, Health & Healing
• PSYC 6050 - Behavioral Medicine

• Improving medication adherence in children who had a liver transplant (iMALT) (Co-Investigator, sponsored by the NIH)

• Cardiovascular Precision Medicine & Remote Intervention (CP&R) (Co-Investigator, sponsored by a New York City Partnership Grant)

  Quality of life, distress, and anxiety in families who have a child with a food allergy (Co-Investigator, sponsored by foundation funding)

• Co-Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Health Psychology
• Senior Associate Editor, Behavioral Medicine
• Associate Editor, Pediatric Transplantation
• Member, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)
• Member, Society for Behavioral Medicine
• Member, Eastern Psychological Association

• The Improving Medication Adherence in Adolescents and Young Adults following a Liver Transplantation (iMALT) Consortium
• Dr. Ronel Ferreira, University of Pretoria, South Africa
• Dr. Deborah Reynolds & Dr. David Rubinstein, Department of Cardiology, Elmhurst Hospital Center, Queens, NY
• Dr. Eyal Shemesh, Department of Pediatrics, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY

• Shemesh, E., Reynolds, D., Sidhu, J., Duncan-Park, S., *Tejiram, R., Davison, B., Takagi, K., Edwards, C., Rubinstein, D., Annunziato, R.A., & Cotter, G. (2025). Reducing blood pressure variability – results from a single-arm proof of concept prospective trial. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 29449.
• *Tutino, R., Annunziato, R., Dunphy, C., Anand, R., Mitchell, J., Stuber, M., Shemesh, E. Duncan-Park, S. (2025). Development of a Targeted, Telehealth Intervention: Experiences from the Improving Medication Adherence in Adolescents and Young Adults following a Liver Transplantation (iMALT) Multisite Trial. Pediatric Transplantation, 29(5), e70109.
• Kim, S-K & Annunziato, R.A. (2025). An Innovative Approach to Assessing the Psychosocial Impacts on Liver Transplant Recipients: The Prediction-by-Correspondence Analysis. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology, 15(1), 102418.
• Reynolds D., Annunziato, R.A., Sidhu, J., Cotter, G., Davison, B.A., Takagi, K., Duncan-Park, S., Rubinstein, D., & Shemesh, E. (2024). CP&R (Cardiovascular Precision medicine & Remote intervention) trial rationale and design. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 13(20), 6274.
• *Murphy, M.A., Minahan Zucchetto, J., *Barber, I., & Annunziato, R.A. (2024). More than convenience: The engagement of university students in research on global and social issues. Journal of Health Psychology, 29(14), 1682-1687
• *Murphy, M.A. & Annunziato, R.A. (2024). Posttraumatic growth among pediatric transplant recipients and their caregivers: A scoping review. Pediatric Transplantation, 28(3), e14726.
• Shemesh, E., Duncan-Park, S., Mazariegos, G.V., Annunziato, R.A., Anand, R., Reyes-Mugica, M., Mitchell, J., Shneider, B.L. (2023). The Improving Medication Adherence in Adolescents and Young Adults following Liver Transplantation (iMALT) Multisite Trial: Design and Trial Implementation Considerations. Clinical Trials, 20(5), 528-535.
• *Campagna, B.R. & Annunziato, R.A. (2023). Substance use and solid organ transplantation in adolescents and young adults: Current findings & implications. Pediatric Transplantation, 27(4),
• Annunziato, R.A., *Tutino R., *Campagna, B.R., *Duncan-Park, S., *Dunphy, C., *Flood, J., *Riklin, E., *Stevanovic, K., & Mast, M.M. (2022). Students for others: Correlates of adherence to COVID-19 guidelines. Journal of American College Health, 11, 1-5.
• *Duncan-Park S, Danziger-Isakov L, Armstrong B, Williams N, Odim J, Shemesh E, Sweet S, Annunziato R.A. (2022). Posttraumatic stress and medication adherence in pediatric transplant recipients. American Journal of Transplantation, 22(3), 937-946.
• *Campagna, B.R., *Tutino, R., *Stevanovic, K., *Flood, J., Haveri, G., Shemesh, E., & Annunziato, R.A. (2022). Acceleration of Mobile Health for Monitoring Post-Transplant in the COVID-19 Era: Applications for Pediatric Settings. Pediatric Transplantation, 26(1),

(* indicates student co-author)

• *DeCola, D., *Goldman, M., Minahan Zucchetto, J., & Annunziato, R.A. (March, 2025). College Student Perspectives on Compassionate Teaching Practices During a Mental Health Crisis. Poster presentation to be delivered at the Eastern Psychological Association Annual Conference, New York, NY.
• *Murphy, M.A., Annunziato, R.A., & Duncan-Park, S. (March, 2024). Correspondence analysis of psychosocial variables among pediatric liver transplant recipients and caregivers. Poster presentation at the Society of Behavioral Medicine 43^rd Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions, Philadelphia, PA.
• *Murphy, M.A. & Annunziato, R.A. (August, 2023). Pediatric Endocrinology Patient and Caregiver Mental Health and Predictors of Self-Management. Poster presentation at APA Annual Convention, Washington, DC.
• *Campagna, B.R., Ripp, J., Rode, D., Saltin, L., Annunziato, R.A., Shemesh, E., Peccoralo, L. (April, 2022). Physician burnout before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Poster presentation at the Society of Behavioral Medicine 43^rd Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions, Baltimore, MD.
• Stevanovic, K., *Tutino R., *Campagna B., *Duncan-Park, S., *Dunphy, C., *Flood, J., *Riklin, E., & Annunziato, R. (March, 2022). Students for others: Correlates of adherence to COVID-19 guidelines. Poster presentation delivered at the Eastern Psychological Association Annual Conference, New York, NY.
• *Magee, S., *Peduto, A., *Cogan, C., *Epstein, S., *Ferrari, E., *Jakubek, G., *Lewis E., & Annunziato R. (March 2022). College Student Social Anxiety and Mental Health Care Acceptance During the Pandemic. Poster presentation delivered at the Eastern Psychological Association Annual Conference, New York, NY.
• *Duncan-Park, S., *Dunphy, C., *Becker, J., *D’Urso, C., Annunziato, R., Blatter, J., Conrad, C., Goldfarb, S. B., Hayes Jr., D., Melicoff, E., Schecter, M., Visner, G., Armstrong, B., Chin, H., Kesler, K., Williams, N. M., Odim, J. N., Sweet, S. C., Danziger-Isakov, L., & Shemesh, E. (April, 2021). Remote intervention engagement and outcomes in the Clinical Trials in Organ Transplantation in Children consortium multisite trial. Poster presented at the Society of Behavioral Medicine’s 42^nd Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions, Virtual Conference.
• *Baker, D., *Bohovich, K., *Dang, T, *Denomme, G., *Dias, L., *Huegler, E., *L’Abbate, M., *Petruzzelli, S, & Annunziato, R.A. (March, 2020). Sources of stress among college students. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.

(* indicates student co-author)