Vanessa Aguilera Snyder, PsyD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Locations
- Pediatric Psychology and Developmental Medicine
Education
BA, Sociology, University of Georgia, 2015
MA, Clinical Psychology, Wheaton College, 2017
PsyD, Clinical Psychology, Wheaton College, 2020
Pre-Doctoral Internship, Pediatric Psychology, Children鈥檚 Hospital Los Angeles, 2020
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Pediatric Psychology, St. Jude Children鈥檚 Research Hospital, 2021
Biography
Dr. Aguilera is a licensed clinical psychologist who was trained broadly as a Child and Adolescent Psychologist and then specialized in Pediatric Psychology. She takes a systemic, trauma-informed and evidenced based approach to treatment. Dr. Aguilera’s areas of clinical interest include: chronic illness, neurodevelopmental disorders, congenital heart disease, treatment adherence issues, and systemic/family-centered care. She has extensive experience working with families whose children have complex medical needs and comorbid developmental disabilities. Dr. Aguilera’s research interests center on increasing accessibility to high-quality, family-centered and culturally sensitive mental health care through applied research efforts.
Research Interests
Increasing accessibility to trauma-informed, culturally-sensitive mental health care for historically underserved communities.
Publications
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(Molitor SJ, Aguilera V, Lerret S.) Pediatr Transplant. 2024 Aug;28(5):e14812 PMID: 38895788 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85196295062 06/19/2024
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(Boeding S, Aguilera V, Smith J, Handler S, Snyder J, Kroll K.) Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry. 1 October 2023;25(2):135-151 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85176256867 10/01/2023
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(Aguilera V, Schaefer MR, Parris K, Long A, Triplett B, Phipps S.) Bone Marrow Transplant. 2022 Mar;57(3):377-383 PMID: 35001081 PMCID: PMC9455732 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85122684355 01/11/2022
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(Schaefer MR, Aguilera V, Parris K, Long A, Triplett B, Phipps S.) Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2022 Feb;69(2):e29480 PMID: 34866310 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85120859514 12/07/2021