Anne Davis, PhD, MPH, ABPP

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  • KU Med Center
  • Professor, Pediatrics
  • Ralph L Smith Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatrics
  • Director, Center for Children's Healthy Lifestyles & Nutrition
  • Division Director, Division of Developmental and Behavioral Sciences (DDBS), Pediatrics

Contact Info

Medical Center, Kansas City

Biography —

Ann Davis graduated from the University of Kansas with a dual degree in Psychology and English. She attended Western Michigan University for her PhD in Clinical Psychology, and completed her psychology internship at Father Flanagan's Boys Home in Nebraska. After a two year research fellowship at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center she returned to her native home in Kansas, to accept a tenure track faculty position at the University of Kansas Medical Center in the Department of Pediatrics in 2001.

Education —

B.A. in Psychology & English, University of Kansas, Lawrence , Kansas
M.A. in Clinical Psychology, Western Michigan University, MI
Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Western Michigan University, MI
M.A. in Public Health, University Of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

Research —

Ann M. Davis, Ph.D., MPH, ABPP is the Ralph L. Smith Professor of Pediatrics and Division Chief of the Division of Developmental and Behavioral Sciences (DDBS) and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Pediatrics. She also serves as Director of the Center for Children's Healthy Lifestyles andamp; Nutrition across KUMC and Children's Mercy. She and her team study healthy behaviors in children and families and enjoy bringing this work to unique and underserved populations.

Grants & Other Funded Activity —

  • Putting Parents First in Rural Pediatric Obesity Treatment: A Randomized Clinical Trial of iAmHealthy Parents First, NIH, PI
  • Sunflower Pediatric Clinical Trials Research Extension (SPeCTRE 2.0), NIH, PI